Senecio. | COMPOSITE (Harv.) 369 
A dwarf plant. Rootstock thick. Leaves 14-2 inches long, the lobes 1 line wide, 
4-4 inch long, scape 4-6 inches long, sometimes with 1-2 leaves near the base ; 
pedicels 1-2 inches long. Iny. 4 lines long, § lines across. Rays 4-nerved, flat. 
48. S. reptans (Turez! Bull. Mose. 1851, p. 207); nearly glabrous; 
rhizome woody, nude, stoloniferous; stolons prostrate, rooting, with a 
tuft of leaves at the extremity; radical leaves numerous, petioled, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, inciso-dentate, or subpinnatifid, thickish, nerveless; stems 
ascending, simple, leafy below, ending in an erect, nude, gland-scabrid, 
one-headed peduncle; cauline leaves sessile, linear, entire or repando- 
crenate ; inv. scabrous, of 18-20 scales, many-fl.; rays several, short; 
achenes terete, with many slender, cano-puberulous stria. Walp. Ann. 
5: Pp. 335: 
Has. Cape, Ecklon! Caledon, R., Burke and Zey.! Zey.! 935. (Herb. Hk.,8d., D.) 
Root woody; stolons numerous 2-3 inches long. Radical leaves, or those in the 
tuft at end of stolon, 1-14 inch long, 1-2 lines wide. Cauline leaves 4 inch long, 
i line wide. Stems 3-4 inches long, the pedunc. about 2 inches. Compared by 
Turczanninow to S. brachyrhynchoides, DC. (which we considera var. of 8. hastulatus ), 
but the resemblance is trifling; and the present seems a well characterised plant. 
49. S. Bellis (Harv.); glabrous or nearly so; rootstock not woolly ; 
radical leaves numerous, rosulate, obovate-oblong, obtuse, tapering at 
base into a short petiole, one-nerved, thickish, subviscidulous, minutely 
callous-denticulate; stems simple, one-headed, angular below, striate 
above, nude or with a very few, distant, minute, subulate leaf-scales ; 
heads many fl., radiate; inv. glabrous, sparingly calycled at base, of 
about 20 linear, acuminate scales; rays numerous, revolute; aclienes 
(young) short, compressed, glabrous. 
Has. On hill sides, Queenstown district, Mrs. F. W. Barber, 317. (Herb. D.) 
Leaves 2-3 inches long, 3-3 inch wide, shaped almost exactly like those of the 
Daisy (Bellis perennis). Stems 10-12 inches high. Inv. $ inch long, 4-5 lines 
across. Apparently a very distinct and quite an elegant species. 
§ 3. Puantacinel (Sp. 50-65.) 
50. S. Dregeanus (DC.! 1. c. 407); perennial, herbaceous ; stem erect, 
ribstriate, rigid, glabrous and laxly leafy below, cobweb-woolly and 
pedunculoid above, corymbose at the summit; subradical and lower 
cauline leaves long-petioled, lanceolate, tapering at both ends, acute, 
glabrous, rigid, obliquely nerved, calloso-crenulate ; upper leaf-scales 
subulate ; corymb few-headed, the pedicels long, cobwebby, sparsely 
scaly ; heads radiate, many-fl.; inv. campanulate, imbricated in several 
rows, the outer scales scarcely shorter, blending with the inner, all with 
long, glabrous, dark points, bearded at the summit; achenes glabrous. 
Var. 8. discoideus ; rays none; stems frequently simple, 1-headed. (Hb. Sd., D.) 
Haz. Betw. Omsamculo and Omcomua, Drege! Near Umgena Waterfall, Natal, 
Gerr. & M‘Ken.! 354. Var. 8. Betw. Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Drege’ Kreili’s 
Country, H. Bowker! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) . 
Stem 2 feet high or more. Leaves 12-15 inches long, including the petiole, }—} 
inch wide. Inv. very much cobwebbed, more like that of an A thrixia than of a 
Senecio. Disc and ray-flowers deep purple. 8. is a smaller and weaker plant, with 
narrower leaves and often one-headed, simple stems. 
51. S. coronatus (Harv.); rootstock very woolly; stem herbaceous, 
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