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heads loosely corymbose, on pubescent pedicels ; inv. of 12-14 broad, 
black-tipped, striate scales, calycled with several flat, ciliate, black- 
tipped bracteoles ; rays several ; achenes puberulous. S. repandus, ex 
pte. Herb. Th.! S. petiolaris, Less.! in Hb. Th. MSS., non DC. ‘ 
Has. Cape, Thunberg. (Herb. Th.) 
Described from a specimen in Hb. Th. marked “ 8. repandus, 2,” but well distin- 
guished from that species by the amply calycled involucres, &c. Petioles 1-14 inch 
long ; lamina 1-1} in. long, }-1 in. wide, more or less te-att te at base. 
Heads rather large, like those of 8. littoreus. 
10, S. lobelioides (DC. 1. c. 382); “herbaceous, erect, branched, quite 
glabrous ; stem terete ; lower leaves petioled, cordate, toothed; upper 
sessile, cordate-amplexicaul, toothed; corymb few-headed, the pedicels 
nude; inv. cylindrical, smooth, nearly nude at base, equalling the disc ; 
scales 9-10, barbellate at tip ; disc-fl. 25, rays 3, very small; achenes 
pubescent.” DC. le. 
Has. Zilverfontein, Drege! (Unknown to me.) 
** 6-9 inches high. Heads 3-4 lines long; Fl. pale-yellow.” DC. 
11. S. erysimoides (DC. 1. c. 382); annual, glabrous or nearly so ; 
stem erect, branched, angle-furrowed above; lower leaves petioled, ovate, 
sinuate, the rest sessile, ear-clasping at base, deeply pinnatifid or pin- 
nati-partite, thin, the lobes in 5-9 pairs, spreading, some entire, some 
sharply toothed, acute, mucronate ; corymb lax, pedicels slender ; inv. 
glabrous, calycled with a few black-tipped, shortly subulate bracteoles, 
13—15-scaled ; rays 8-10, spreading, 4-ribbed, longer than the involu- 
cre; achenes striate, minutely downy. 
Has. Zwarteberg, Drege! (Herb. Sd.) 
Of this I have only seen two upper leaves and a few fi. heads. The latter differ 
from those of S. cardaminifolius by the longer rays, and black-tipped, broader, and 
shorter bracteoles. De Candolle also compares it with his S. inconstans and S. con- 
sone Zeyher’s 2971, var. 8B. (Herb. Sd.), from Hassagay’s Kloof, comes very 
near 
12. §. cardaminifolius (DC.! 1. c. 382); annual, glabrous or nearly 
so, erect, branched ; stem weak, rib-striate ; leaves eared at base, of thin 
substance, the lower ones petioled, ovate or oblong, coarsely dentate, 
the upper subsessile, tapering to the base, deeply pinnatifid or pinnati- 
sect, the lobes in 3-4 pair, horizontally patent, subulate, acute, mucro- 
nate, quite entire; corymb rather close, pedicels short ; inv. glabrous, 
of 12-15 scales, calycled with a few very slender, setaceo-subulate 
bracteoles ; rays 6-8, shorter than the invol; achenes pubescent. 
Has. Zilverfontein, Drege! (Herb. D , Sd., Hk., Cap.) 
A weak annual, 6-12 inches high or more, with thinly membranous, pale leaves. 
Leaves 1-14 inch long, the lower ones j-1 inch wide. Inv. 2 lines long ; rays 14, 
at length revolute. 
13. 8. sophioides (DC.! 1. c. 382); annual, sparsely hispid or gla- 
brescent ; stem erect, branching, angular ; leaves half-clasping at base, 
bipinnatipartite, shortly petioled, the lobes narrow-linear, with revolute 
margins, elongate, some simple, some laxly pinnulated, all callous-tipped; 
infl. subsimple, the pedicels terminal, elongated, slender, pubescent; 
