382 COMPOSIT2 (Harv.) | Senecio. 
89. S. blattarioides (DC. 1.c. 393); ‘stem herbaceous? erect, simple, 
glabrescent ; leaves all petiolate, the lower ovate, obtuse at base, acute 
at apex, deeply cut and toothed, both surfaces and the petiole hispid- 
subvillous, the uppermost oblong, tapering to both ends, toothed ; 
corymb compound, loose, pedicels scaly, elongate; inv. scarcely calycled, 
glabrous, of about 12 scales; disc-fl. about 15; rays 5; achenes angular, 
glabrous.” DC. 1. ¢. . 
Has. Betw. Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege. (Unknown to me.) 
“ Stem 13 ft. high, ‘Lower leaves, with a 2-inch long petiole, 2 in. long limb, 15 
lines wide.” DC, 
90. 8. serratuloides (DC.! 1. c. 395); stem erect, herbaceous, puber- 
ulous or glabrous; branches rigid, striate, leafy, panicled upwards ; 
leaves lyrate, the slender petiole with 2-4 pair of small, narrow, lance- 
linear, acuminate lobes, the terminal lobe very large, ovato-lanceolate 
or lanceolate, rigid, midribbed and penninerved, finely and sharply 
serrate, tapering to each end, glabrous, or the young ones flocculent; 
upper leaves small, sessile, inciso-pinnatifid below the middle; corymb 
branching, loosely many-headed, pedicels long, scaly ; inv. calycled, of 
10-12 oblong, acute, scales; disc-fl. 30-40; rays 8-10, spreading ; 
achenes glabrous. 
Var. 8, gracilis; branches laxly leafy, slender ; terminal leaf-lobes lanceolate, 
serrulate. 
Has. Natal, Drege! Gueinzius! B, Natal, Dr. W. B. Grant. (Herb. Sd., Hk.) 
Perennial, perhaps suffruticose at base. Branches 1-2 feet long, Leaves tech- 
nically lyrate, but the terminal lobe is 2-3 inches long, 4-1 inch wide, and the late- 
ral lobes, which are confined to the petiole, vary from 2-3 and from 5-12 lines long, 
and rarely exceed a line in width. Inv. scales dark-tipped. Rays pale. 
91. S. microglossus (DC.! 1. c. 395); “quite glabrous; stem herba- 
ceous, erect, angle-striate, corymbose at top; leaves petiolate, lyrate, 
the lateral lobes on each side 2-3, small, entire or few-toothed, the - 
terminal lanceolate or oblongo-lanceolate, tapering to each end, coarsely 
serrate, obliquely penninerved, rigid ; corymb compound, much-branch- 
ed ; pedicels slender, scaly ; heads about 12-f1., the rays few and very 
minute; inv. calycled, of 8 scales ; achenes glabrous. 
Has. Grass-fields, betw. Gekau and Basche, Drege / (Herb. Sd.) 
Allied to 8. serratuloides, but with much more coarsely serrate leaves, smaller fl. 
heads, and very minute, inconspicuous rays, shorter than their style. I have only — 
seen a small fragment in Hb. Sd. 
92. S. crenatus (Th.! Cap. 681); stem shrubby, erect, virgate, pani- 
cled at summit or simple, cobwebby, rib-striate, closely leafy ; leaves 
shortly petioled, ovate or obovate, obtuse, rigid, conspicuously netted- 
veined, finely callous-serrulate, the younger cobwebbed, the older gla- 
brous ; corymb compound, many-headed, the pedicels scaly ; heads 
radiate, 12-15-fl.; inv. calycled, of 7-9 broadish seales; rays 4-5, J el- 
low, oblong; achenes striate, pubescent. DC. l.¢.392. Sieb. Fl. Cap- 
243. S. Kraussit, Sch. Bip. ? 
 _ Has. Eastern Districts, Thunberg! Bowie! Uitenhage, E. Z.! Zey.! 2940, Drege! 
(Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) ¥ ne agtees ‘ 
- Stems 2-3 feet high, strong, rod-like, subsimple, except at the flowering summit. 
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