Senecio. ] COMPOSIT (Harv.) 401 
Pp. 196. Jacob. mucronata, Th. ! Cap. 676 (more cobwebbed, with looser 
inflorescence). S. rigescens, Jacq. Coll. 5, t. 6, f. 1. S. longifolius, Berg.? 
Cap. 279. 
Var. 8, cristatus ; leaves half-clasping and 2-3 toothed or ear-crested at the very 
base. 4. cristatus, Th. Cap. 679. 
Has. Common round Capetown, and Eastwards to Uitenhage and Albany, Zey.! 
2961. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
A bush, 1-3 ft. high, either whitish from cobwebby, loose hairs, or nearly glabrous. 
Leaves 1-3 inches long, 1-3 lines wide, either simple at base, or in 8. somewhat 
eared and toothed. Heads like those of S. rigidus, about 2 lines long. 
152. S. Burchellii (DC. 1. c. 401); stem suffruticose, erect, scabro- 
pubescent or glabrous, striate; leaves half-clasping and minutely eared 
and toothed at base, linear, entire or denticulate, with revolute margins; 
fl. branches nude or sparsely leafy, loosely corymbose or panicled ; 
pedicels elongate, scaly; inv. of about 12 scales, glabrous, calycled ; 
Pete about 40, rays 5-7, flat; achenes minutely puberulous. Sieb./ 
ap. 34. 
Has. Cape Flats, Burchell, Mundt! Sieber! Wallich! C. Wright, 294. (Herb. 
Hk., Sd., D.) 
A scrubby, half woody bush, with the habit of S. rosmarinifolius, but much looser 
inflorescence, the heads of twice larger size, on long pedicels, very few in the corymbs, 
or subsolitary. Stem more or less rough with minute, rigid hairs. Leaves 1-2 in. 
long, 1 line wide. Pedicels 1-3 in. long. S. linariefolius, Drege ! (Hb. Sd.) partl 
belongs to this; partly to S. debilis (Hb. Hk,). : a! 
153. S. vimineus (DC.? 1. c. 400); suffruticose, quite or nearly gla- 
brous; main branches virgate, terete, striate, sparsely leafy ; leaves 
(often with axillary leaf-tufts), narrow-linear, quite entire, with slightly 
revolute margins, stem-clasping at base, callous-tipped ; fl. branches 
spreading, few-headed; heads subcorymbose, on long, scaly pedicels; 
inv. of 20-22, narrow, dark-tipped, acuminate scales, calycled with 
several flat, dark-tipped bracteoles; disc-fl. 80-100; rays 10-12, re- 
flexed; achenes silky. 
Has. Eastern Districts, Burchell. Basutuland, 7. Cooper! 716. (Herb. D.) 
Probably 2 ft. high, loosely branched ; branches 1-14 ft. long, very pale, simple 
or with a few subterminal, widely spreading branchlets, ending in a corymb of 3-8 
heads. Leaves 1-2 inches long, } line wide, pale-green, quite glabrous. Pedicels 
2-4 inches long, bearing several scales. Inv. 4 lines long, 5 lines diameter, pale, of 
many narrow, white-edged, glabrous scales. Calycle ample, its bracteoles conspicu- 
ously dark-tipped. .Whether this be DOC.’s “S. vimineus” or not, I cannot tell : 
if not, it must be very near it. I describe from Mr. Cooper's specimens. 
154. §. dracunculoides (DC.! l.c. 400); scarcely suffruticose, erect, 
much-branched, glabrous; branches angularly compressed, flexuous ; 
leaves sparse, half-clasping and often eared at base, linear, subacute, 
quite entire, with reflexed margins; corymbs loosely few-headed, pedi- 
cels sparsely scaly; inv. calycled, of about 18 narrow, keeled, dark- 
tipped scales ; dise-fl. 50-60, rays 10-12 ; achenes striate, quite glabrous. 
Has. Near the Zwartkop’s R., Uit., Ecklon! (Herb. Cap.) 
I describe from one of Ecklon’s sp. in the Cape Govt. Herb., which agrees well 
with DQ@.’s character; other specimens distributed by Ecklon are diverse. One in 
Hb. Sd. seems to belong to S. inequidens, a nearly allied sp., differing in foliage and 
in its pubescent achenes. The leaves are thickish, 14 in. long, 2-3 lines wide. 
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