304 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [| Osmites. 
the dise-fl. nv. campanulate, the scales pluriseriate, herbaceous, sub- 
equal. Anthers tailed. Achenes sessile, beakless, glabrous or downy, 
somewhat 4-sided, compressed. Pappus of many short scales, DC. 
Prodr. 6, p. 290. 
Cape suffrutices. Leaves alternate, crowded, sessile, oblong, obovate or linear ; 
entire or toothed or pinnatifid, gland-dotted and strongly-scented. Heads solitary, 
terminal ; disc yellow ; rays white. Name from ooyuy, smell; alluding to the bal- 
salmic odour of these plants. 
Leaves sharply toothed, or the uppermost entire; pappus short: 
Stem erect (1-2 ft.) ; lvs. linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
NOt, VeINY:. Ai. ee SS cee ee ee ee 1) ellidiastrum, 
Stems ascending, subsimple, pedunculoid upwards : 
Leaves obovate or oblong, glabrous, veiny, sharply 
Te eS a rene eee ane os 
Leaves lance-linear, hirsute-subcanescent, toothed 
above... -. (3) hirsuta, 
Stems dwarf, branching, leafy to summit; leaves oblong, 
Wiavrods, actiexeds = 2. Se ea (4) parvifolia. 
Leaves deeply pinnatifid, and lobed ; lobes subulate; pappus bristle-pointed : 
Leaf-lobes 3-5 on each side ... ... ... ... «.. +» (5) pinmatifida. . 
Leaf-lobes 1-2 on each side, nearthe summit ... ... (6) angustifolia. 
1. O. Bellidiastrum (Th. Cap. 7or1); stem shrubby, erect, branched ; 
branches virgate, leafy below, pedunculoid at summit, striate, cobwebby- 
pubescent; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, cuneate at base, sharply 
few-toothed near the summit, pale beneath, nearly glabrous, punctate, 
midribbed, not prominently veiny ; invol. scales oblong, obtuse, the 
inner membranous and torn at edge; rays female. O. anthemoides, DC. 
lc.29t. Bellidiastrum Osmitoides, Less. Syn. 384. Osmites lancea, Th. ! 
tn Hb. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Kanna River, Mundt. Eastern Districts, Burchell, 6965. 
Swellendam, Drege, Dr. Alexander Prior! Pappe! Zey.! 2935. (Hb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
1-2 feet high, woody below ; branches 10-12 inches long, erect, virgate. Leaves 
1-1} inch long, 2-3 lines wide, with slightly revolute edges, quite entire except 
near the summit, where there are 2-5 sharp, taper-pointed teeth on each side. Heads 
about as large as in O. hirsuta. 
2. 0. dentata (Thunb ! Cap. 701); stems subsimple, ascending-erect, 
below leafy, pedunculoid at summit, striate, cobwebby-puberulous ; lower 
leaves obovate, medial oblong or lanceolate, upper depauperated, all but 
the uppermost sharply and deeply serrate throughout, glabrous, mid- 
ribbed and veiny ; invol. pubescent, the scales acute or acuminate ; rays 
female. Less./ Syn. 283 DC.1.c.291. Osmites camphorina, Gaertn. fr. 
t.74,f- 3, non Linn. Anthemis afra, Burm. 
Has. Table Mt., Thunberg! £. § Z.! W.H.H.! &e, Swellendam, Simon’s Bay, 
C. Wright 392. (Herb. Th., D., Sd.) 
Suffruticose at base, many stemmed, more or less decumbent, the fl. branches 
ascending erect,, 12-15 inches high. Lower leaves 1-1} inch long, }-1 inch wide, 
inciso-serrate ; medial similar, but narrower; upper scattered on the peduncle, bract- 
like. Heads larger than in 0. hirsuta. 
_8. 0. hirsuta (Less. Syn. 385); hirsute, subcanescent ; stems subsim- 
ple, ascending-erect, closely leafy below, shortly naked at the summit ; 
leaves lance-linear, sharply toothed above the middle; inner iny. scales 
