oe COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Cinerarea. 
the heads much fewer-flowered : the leaves also show a disposition to form a termi- 
nal, reniform lobe, approaching that of C. canescens. The specimen in Hb. Thunb. 
exactly agrees in foliage and involucres with Drege’s (in Hb. D.) but the fi.-heads 
are immature, and therefore appear rayless. Without doubt these plants are identical. 
6. C. canescens (Wendl.); stem suffruticose, canescent, branched ; 
leaves lyrate, tomentose and canescent beneath, cobwebbed, becoming 
glabrate above, the lateral lobes in a single pair, oblong, toothed, the 
terminal reniform, 5—7-lobed, the lobes sharply toothed and wavy ; peti- 
ole auricled at base ; corymb many-headed, compact, pedicels sparsely 
leafy ; invol. calyculate, the scales 8-12, oblong, glabrate, 5-nerved ; 
ligules 5-8; achenes hispidulous, ciliate. DC. 7. c. 307. C. parviflora, 
Ait. Kew, Ed, 2, v. 5, p.72. C. Aitoniana, Spr. 
Van. 8, flabellifolia; lateral leaf-lobes wanting, terminal broadly reniform, lobed, 
the lobes sharply and irregularly cut; corymb closely many-headed. : 
Has. Cape, Aiton. Kamiesberg and Little Namaqualand, Drege! B at Modder- 
fontein, Rev. H. Whitehead! (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
A foot or more high, whitish or greyish, with rather close toment. Leaves 1-1} 
inch long, mostly lyrate, the lateral lobes sometimes abortive, terminal, }—$ inch 
long, #-1 inch wide, rather rigid ; the teeth sharp. Pedicels cobwebbed or tomen- 
tose. 8 differs from the usual form in having no lateral leaf-lobes, a broader lamina, 
and a denser and more glabrous inflorescence, 
7. C. erodioides (DC. 1. c. 307); stem herbaceous, erect, branching, 
woolly below, pilose above ; leaves on long petioles, cordate-reniform, 
shortly 5-7-lobed, the lobes sharply many-toothed, hispidulous above, 
cobwebby-woolly and canescent beneath ; petioles amply auricled at 
base ; corymb compound, many-headed, the pedicels about as long as 
the involucre; inv. scales 7-9, glabrous; ligules 5; achenes almost 
glabrous, with a broad, subciliate marginal wing. Cineraria tussilaginea, 
Thunb.! Cap. p. 671 (excl. syn, L’ Her. ). 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Uitenhage, #. § Z.! (Herb. Th., Cap., Sd.) 
This has the foliage nearly of C. geifolia, but a cobweb-woolly pubescence of 
long, curled, white hairs, and achenes nearly like those of C. geraniifolia. The heads 
are smaller and the pedicels much shorter than in C. geifolia. A specimen in Hb. 
Thunb. marked “ Cineraria tussilaginis,” exactly agrees with Z£. § Z.’s specimens, 
and with Thunberg’s description above quoted. I do not restore the name, lest it 
may perpetuate a confusion with the C. tussilaginis, L’ Her. 
8. C. polycephala (DC.1.c. 307); “stem half-shrubby, erect ; branches 
somewhat hairy or cobwebby; leaves petioled, glabrate above, cob- 
webbed beneath ; the petioles of the lower leaves nude, of the upper 
auricled at base ; limb orbicular, subcordate, lobato-dentate ; corymb 
compound, many-headed, crowded ; pedicels tomentose, scaly ; inv. 
cobwebbed or glabrous, subcalyculate, 12~-13-leaved ; rays 8-10; achenes 
on both sides hispid, ciliate. DOC. J. c. 
Has. Mouth of Gauritz R., near Mossel Bay, Drege! (Herb. Sond.) 
I have seen but a single poor specimen, from which it is difficult to form an opinion. 
It is allied to C. erodioides, but has larger fl. heads, a closer panicle and a stronget 
stem ; which may all be due to its littoral habitat. 
_ 9. C. alchemilloides (DC.! 1. c. 307); stem herbaceous, erect, branch- 
ing, loosely cobwebbed, becoming glabrous ; leaves on long petioles, 
thinly cobwebbed or glabrous above, more persistently woolly and canous 
