Senecio. | COMPOSITZ ( Harv.) 377 
on the stria. 4S. oxyriefolius ; S. peltatus; S. subnudus; S. peltiformis, 
DC.1 1. ¢. 465. ; 
Has. Uitenhage, Albany and Caffraria, 2. & Z./ Drege! Zwartkop Zoutpan, 
mes ! awe Albany, H. Hutton! Umeomas, Natal, Gerr. § McK. 1030. (Herb. D., 
The leaves vary a little in shape, in the incision of margin, and in amount of pel- 
tate character, the petiole being sometimes 4 an inch, sometimes 1 line within the 
in; but in all the specimens I have seen, including one of the typical “owxyriefo- 
lius” DC., the peltate character exists. In Mr. Hutton’s specimen this peltate char. 
is at its maximum, and the margin nearly entire, or barely repand and minutely 
denticulate. Petiole 2-3 inches long. Lamina 1-14 inch long and broad. Peduncle 
12-15 inches high, FI. yellow. 
73. §. rhomboideus (Harv.); root tuberous? all parts glabrous; stem 
leafy at base, ending in a long, nude, corymbose or panicled peduncle ; 
leaves petiolate, fleshy, rhomboid or ovate, repand and denticulate, cu- 
neate and tapering much at base, drying thin, closely netted-veined ; 
iny. scarcely calycled, of 8-9 taper-pointed scales, fl. . . ? 
Has. Eastern frontier? Zcklon! (Herb. Sd.) 
Founded on a single imperfect specimen, mixed with ‘*S. subnudus,” from which 
the foliage so remarkably differs that I think it must be kept distinct. The fl, heads 
would seem to be similar to those of S. oxyriefolius. 
74, §. paucifolius (DC.! 1. c. 403); glaucous, quite glabrous; nude 
at the crown; stem erect, short, simple, leafy below; leaves sessile, oval 
or oblong, penninerved, quite entire, obtuse or acute, or mucronate, 
either cuneate at base or rounded and half-clasping; pedunc. elongate, 
nude, sparingly corymbose at summit, or forked, or simple; pedicels 
2-8, long, sparsely scaly, one-headed ; invol. not calycled, of ro—12 
scales, equalling the disc; disc fi. 50-60, rays 8-10; achenes glabrous, 
striate. 
Has. Swellendam, Mundt.‘ Uitenhage and Caffraria, Z. § Z.! Zey.! 2967. 
Zuureberg, Drege. Betw. R. Zondereinde and Zwartberg, Zey./ Vetrivier, Burke & 
Zey.! 930. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
75. S. latifolius (DC. 1. c. 387); woolly on the crown of the root, 
otherwise quite glabrous ; stem erect, striate, tall, leafy, ending in a 
much-branched, corymbose panicle ; lower leaves oblong or obovate, 
acute or acuminate, tapering to the base, entire or remotely denticulate; 
upper numerous, cordate-eared and clasping at base, oblong or lanceo- 
late, or linear-acuminate ; partial corymbs many-headed, fastigiate, 
pedicels short, nearly nude ; inv. of 5-8 glabrous, nerved scales, nearly 
nude at base; disc-fl. 10-12, rays 3-5 ; achenes quite glabrous. 
Var. a., verus; upper leaves broadly oblong or ovato-lanceolate, amply eared at 
base, denticulate, or subentire. S. latifolius, DOL tl. ¢: = = 
. retrorsus; upper leaves varying from oblon ceolate to linear-lanceo- 
ee pipacehar: or Sy mostly ZonGontate. 8. ri DG.! oe. 
Van. 7. barbellatus; upper leaves still narrower and more acuminate, mostly 
quite entire at edge. S. barbellatus, DC. 1. c. 388. 
Has. Districts of Uitenhage and Albany; Caffraria and Natal. Var. a. Om- 
samcaba, Drege! 8. Zuureberg, Drege! Albany, Ecklon! Caledon R. and Magalisberg, 
Burke, y. Stormberg and Witberg, Drege. Albany, and in Caffraria, Ecklon / (Hb. 
D., Hk., Sd.) 
