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302 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Relhania 
Similar in pubescence to R. pungens, but known at once by the distantly 3 (or 
rarely 5) nerved (not closely multistriate), leaves. The younger leaves are quite 
smooth (leves) externally; the older often very scabrous. Not an uncommon 
plant: most of £. and Z.’s and Drege’s distributed specimens of “ E. subpungens” 
belong to this. Thunberg’s Herb. specimen of R. trinervis is unquestionably this 
species, and not, as stated by Lessing, “‘ guinquenervis.” 
12. R. pungens (L’ Her. Sert. p. 24) ; twigs albo-tomentose ; leaves 
lance-subulate, concave and tomentose above, convex, glabrous and 
closely multistriate beneath, pungent, straight, erect; heads solitary, 
terminal, sessile; inv.scales oblong, obtuse. Helopes subpungens. Thunb.! 
Cap. 640. Bot. Reg. t. 2817. Less.! Syn. p. 380. DOC. 1. ¢. (ex pte.) 
Has. Cape, Thunb.! Kochmans Kloof and Swellendam, Mundt! Near Grahams- 
town, Genl. Bolton! Buffelsjagdt, Zey.! 2932. (Herb. Th., Hk., D.) 
A rigid, erect bush, 12-15 inches high: older branches bare of leaves ; younger 
closely leafy. Leaves {-1 inch long, 1-2 lines wide, the under surface with many 
parallel, close-set rib-striz, with furrows between. This seems a much less ‘common 
species than R. trinervis. 
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13. R. speciosa (Harv.) ; twigs tomentose ; leaves broadly lanceolate 
or ovate-orbicular, acuminate, pungent, rigid, spreading, on both sides 
glabrous, scabrous-edged, flattish, 5-nerved and subreticulate beneath ; 
heads solitary, terminal, sessile, very many-fl., rays uncial ; inv. scales 
rather loosely imbricated, oblong, obtuse, with a broad, membranous 
margin. Lclopes speciosa, DC. 1. ¢. 289. 
Var. 8. schizolepis ; leaves shorter and broader. Lclopes schizolepis, DC. 1. c. 289- 
Has. Near Genadendahl, 2-3000 f., and at Kendo, 3-4000 f., Drege! B. at Gna- 
dendahl, Burchell, 7825. (Herb. Hk., Sd. 
A very handsome, large-flowered species, with heads resembling those of a Spheno- 
gyne. Stem a foot or more high, erect, not much branched, closely leafy. Leaves 
} inch long, 2-3 lines wide ; like those of an Oedera. Ligules dark-red beneath, 
y an inch longer than the involucre. The leaves vary much in shape, and £., 
which grows with the common form, if a specimen in Hb. Sond. be DC.’s plant, is 
scarcely distinguishable. The laceration of the membr. edges of the inv. scales 
depends on the age of the specimen, 
Sect. 3. Raynconopsipium. (Sp. 14-16.) 
14. R. sessiliflora (Th. Cap. 639) ; heads sessile or subsessile in the 
forks and at the ends of the branches, ovate, few-flowered ; rays shorter 
than the involucre. Rhynchocarpus lateriflorus, Less ! Syn. 383. Rel- 
hania lateriflora, L’ Her. Rhynchopsidium sessiliflorum, DC. l. ¢. 299: 
Athanasia sessiliflora, Linn. f. 
Has. In moist, sandy ground, round Capetown and through the Western and S. 
Eastern Districts, common. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd ) 
: A small annual, 2-6-8 inches high, simple or much branched. Stems and leaves 
pilose with gland-tipped hairs. Leaves 4-7 lines long, 1 line broad, linear or spathu- 
late, acute, midribbed, spreading. Heads quite sessile or shortly pedunculate, the 
= rarely equalling the involucre. Outer inv. scales ovate, obtuse ; inner 
ceolate, subacute. Achenes shortly rostrate, clothed with capitate hairs. 
15. R. pedunculata (Harv.); heads on peduncles thrice their length, 
ovate, few-flowered ; rays shorter than the involucre. Rhynchopsid. 
pedunculatum, DC. 1. c. 290. 
Has. Cape, Burmann. Olifant’s R. and Kl. Namaq aland, Drege! Worcester 
and George, Eckl, Tulbagh, Dr. Pape? (Herb. D., Hk. Sd.) 
