306 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [Stilpnogyne. 
Haz. Table Mt. summit, and similar situations in the Western Districts. (Herb, 
Th., D.; pas: &e. ) : i 
A much-branched, camphor-scented shrub, 4-5 feet high. Leaves 1} inch long, 
2-4 lines wide, varying as above stated. 
Sub-tribe §. Senectonez. (Gen. 107-119.) 
CVIL STILPNOGYNE, DC. 
Heads 7-8-fl., heterogamous, discoid, all the fl. tubular, 3 marginal 
3-toothed female, 4-5 central perfect, 5-toothed. nv. scales 5-7 in a 
single row, equalling the disc, valvate, connate at base. Recept. naked, 
narrow. Style branches in the central flowers short, bearded at the 
summit only; of the fem. fl. longer, terete, downy. Achenes oblong, 
tapering to both ends, granulated ; those of the fem. fl. without pappus. 
Pappus in the disc-fl, uniseriate, of many scabrid bristles. DC. Prodr. 
6, p. 293. 
A small, slender, glabrous annual. Leaves on long petioles, roundish, cuneate 
at base, bluntly 5—7-lobed or repand, sometimes with 1-2 runcinate lobes below @ 
terminal, 5—7-toothed lobe. Stem branched, filiform, naked, divided into a few 
slender, 1-2 inches long, one-headed pedicels. Fl. yellow. Name from o7riAmvos, 
shining, and yuvn, a female. It differs from Kleinia in habit, and the want of pappus 
to the fem. fl. 
1. S. bellidioides (DC.! in Deless. Ic. Sel. 4, t. 54); DC. l.¢. 294. 
Has. Little Namaqualand, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) : 
2-3 inches long. Heads oblong, 3 lines long. Leaves 4-5 lines diameter; their 
petioles 1-14 inch long. ; 
CVI. OLIGOTHRIX, DC. 
Heads many-fl., radiate; ray-fl. about 5, female ; disc. 5-toothed, 
perfect. nv. uniseriate, campanulate, naked at base, the scales 12-15, 
connate below, striate. Recept. naked, flat. Anthers exserted, enclosing 
the style. Achenes obtusely 5-angled, beakless, granulated, especially 
on the angles. Pappus of about 5 very caducous, wavy, barbellate 
bristles. DC. Prodr. 6, p. 304. 
A wiry, branching, glabrous annual. Stems erect, terete, 6-12 inches high, 
branched from the base, subcorymbose. Leaves small, eared and stem-clasping at 
base, oblongo-lanceolate, more or less toothed. Flowers yellow. Name, odryos, 
few, and Opit, a hair; the obsolete us. The habit is that of Gymnodiscus; the 
heads like those of Steirodiscus. ae 
1. 0. gracilis (DC. in Deless. Ic. 4, t. 57); DOC. 1. ¢. 304. 
Has. Zeederberg, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
CIX. MESOGRAMMA, DC. 
Heads many-fl., radiate ; ray-fl. uniseriate, ligulate, female. nv. 
scales uniseriate, subcaliculate at base, the scales about 20, acuminate, 
each marked by two linear, intra-marginal glands (or vitte). Recept. 
flat, naked. Dise-fl. tubular, 5-toothed, 5-lineate, the medial nerves 
strongly marked, intervals pellucid, or faintly nerved. Anthers without 
ls. Style-branches truncate, bearded at the apex. Young achenes 
compressed; adult 5-angled, tapering to each end, ciliate at the angles, 
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