342 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [Othonna. 
character, and in the fewer inv. scales. Leaves 24 inches long, almost equally wide, 
slightly fleshy, but pellucid and membranous when dry. Pedicels 3-§ inches long. 
Pappus whitish, short. 
47. 0. filicaulis (Jacq. Schoenb. t. 241); “herbaceous, glabrous, 
weak, branching; root tuberous; radical leaves petioled, ovate ; cauline 
cordate-clasping at base, oblongo-lanceolate, acute; pedunc. nude, one- 
* headed; rays narrow, long, bidentate ; achenes glabrous.” DC. 1, c. 
p- 481. 
Has. Cape: formerly cult. in Europe. 
Like O. amplecifolia, but with much narrower, taper-pointed leaves. The achenes, 
described as “ glabrous,” are perhaps, more probably, hispidulous. 
48. 0. linifolia (Linn. f. Suppl. 388); herbaceous, glabrous ; root 
tuberous; crown and axils woolly ; stems scape-like, bifid or 2-3 
forked, nearly nude; radical leaves very long, linear-attenuate or linear- 
lanceolate, tapering to each end, rigid, ribbed and veiny or striate, quite 
entire; pedicels very long; inv. sc, and rays g-10; ray achenes silky- 
villous. Zh./ Cap.718, DC. l.c.479. O. bulbosa, var. y. Linn. Sp. 13°9- 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Cape Flats, Z.§ Z.! Dr. Pappe! W. H. H. Berg. B., 
Zey.! 3042, (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Radical leaves 6-10 inches long, 4-3 lines wide. Stem 8-14 in. high, commonly 
forked in the middle, with 1-2 sessile, linear leaves. 
i. 49. 0. tuberosa (Thunb. ! Cap. 720); herbaceous, glabrous or sparsely 
pilose; root tuberous, woolly at the crown and axils; stems short, 
-» flexuous, simple or divided, leafy; radical leaves on long petioles, ovate 
©. or oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, entire, acute, membranous, veiny (when 
_ . dry); cauline leaves sessile, half-clasping, oblong, spathulate or obovate, 
entire or repand; pedune. very long, nude or nearly so, one-headed, 
curved, striate; inv. sc. 12-14, lanceolate, acute, concrete at base; 
achenes silky. O. elliptica; O. adscendens ; and O. oblongifolia, DC.! 
l.c. 480. Also 0. Lingua, Herb, Th.! 
Has. Common round Capetown and on the Cape : We “ - 
Th D, He'sd) pe pe Flats. Zey.! 3045, pte. (Herb. 
Leafy portion of stem 2-3 inches long; pedunc. 6-8 in. long. Leaves mostly 
quite entire and glabrous ; rad. leaves 3-5 in. long, 1-2 in. wide; petiole 2-3 in- 
long, Some specimens of Zey. 3045 belong to O. heterophylla. 
50. 0. heterophylla (Linn. f. Suppl. 387); herbaceous, more or less 
copiously pilose, rarely subglabrous; root tuberous, woolly at the erown 
and in the axils; stems short, flexuous, simple or forked, laxly leafy; 
radical leaves petiolate, broadly ovate or obovate, or subrotund, obtuse, 
often cordate at base, repand or crenate, prominently nerved and veiny 
beneath, more or less pilose; cauline sessile, half-clasping, obovate or 
oblong, with recurved edges, crenate or sub-entire; pedune. terminal, 
nude, one-headed ; inv. sc, 13-14; achenes villous. 7. Cap. 721- 
O. tuberosa, DC. 1. c. 479 (excl. syn.) Also O.brachypoda, DC.1! 1. c. 480. 
Has. Cape Flats, &c., Thunberg! Drege, Eckl., W.H.H. Voormansbosch, Zey.’ 
og ods CS cong ct ace hick tly nerved 
: ut more , with thicker, more prominently n 
leaves, with recurved edges, usually crenate or ; Zeyher's is partly made 
up of one, partly of the other fave bx species. sioagesteiarar Arges poe 
