370 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Senecio. 
erect, ribstriate, terete, loosely woolly below, cobwebbed, becoming 
glabrous above, ending in a few-headed corymb; lower leaves broadly 
ovate or oblong-obovate, tapering at base into a petiole, subacute, 
penninerved, minutely calloso-crenulate, the younger loosely cobwebbed, 
older glabrous, rigid ; upper sessile, stem-clasping, ovate, oblong or 
lanceolate, smaller upwards ; corymb 3-20-headed, simple or branched, 
the pedicels long, naked; heads many-fi. radiate; inv. calycled with 
long, subulate bracteoles, glabrous or cobwebbed, of 20 or more, keeled, 
subulate scales; achenes short, subcompressed, variably hairy. Czne- 
raria coronata, Thunb.! Cap.670. Senecio lasiorhizus, DC.! 1. c. 387. 5. 
lasiorhizoides, Sch. B. 
Var. §. minor ; radical leaves 3 inches long, 3-1 inch wide ; cauline small and 
narrow ; heads few and of smaller size. (Herb, D.) 
“Has. Camtous R., Thunberg! Uitenhage, Albany and Kaffraria, Drege, Ecklon, 
Zeyher, 929, Cooper, 285. Kreili’s Country, H. Bowker! Natal, Miss Owen! Krauss, 
438, Gueinzius/ 319,594. B. Cafferland, Cooper, 150. Camperdowm and Bulu, Natal, 
Gerr. § M‘K. 1053. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Rootstock thick, very woolly. Stem 6 inches to 2 feet high, sparsely leafy, nude 
above. oot-leaves several, on longer or shorter petioles, 3-6 inches long, 13-3 
inches broad, varying considerably in comparative length and breadth. _Cauline 
leaves few and distant, broad or narrow. Young parts loosely cobwebbed. Heads 
like those of SS. Al/banensis. Rays numerous and long, yellow. Achenes sometimes 
densely, sometimes sparsely hairy. Var. 8. is more slender, with smaller leaves 
and heads ; but otherwise the same. 
52. §. Albanensis (DC.! 1. c. 385); glabrous or cobwebby ; root- 
stock not woolly; radical leaves several, long-petioled, elongato-lanceo- 
late or lance-linear, tapering to each end, rigid, midribbed (the broader 
penninerved beneath), callous-denticulate, with subrecurved margin ; 
stem erect, ribbed and furrowed, laxly leafy, corymbose at the summit ; 
cauline leaves sessile, narrow, taper-pointed, with revolute margins; 
corymb lax, few or several-headed, the pedicels elongate, nude or scaly ; 
inv. of 15-20, glabrous or cobweb-woolly, narrow, acuminate scales, 
calycled with several longish subulate bracts ; rays numerous, spreading ; 
achenes glabrous, finely striate, narrowed to the base, slightly tapering 
upwards. Zey./ 2948. 
; Var. 8. doronicifiorus ; root-leaves 12-14 inches long, 3-1 inch gvide; heads few; 
inv. quite glabrous ; rays deep orange yellow. S. doroniciflorus, DQ.! l. ¢. 
Var. y. angustifolius ; leaves very long and narrow, 6-15 inches long, 14-5 lines 
wide ; heads several ; inv. cobwebby ; rays chrome yellow. Zey.! 2950. 
: Var. 6. brevifolius ; radical leaves 3-4 inches long or shorter, often very narrow ; 
infl. cobwebby ; heads rather smaller than in a, and Bp. Zey./ 2949. 4S. afinis, 
DC. 1. c. (ex descript.) 8S. leiocarpus, DC.! Ll. c. 390. 
Van. e.? leiophyllus ; perfectly glabrous in all parts ; radical leaves lanceolate, 
subobtuse ; stem rigid, closely leafy, few-headed ; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, 
narrowed at base, subobtuse, with revolute margins ; heads rather smaller and rays 
shorter than usual ; achenes similar. (Herb. Hk., Sd.) 
Has, Common in Albany, Uitenhage, Queenstown, the Winterberg, and im 
Kreili’s Country, £. & Z.! Drege, Mrs. F. W. Barber, gc. Betw. Knysna and 
Plettenberg Bay, Dr. Pappe! f. Buffelriver ; betw. Gekau and Basche R. ; and 
a ergrg and Omsamculo, Drege! Winterhoekberg, Krakakamma -_ —- 
» Zey.! %. Elandsriver, Zey.! Var. e. Magallisberg, Burke § Zey.! Zey./ 92°- 
(Herb. D., Hk., Sd., Cap.) : 
Stem 8 inches to 2 ft. high. Leaves 3-15 inches long, narrow-lanceolate or 
