316 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [Klewmia. 
Sect. 1. CACALIANTHEMUM. Heads homogamous, all the flowers perfect, 5-toothed, 
hermaphrodite. (Sp. 1-16.) 
Leaves glabrous, fleshy, linear, subulate or fusiform : 
Lvs. minute, distant; stem much-branched, angular (1) longifiora. 
Lvs. elongate, crowded, linear or fusiform : 
Lvs. fusiform, tapering to base and apex : 
Stem erect, fruticose : 
Lys. laterally compressed : 
Powdery-glaucous; stembranched (2) ficoides. 
Scarcely glaucous ; stem-veryshort (3) aizoides. 
Lvs. vertically depressed, glaucous ... (4) repens. 
Stem trailing, slender, rooting at intervals (5) radicans. 
* Lys. linear-semiterete, not tapering at base : 
Pedunc. much longer than the leaves : 
Pedune. remotely forked, few-headed : 
Stem glabrous; lvs. 2-2} in. long (6) crassulzfolia. 
Stem villous; lvs. 14 inch long... (7) pinguifolia. 
Pedune. closely-corymbose, very many 
HEGGGS © mess cove ses (10) talinoides. 
Pedune. shorter than the leaves : 
Pedune, short, 3-4-headed... ... ... (8) breviscapa. 
Pedune. simple, one-headed ... .... (9) Ecklonis. 
Leaves tomentose, terete, tapering to each end : 
Densely tomentose; leaves elongate she See aye LI) SOT. 
Closely tomentose; lvs. shorter and broader ... ... (12) cana. 
Leaves glabrous, expanded, flat, quite entire : 
Lys. wedge-shaped, obtuse or truncate ... ... ... (13) euneifolia. 
Lys. ovate-oblong; stem smoothish... ... ... ... (14) Anteuphorbium. 
Lys. lanceolate; stem rough with knobs... ... .... (15) papillaris. 
Leaves glabrous, petioled, lobed or laciniate ... ... ... (16) articnlata. 
Sec. 2. ErEcHTHITOIDES. Heads heterogamous, the marginal flowers female, 
either tubular-truncate or minutely and very imperfectly radiate. (Sp. 17-18.) 
Stemless; lvs. radical, elongate; scape one-headed ... (17) acaulis, 
Branching, leafy; pedunc. short, corymbose ... ... (18) subradiata. 
1. K. longiflora (DC. ! 1. c. 337); glabrous; stem shrubby, fleshy, 
much-branched ; branches mult-angular (furrowed when dry); leaves 
distant, minute, linear-subulate, fleshy ; peduncles 3-5 at the ends of 
the branches, much shorter than the involucres, bearing 2-4 scattered, 
subulate bracts ; inv. cylindrical, of 5, linear, acute, margined, rigid 
scales, half as long as the corollas; flowers 5 in the head, perfect ; 
achenes elongate, cylindrical, multistriate, rigidly hispidulous between 
the ribs ; pappus longer than the corolla. 
Has. Beyond the Gariep, betw. Klaarwater and Nu-Gariep, Burchell, 1718. 
Nieuweveld, Drege! Cradock, Burke & Zey.! Zey.! 930. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
Two feet or more high, much-branched ; the branches 3-4 lines diameter, pris- 
matically angled. Leaves 3-4 lines long (perhaps longer on young shoots), scale- 
like. Peduncles 3 and }inch long. Inv. scales 8-9 lines long. Pappus twice a8 
long, pale-creamy, silky, copious. 
2. K. ficoides (Haw. Succ. Pl. 313); “quite glabrous; stem fleshy- 
fruticose, erect, branched ; leaves fleshy, nerveless, compressed, acumi- 
nate, powdery-glaucous ; pedunc. elongate, corymbose at the summit, 
many-headed ; inv. cylindr., the scales 7-8; fl. 9-15, perfect; achenes 
downy. DOC. 1. c. p. 337. Cacalia ficoides, Linn. Th. Cap. 623. DC. 
Pl. Grass. t. 90. Comm. Rar. t. 40. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg. (y. v. cult.) 
