344 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Othonna. 
55. 0. rotundifolia (DC. 1. c. 481); “ herbaceous, quite glabrous, with 
bearded axils; radical leaves petioled, pinnatifid, the lobes on each side 
4-5, with the terminal lobe roundish, obtusely sinuate, here and there 
submucronate ; scape rather longer than the leaves, twice forked at 
the apex, pedicels longer than the heads ; invol. 7-8-lobed ; rays 7-8, 
mostly 5-nerved ; ray achenes glabrous.” DC. 1. c. 
Has. Little Namaqualand, Drege. (Unknown to me.) 
‘‘ Leaves 10 inches long, 2-24 inches wide. Pappus reddish.” DC. 
_ 56, 0. lyrata (DC. ! 1. c. 481); herbaceous, glabrous; root tuberous? 
the crown and lower axils woolly; stem short, flexuous, leafy; radical 
and cauline leaves lyrate, near or at the base of petiole dilated and stem- 
clasping, the lateral lobes in 2-3 pair, roundish subentire, broad-based 
or cuneate-attenuate ; terminal lobe very large, roundish, often cordate 
_ at base, subentire, toothed, or lobulate; the blunt teeth or lobes very 
broad and shallow, mucronulate; pedune. long, nude, repeatedly forked, 
pedicels long; inv. sc. and rays 7-8; achenes (fide DC.) “ glabrous.” 
Has. Clanwilliam and Worcester, 7. § Z.! (Herb. Sond.) 
Leaves 5-6 inches long, shortly petioled, the dilatation of the radical leaves shortly 
above the base of the petiole; that of the cauline, which are similar, at the base: 
their veins and nerves not prominent. Term. leaf-lobe 2-24 in. long, 14-2 in. wide. 
Pedune. 10-12 in. high. 
57. 0. pinnata (Linn. f.suppl. 387); herbaceous, glabrous ; root tuber- 
ous, the crown and lower axils woolly; stem short, flexuous, laxly leafy ; 
radical and lower cauline leaves petioled, pinnatisect, the segments in 
several, close pairs, rigid, oblong, ovalorsubrotund, quite entire, margined, 
decurrent ; branches pedunculoid, long, curved, nude, one-headed ; inv. 
scales 12-13, lanceolate, concrete; achenes villous. Bot. Mag. t. 168. 
Th. ! Cap. 722. DC.1. c. 481. 
Has. Common on the Cape flats, and hills round Capetown, Kamp’s Bay, &c. 
(Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
- Leaves 4-6 inches long, including the petiole; lobes 3-1 in. long, 3-4 lines wide. 
The rays are often red or purple beneath, but yellow above. 
58. 0. tephrosioides (Sond.); herbaceous, glabrous; root tuberous, 
the crown and lowest axil woolly ; stem suberect, branching, laxly leafy; 
radical leaves petioled, pinnatisect, the segments in several, subdistant 
pairs, rigid, oblongo-lanceolate, subacute, quite entire, margined, decur- 
rent; branches 2-4 headed, pedicels 1-2-uncial; inv. sc. about 8, ovate, 
subacute; achenes? e 
Has. Matjisfontein, Zeyher.! 999. (Herb. Hk., Sd.) ~- 
: Root ovate-oblong, acute. Rad. lvs., with their petiole, 5-6 in. long; lobes 1-1} 
in. long, 3-4 1. wide. Cauline lvs. sessile, the lowest pinnatisect, upper entire. 
Stems 1-14 ft. high, forking.—Nearly allied to O. pinnata, but with taller, more 
erect and branching stem, more compound inflorescence and fewer inv. scales. 
( Doubtful Species. ) 
0. nudata (DC.1.c. 475); “suffr., erect, glabrous ; stem terete, leafy 
at base, otherwise nude, elongate, paniculato-corymbose ; leaves lanceo- 
late, tapering at base, acute, with 1-2 large teeth on each side; pedicels 
rather shorter than the fl. head; inv. lobes and rays 7-8; achenes 
villous.” DC. 7. ¢. 2 
