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Var. 8. hispidus; copiously clothed with long, soft, jointed hairs ; lower leaves 
oblong, toothed. 
Var. 7. lyratus; pubescence shorter and more scanty ; lower lvs. lyrato-pinnatifid. 
Has. Near Tulbagh and in the Zuureberg, Drege. 8. Abundant throughout Uit- 
enhage and Albany ; in Br. Caffraria, Eckl.! D’ Urban! Hutton! Genl. Bolton! &c. 
Natal, Gueinzius/ Sanderson, &c. ‘y. Simonstown, C. Wright! 309. Modderlagd, 
Zey.! 941. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Similar in habit to S. erubescens, from which it is known by its radiate heads, and 
usually by its more glandular and pilose pubescence. Var. 8. is very abundant and 
ought perhaps to be regarded as the type of the species. Of DO.’s typical form T 
have only seen a single specimen (Hb. Hook.) of Drege’s “ C.” (from Katberg) ; it 
is incomplete, but looks as if it belonged to a different species. 
30. S. erubescens (Ait. Kew 1, v. 3, p. 190) ; perennial, glandularly 
pubescent, viscidulous ; radical and subradical leaves petioled, poly- 
morphous (oblong, obovate or lyrato-pinnatisect, with short, toothed, 
lateral lobes and wide interspaces); stem herbaceous, ascending, weak, 
laxly leafy below, nude, pedunculoid and dichotomous above ; cauline 
leaves ear-clasping, oblong or linear, toothed or subentire, or inciso- 
pinnatifid; corymbs laxly few-headed, the pedicels elongate; inv. very 
sparingly calycled, of 12-15 narrow, scabrid scales; heads discoid, 
30-50-fi. ; achenes striate, more or less pubescent or pilose. DC. Z. ¢. 
406. S. vernonioides, Sch. B. Bot. Zeit. 27, p. 701. 
Var. a. lyratus ; lower leaves lyrato-pinnatifid ; upper incised. (Hb. D., Hk.) 
Var. 8. dichotomus (DC.); lower leaves shortly petioled, oblong or obovate, 
toothed, repand or subentire. Jacobea scabra, Thunb.! Cap.677. Sen. adfinis, Less. ! 
in Hb. Th. MSS. (Hb., D., Th., Sd.) 
Var. +. crepidifolius (DC.) ; leaves on longish petioles, oblong or obovate, more 
orless toothed. Senecio variabilis, Sch.! Bip. Bot. Zeit. 27, p. 700. (Hb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Var. 5? incisus (DC.); stem ascending, leafy below, nude and subdichotomous 
above ; leaves scabrous and pilose with jointed hairs, sharply toothed and incised. 
(Herb. D., Sd.) 
Has. Throughout the Colony, and in Caffraria and Natal. Var. a, near Capetown, 
W.H. H. B, Hott. Holland, #cki.! Karrega R., Albany, Zey./ 942. Buffeljadgts 
R., Zey.! 2972, ex pte. y. common at Natal, Krauss! Gueinzius! Gerr. & M‘K. 311, 
842 ee ae * Ft. Bowker, H. Bowker! 566. Humansdorp, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. 
aa, D. ., od. 
Radical and lower leaves 2-3, rarely 4 inches long. Stem 1-14 f. high, weak, 
nude for half its length or more; except in 3, which also differs from other varieties 
byits pilose indument, like that of S. thyrsoides in some respects. Corymbs 3—9-headed, 
very lax.—Like S. purpureus in miniature, especially our var. a; but much smaller, 
weaker, with more simple infl., rather longer involucres, and pubescent (not glabrous) 
achenes. The lower leaves vary much in form. 
$1. S. purpureus (Linn. Sp. 1215); perennial, glandularly pubescent, 
viscidulous; stem herbaceous, erect, tall, leafy, corymboso-paniculate at 
the summit; radical and lowest cauline leaves petiolate, elongate, lyrato- 
pinnatifid, tapering at base, the terminal lobe large and inciso-lobulate, 
the lateral short and broad, irregularly toothed or repand, with very wide 
rounded interspaces; medial and upper cauline leaves sessile, ear-clasping 
oblong, or lyrate or pinnatifid, toothed or repand; callous-denticulate ; 
infl. compound, the partial corymbs densely many-headed; inv. nearly 
nude at base, of ro—13 scabrous scales, shorter than the fl. ; heads discoid, 
40-50 fl.; achenes striate, glabrous. DC./ I. c. 406 (excl. syn. Thunb. 
