Othonna.] COMPOSITE (Hary.) 329 
Infl. densely corymbose ; bracts broad; leaves 
broadly obovate, cordate and ear-clasping at 
base, entire or denticulate ... tes vee ees (19) amplexicaulis. 
Achenes of ray-fl. glabrous : 
Lys. elliptical or obovate, subpetiolate; bracts broad (18) membranifolia, 
Lys. linear-terete, acute, quite entire —... :+. (21) Viminea, 
§ 4. Carnos#. More or less fleshy or succulent mie half-shrubs, or subher- 
baceous plants. Stems irregularly branched, the older parts commonly nude and 
cicatricised. Leaves often crowded at the ends of the branches. Pedune. subtermi- 
nal, one or several-headed. (Sp. 22-35.) 
Leaves linear or oblong, fleshy, semiterete or terete, nerveless and veinless: 
Stems shrubby and fleshy ; lvs. crowded at end of branches; ped. corymbose : 
Lys. linear-elongate, 2-3 inches long, 1 line wide (22) cy 
Lvs. cylindrical, 1-2 inches long, 114-2 I. diam. (23) carnosa, 
Stems slender; lvs. whorled at intervals, 1 in. te 
3lines diameter... (24) crassifolia. 
Stems slender; leaves opposite o or > alternate, ovoid or 
shortly cylindr.; pedune. mostly t-headed ... ... (25) sedifolia. 
Leaves laterally lobed or pinnatifid : 
Leaves fleshy, obtuse, on each side 1-2-lobed .... ... (26) obtusiloba. 
Lys. subpetioled, pinnatifd, lobes on each side a4 
mucronate os a (27) quercifolia. 
ase obovate or oblong, entire ¢ or toothed : 
Pedunc. corymbose, several-headed : rays yellow : 
Leaves tapering into a slender petiole, entire, 3- 
nerved from the middle ... . (28) triplinervia. 
Lys. sessile, toothed or subentire, faintly nerved, 
thickish = ... =<. (29) dentata, 
Leaves oblong, narrowed at base, fleshy, 1 I “inch 
long, 2-3 lines wide ; pappusrufous ... (30) Macrosperma. 
Pedunec. mostly forked, 2 ‘headed ; rays purplish 
leaves glaucous... . (31) purpurascens. 
Pedune. simple, 1 t-headed, ¢ or x rarely forked ; rays yellow: 
Shrubby-carnose, much branched, 2-3 feet high; 
pedune. long ... ... -. (32) arborescens. 
Shrubby-carnose, branching ; leaves coriaceous, ; 
_ with recurved margins .. (34) cacalioides. 
Dwarf ; leaves somewhat 3-nerved, denticulate ; : 
pedune. very short... .. .. (33) primulina. 
Very dwarf, unbranched ? woolly at crown; lvs. 
petioled, cuneate at base, obovate, sharply 
toothed along the rounded apex ... ... ... (35) minima, 
§ 5. Scaricerz, Rootstock or caudex short, simple or multifid, woolly at the 
crown. Leaves from the crown, numerous, rosulate. Peduncles seapelike, simple 
and one-headed, or sub-corymbose, several-headed. (Sp. 36-41.) 
Pedunce. several-headed ; lvs. niger Mean prone 
at base, coriaceous, entire : ‘ 
Pedune. one-headed ; leaves linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, 
quite entire (39) seapigera. 
Pedune. seyeral-headed ; Ive. spathulate, n netted-veined, ciliate: 
Inv. se. and rays about pale vee s be . (37) retrorsa, 
Inv. se. and rays about . (38) Zeyheri. 
or the lower petioled, cuneate-obovate ; fl. red or pare (40) auriculefolia. 
the lobes in everal pairs,lobulate and toothed; fl. yellow? 2 (41) sonchifolia. 
§ 6. CAULESCENTES. Root mostly (or always?) tuberous. Crown of the root 
mostly woolly. Radical leaves (when present) few, petioled. Stem simple or 
(36) Natalensis. 
