298 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [ Relhania. 
subdicotomous, the lower parts of the branches and twigs armed with 
rigid, pungent spines (formed from the persistent bases of old leaves) ; 
leaves opposite, sessile, linear, channelled, subobtuse, soon glabrous, 
along the margin and midrib sparingly spinuliferous ; heads oblong, 
sessile in the forks and terminal, oblong, subtended by leaves ; inv. 
scales close-lying, very obtuse, the inner spreading; achenes short, 
furrowed ; pappus crown-like, toothed. 
Has. Zwart Ruggens, Drege. Fish River, Burke and Zey.! Caledon R., Zey.! 
(Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Similar in habit to N. humilis, but known by the persistently spinous bases of 
the old decayed leaves and the spinous points on the young leaves. Inv. and its 
contents similar. 
10. N. oppositifolia (DC. 1. c.283); “stem shrubby, dwarf, dicho- 
tomous, the younger pubescent ; leaves linear, flat, appressedly canescent, 
the cauline tufted, the rameal opposite ; heads ovate-oblong, solitary in 
the forks and at the apices of the twigs, sessile, subtended by leaves ; 
inv. scales appressed, shining, very obtuse, even the innermost erect. DC. 
Has. Zwarteberg, Drege. (Unknown to us.) 
11. N. tenuifolia (DC. 1. c. 284); stem vaguely branched; leaves 
linear-terete, closely involute, furrowed above, tomentose in the furrow, 
glabrous without; heads subumbellate ; invol. oblong, the scales appres- 
sed, the innermost obtuse.” DC. 
Has. Cape, Burchell, 6760. (Unknown to us.) 
CIIl. RELHANIA, L’Her. 
Heads many-fi., radiate; ray-ft. uniseriate, female, ligulate ; dise-fl. 
tubular, 5-toothed, perfect orsterile. ecept. flat, bearing pale between 
the flowers. nv. ovate or cylindrical, the scales hard and dry, closely 
imbricating. Achenes linear-prismatic, glabrous or pubescent, slender, 
sometimes shortly beaked. Pappus either crown-like and shortly toothed 
or subentire ; or consisting of many small, sharp scales. Relhania, Eclopes 
and Khynchopsidium, DC.! Prodr. 6, pp. 286, 287, 290. 
Small, rigid, branching shrublets, or rigid annuals, often gummy, either glabrous 
or pubescent, Leaves alternate or opposite, quite entire, small. Heads terminal, 
either solitary or corymbose, Flowers yellow. Named in honour of Rev. R. Relhan, 
author of Flora Cantab. Eclopes differs merely by a minute character of pappus, 
not always definite ; its species are undistinguishable to the eye from true Relhania. 
Rhynchopsidium differs from Eclopes by its slightly rostrate achenes, and annual roots. 
I do not think it answers any good purpose to retain such artificial genera. 
Sect. 1. Rernanta. Small shrubs. Achenes beakless. Pappus either coroniform 
or tubular, sub-dentate. (Sp. 1-3.) 
Heads solitary, terminal, subsessile : _ 
Leaves linear-involute, recurved-mucronate... ... ... (1) ericoides. 
Leaves oblong or obovate, very obtuse... 
Heads corymbose ; leaves rigid, squarrose, oblong, acute ... (3) squarrosa. 
Sect. 2. Ecrores. Small shrubs. Achenes beakless. Pappus of many short scales, 
either separate or subconnate at base. (Sp. 4-13.) 
Heads corymbose (or 2-3-together), pedicellate : 
Inv. seales very obtuse ; heads oval-oblong : 3 
Leaves recurvo-mucronate, nerved . ... ... ... (4) genistefolia. 
