Cineraria. | COMPOSIT& (Hary.) 309 
Haz. Caledon, Ecklon! (Herb. Sond.) . 
Root fibrous, perennial. Stem curved at base, then erect, 6-8 inches high, the 
branches 2-3 inches long, closely leafy. Leaves 2 inches long ; the terminal lobe 
not reniform. Pedunc. inches long. I have only examined a single, young 
achene, but, judging from its characters, I doubt whether the mature fruit differs 
much from that of C. mollis, to which this seems to be allied. Ecklon’s specimens. 
above quoted, are in poor condition. - 
3. C. mollis (E. Mey.!); stems very short, frutescent, branched at 
the crown; leaves petiolate, lyrato-pinnatisect, the petiole woolly, half- 
clasping but not auricled at base, lateral lobes 2-4 pair, roundish, 
denticulate, the lower smaller, terminal reniform, callous toothed, all 
cobwebbed above, densely albo-tomentose beneath; peduncles elongate, 
loosely woolly, becoming nude, one-headed ; inv. cobwebby, of 14-16 
seales, equalling the disc ; ligules 10-12; achenes oblong, minutely 
ciliate, sparingly hispid, the outer ones nearly glabrous on their inner 
face. DC. 1. c. p. 306. 
Var. 8. polyglossa; leaves either simply reniform, or lyrate-reniform, with one 
or two pair of small lateral lobes ; inv. scales 20-22, rays 15-20. . polyglossa, 
DOC.! lc. C. arctotidea, Hb. Drege! 
Has. Stormberg, Drege! Graaf Reynet, Eckl.’ Elandslaagte, Zey. i 
tics) A Snecuwebetg, Drape! Claw ieee Sa.) ee Meare 
Densely tufted ; stems 1-3 inches long, closely leafy. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 
the terminal lobe 4-3 inch wide, 4-6 lines long; lateral lobes very variable in 
number and size. Pedune. 4-6 inches long. Intermediate forms connect a. and . 
4. C. aspera (Thunb.! Cap. 672) ; herbaceous, tall, much-branched, 
scaberulous, the young parts cobwebby or woolly; leaves eared at base, 
petiolate, irregularly pinnate- or bipinnati-lobed, scabrous above, woolly 
beneath, the lobes horizontally spreading, few, distant, unequal, sharply 
toothed, the larger lobulate; corymbs compound, terminal ; pedicels 
scaly ; inv. campanulate, 8-1o-leaved, glabrous ; ray-fl. 3-5 ; disc-fi. 
20-25; achenes flattened, pubescent, ciliolate. DC. l. c. 306. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Sak River, Burchell, 1477. Nieuweveld, Drege. Graaf 
Reynet, Ecklon ! Queenstown and Cradock districts, flowering all the year round, 
Mrs. F. W. Barber! No. 320. Brit. Caffraria, 7, Cooper! 195. (Herb. D., Sd.) — 
2-3 feet high, much branched, canous, becoming glabrate, but always scabro- 
hispid. Leaves 1-2 inches long, the lobes and lobules 1 line wide. Corymbs many- 
headed, rather dense.—Differs from C. oxyodonta by its larger fi.-heads, &c.; it seems 
also to be exclusively an Eastern plant. 
5. C. erosa (Harv.); herbaceous, tall, much-branched, scaberulous, 
the young parts cobwebby; leaves eared at base, irregularly lyrato-pin- 
nati-lobed, the lateral lobes unequal, oblong or obovate, coarsely and 
sharply-toothed, the upper ones confluent into a 3—5-parted, sharply- 
toothed limb; corymb compound, terminal, lax ; pedicels bearing scales; 
inv. cylindrical, 5—7-leaved, shorter than the disc, cobwebby ; rays 3-5; 
dise-fl. 9-12 ; achenes hispidulous and ciliate. C. oxyodonta, DC. l. c. 
306. Doria erosa, Th. ! Cap. 674. 
Has. Riebeckskasteel and Paardeberg, Thunberg! Paarlberg, Drege! Worcester, 
Ecklon! Cape, Dr. Stuart/ Schoen Stromm, Burke and Zeyher! Stellenbosch Mt., 
W. H. H.! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
2 feet high, loosely branched. Leaves shortly petioled, multi-lobulate. Very 
like C. aspera, but the leaves are larger, with broader lobes the inv. is narrow, and 
