338 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [Othonna. 
Has. West side of Table Mt., Drege! Near Simonstown, Mr. C. Wright, 295, 
296, 297. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Stem or branches fleshy, 3-4 lines diam., leafy at the extremities only; cicatrices 
nude. Leaves 13-2 in. long, 3-1} in. wide; very variable in dentition. Pedune. 
4-10 in. long, 3—-12-headed ; pedicels 13-3 in. long. Pappus white. I omit Eeklon’s 
habitat, quoted by DC., because a specimen from E. ¢ Z. in Herb. Sond., named 
** Q. dentata,” is merely a dwarf, ill-grown plant of O. amplexicaulis, var. denticulata ; 
having the amply ear-clasping leaves, infl. and fi. heads of that species. 
30. 0. macrosperma (DC. 1. c. 478); “shrubby-carnose, branching, 
glabrous, ascending ; cicatrices bearded; leaves fleshy, flat, oblong, 
obtuse, tapering at base, some entire, some about the middle bluntly 
one-lobed ; fl. branches striate, subracemose, few-headed, nude; pedicels 
elongate ; inv. cylindr., 5-parted; rays 5, ten-nerved; ray achenes 
silky with rufous, close-lying hairs ; pappus rufous.” DC. l. ¢. 
Has. Olifant’s R., Drege. (Unknown to me.) 
* Leaves 1 in. long, 2-31. wide. Ach. 31. long.” DC. 
31. 0. purpurascens (Harv.); stem shrubby-carnose, the branches 
nude below with woolly cicatrices ; leaves somewhat fleshy, flat, gla- 
brous, glaucous, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed to the 
base, entire or bluntly 1-2-toothed ; pedune. terminal, mostly forked, 
2-headed, pedicels long; inv. sc. 5; rays purplish; achenes silky-villous. 
Has. Mastenberg, Zeyher! (Herb. Sond.) 
The specimens are in very poor condition, but seem to belong to a well marked 
species. The foliage is very glaucous, and the rays seem to have been dull, purple- 
red. Leaves 1-14 in. long, 4-5 lines wide. 
$2. 0. arborescens (Linn. Sp. 1310); stem shrubby-carnose, the 
branches fiexuous, nude and cicatricised below; cicatrices woolly ; 
leaves obovate-oblong, tapering at base, obtuse or subacute, entire or 
sinuate-toothed, thickish, but netted-veined when dry; pedune. ter- 
minal, elongate, simple or bifid, mostly one-headed; inv. sc. 5, broadly 
oval, concrete at base; rays multistriate; achenes villous. DC. /. c. 
478. Dill. Eith, t. 103. Burm. Afr. t. 60. f. 1. O. coronopifolia, fol. 1. 
Hb. Th.! 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Cape Flats, Drege’ Table Mt., W. H. H.! Onrustrivier, 
Zey.! 3051. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
A fleshy shrub, 2-3 feet high. Avx<ils of leaves and younger cicatrices with a tuft 
of short, white hairs. Leaves 1}-2 in. long, }-3 in. wide. Pedunc. 3-4 in. long. © 
Zeyher’s 3051 is very robust, but does not materially differ from my Table Mt. 
specimens, 
33. 0. primulina (DC. 1. c. 479); “shrubby, dwarf, quite glabrous; — 
leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, obovate, obtuse, sessile, 
tapering at base [7-9 1. long, 3-4 1. vt somewhat 3-nerved, denti- 
culate; pedunc. scarcely longer than the leaves, one-headed ; inv. lobes 
and rays 5-6; rays 5-nerved.” DOC.l.¢. 
_ Has. Cape, Xrebs. (Unknown to me.) 
34. 0. cacalioides (Linn. f. Suppl. 388) ; shrubby-carnose, glabrous, 
branching; branches very thick and fleshy, with white-woolly cicatrices; 
‘ave » obovate, tapering at base, very obtuse, thickish coriaceous, 
