368 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [Senecio. 
44. §. robertiefolius (DC. 1. c. 384); ‘stem herbaceous, sparsely 
pubescent, simple, leafy at base, nude above; radical leaves petioled, 
elongate-lanceolate, sinuato-pinnatifid, suabdentate, on both sides shortly 
hairy; cauline sessile, acuminate, toothed; heads subsolitary, long- 
pedicelled ; inv. sparingly calycled ; inv. of 20 torulose, hispid scales ; 
rays 10-12, narrow, long, flat, open; achenes quite glabrous.” DC. 1. c. 
Has. Camiesberg, Drege. (Unknown to me.) 
Perhaps a mere variety of S. hastulatus. 
45. S. spireifolius (Thunb.! Cap. 684) ; rootstock oblique, not woolly 
at the crown; radical leaves numerous, petioled, inciso-pinnatifid, sca- 
brid-pubescent, the lobes in 10-15 or more pair, short, horizontal, 
coarsely 3—5-toothed, with reflexed edges, the sinuses truncate ; stems 
herbaceous, nearly nude, or with 1-2 distant, pinnatisect leaves, or a 
few small, clasping, taper-pointed leaf-scales, pubescent at base, glabrous 
above ; corymb 2—7-headed, pedicels long; heads multi-radiate ; inv. 
calycled at base, of many glabrous, linear-acute, flattish scales; achenes 
striate, cano-pubescent. S. pedicularifolius, DC.! in Hb. Eckl.! Drege! 
(non H.B.K.) 8S. pseudo-Sceptrum, Steud. S. Ecklonianus, DC. 1. c. 384. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Worcester, Ecklon! Near Beaufort and betw. Paarl and 
Frenchhoek, Drege! Steendahl, Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Rhizome } inch thick. Rad. leaves 5-7 inches long. Cauline leaves often none. 
Stem 10-18 inches high, sometimes 1-headed. A handsome species, with more 
sharply cut and rigid leaves than S. hastulatus ; nearly naked stems and glabrous 
involucres. Thunberg’s specimens, in excellent preservation, exactly agree with our 
plant ; his description only errs in calling the root annual and the inv. hairy. 
46. S. hieracioides (DC. 1. c. 384) ; “stem herbaceous, erect, branch- 
ing, terete, striate, puberulous, viscidulous above ; root-leaves petioled, 
oblong, toothed, minutely puberulous; cauline sessile, ear-clasping, 
oblong, incised, downy, the uppermost linear, viscidulous ; corymb 
panicled, the pedicels sparsely scaly ; inv. of about 12 puberulous scales ; 
rays 8-10 ; achenes linear-compressed, striate, pubescent between the 
strie.” DC. 1. ¢. 
Har. Los Tafelberg, Kaffirland, in stony places 56000 f., Drege! 
“ Lower leaves 3 inches long, 4 lines wide. Stem 1-1} foot high.” Of this I 
have seen no specimen, unless Zey. / 938, from Vet River (Hb. Sd.), belong to it : 
in it the radical and lower leaves are obovate-oblong, tapering into an imperfect 
petiole, coarsely toothed, midribbed, with a thickened, subciliate margin, glabrous, 
except for a few scattered bristles on the lower side; stem leaves few, clasping, 
toothed, puberulous ; infl. laxly few-headed ; inv. nearly nude at base, of 12-15 
narrow, scabrous scales ; rays few, pale-yellow, shorter than the inv.; achenes 
tapering upwards, striate, pubescent. 
47. 8. albifolius (DC.! 1. c. 389); herbaceous, perennial, not woolly 
on the crown of rootstock; radical leaves numerous, rosulate, petioled, 
pinnati-partite, on both sides albo-tomentose, becoming glabrate above, 
lobes on each side 4-6, linear, obtuse, with revolute margins; stem 
scape-like, much longer than the leaves, nearly leafless, 2-3 headed, 
the pedicels long; inv. white-woolly, scarcely calycled, of many-scales} 
heads many-fl., rays 10-12, achenes striate, puberulous on the strie. 
Hap. Winterhoeksberg, Tulbagh, Eckl.! (Herb, Sond.) 
