Othonia. | COMPOSITE (Harv.) 341 
of ro-12 concrete, acute scales; ray achenes rufo-villous. DC. J. c., 
exel. var. 8. 
Has. Near Holrivier, in Karroid places, 1000 f., Drege! (Herb. Hook.) 
Root an oblong-cylindrical tuber, 1 in. long, 2-3 1 diam. Bare portion of stem 
2-3 inches long ; leafy portion 4-5 inches. Pedunculoid branches 3-4 inches long. 
Rays and dise fl. crimson or purplish-red, 
48, 0. incisa (Harv.) ; herbaceous, erect, glabrous; root?; crown 
woolly; stem leafy in the lower half, pedunculoid, nude, and sub- 
corymbose above ; leaves sessile, half-clasping, somewhat fleshy, ob- 
longo-lanceolate or lanceolate, coarsely several-toothed, the teeth deltoid, 
subacute, distant; upper leaves smaller, subentire or entire, acute; 
pedicels elongate, subcorymbose; inv. campanulate, of 8-10, connate, 
lanceolate scales; ray achenes tawny-villous; pappus whitish. 0. 
cakilefolia, var. 8 latifolia, DC.! 1. c. 482. 
Has. Betw. Uitkomst and Geelbekskraal, 2-3000 f., Drege’ (Herb. D., Sd.) 
This differs decidedly in foliage from O. cakilefolia; so much so that IT must 
separate it from that species. The root-leaves, if any, and tuber are unknown ; 
the cauline leaves are 6-8 inches long, 1-14 wide. Pedunculoid stem 6-10 inches 
high. Both ray and disc fl. seem to have been purplish, much less bright than in 
O~ cakilefolia.. 
44. 0. rosea (Harv.) ; herbaceous, erect, branching, glaucous, quite 
glabrous; leaves sessile, stem-clasping, elliptic-oblong, mucronate, mar- 
gined, quite entire or subrepand, midnerved, with immersed veins ; 
branches subpedunculoid above, forked or subcorymbose, few-headed ; 
pedicels very long ; invol. campanulate, of 10-12 oblong, semiconcrete 
scales; rays 4-lined ; achenes (young) glabrous. 
Has. Modderfontein, Namaqualand, Rev. H. Whitehead! (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Root and base of stem unknown. Leaves 3 inches long, 1-1} inch wide, with 
the stem and iny. very glaucous. Pedicels subcorymbose, 2-3 inches long. Ray 
and disc. fl. bright, rosy-red. Pappus pale fulvous. 
45, 0. rufibarbis (Harv.) ; herbaceous, glabrous; root tuberous? woolly 
atthe crown; stem erect, rigid, branching, leafy; radical leaves on long 
petioles, ovate, acute, 3-5-nerved at base, rigid, veiny ; cauline sessile, 
ear-clasping, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, margined, entire, 
undulate; pedunc. terminal and axillary, long, one-headed ; inv. scales 
and rays 12-13; achenes rufo-pubescent ; pappus rufous. 
Has. Adow, Uit., Zey.! 3041. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Root not seen. Stem 1 foot long. Radical leaves on 4-5 inch long petioles, 14- 
2 inches long, 1-14 wide ; cauline 14 inch long, §-$ inch wide. Pedunce. 4-8 inches — ae : 
long. Pappus copious, dull purple. 
46. 0. amplexifolia (DC. 1. c. 480); herbaceous, branching, half- 
climbing, glaucous, glabrous; root tuberous, woolly at the crown and 
in the lower axils; radical leaves? ; cauline leaves broadly cordate, stem- 
clasping, acute or obtuse, undulate or repand, mucronate, soft, drying 
thin and veiny ; pedicels terminal and axillary, slender, long, 1-headed ; 
inv. se. 9-10; achenes dark-brown, tapering, minutely hispid. 0. per- 
foliata, Jacq. Schoenbr. t. 240 (excl. syn. ). 
Has. Paarl, Drege’ Tulbagh, Pappe! Piquetberg, Zey./ 1003. (Hb. Hk., D. Sd.) 
This has quite the habit and foliage of Doria perfoliata, but differs in generic 
