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tapering into a petiole, oblongo-lanceolate ; cauline decurrent, somewhat 
eared, crenateevenon thedecurrent portion ; corymbcompound, crowded ; 
pedicels scaly ; inv. glabrous, calycled with several rows of long, imbri- 
cated bracteoles; rays narrow” [yellow]; “achenes glabrous.” DC. 1. c. 
Has. Betw. Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege. 
Of this I have seen a single radical leaf, in Hb. Sd., about 12 inches long and 
1-1} inch wide. The cauline leaves are said to be about 3 inches long. By descrip- 
tion, it must approach very closely to S. decurrens; though placed in a different § 
by DC. 
61. S. polyodon (DC. 1 c. 386); “stem herbaceous, erect, striate ; 
below simple, rough with scattered pubescence, above panicled, pubes- 
cent ; leaves oblong-linear, subseabrid, with 8-10 teeth on each side, 
the lower ones tapering at base, the upper sessile, shortly eared ; heads 
hemispherical, about 80-fl., discoid; inv. of about 20 scales, sparingly 
calycled, equalling the disc; achenes glabrous.” DC. 1. c. 
Has. Near the Little and Great Fish River, 2~3000f., Drege (v. frust. in Hb. Sd.). 
Said to be allied to S. diodon, DC. I can form no judgment of its characters 
from the frustule which alone I have seen. Cauline leaves obtuse, 1-14 inch long, 
4 lines wide. Inv. scales 3 lines long, scabrous; heads 3~4 lines diam. 
62. 8. crenulatus (DC.! 1 c. 385); glabrous; rootstock not woolly ; 
radical leaves long-petioled, varying from oblongo-lanceolate to linear- 
lanceolate, tapering to both ends, midribbed and penninerved, callous- 
denticulate, rigid; stem erect, rib-striate, leafy, corymbose at summit ; 
cauline leaves sessile, amplexicaul, oblong, ovate-oblong, or linear, 
acuminate-denticulate ; corymb rather close, few or many-headed ; inv. 
hemispherical, glabrous, of about 20 narrow scales, calycled with a few 
subulate bracteoles; heads discoid; achenes silky-villous, canescent. 
Zey.! 2951. 
_ . Has. Districts of Uitenhage and Albany, frequent, Ecklon! Drege! Zeyher! &c. 
Zululand, Gerr. § MeK. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D., Cap.) 
In foliage this resembles S. A/banensis, but the stem leaves are strongly clasping, 
the fi. heads much smaller, and always (so far as I have seen, in the 28 specimens 
from various quarters that I have examined) discoid; and the achenes are very silky. 
De Candolie, however, describes the heads as having ‘*6-8 rays,” except in his var. B. 
“‘discoideus.” It is curious that in the four large Herbaria above quoted, no speci- 
men with rays, from either Eckl., Drege, or Zeyher, should be forthcoming! 
63. 8. striatifolins (DC. 1. c. 387); “herbaceous, erect, glabrous, 
stem terete, sub-striate; leaves sessile, elongate-linear, with revolute 
margins, nearly quite entire, 3-5 striate dorsally at base, one-nerved at 
apex ; corymb few-headed ; pedicels elongate ; heads 50-60 fl, discoid ; 
inv. of about 20 linear-acuminate, not wither-tipped scales, calycled ; 
achenes pubescent.” DC. 1. ¢. 
. Wi . Drege! (Herb. Sd. 
ae Pile ert BO fs ir of cea se fl. heads. Stem said to be 1-2 
ft. high. Leaves 5—6 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, tapering to a fine point. Heads 
like those of some vars. of S. Albanensis, but discoid. According to DC. it is allied 
to S. reclinatus and S. diodon. 
64. §. othonneflorus (DC.! 1. c. 386); perennial, herbaceous, erect, 
quite glabrous; stem closely leafy at base, nude and panicled above, 
