402 COMPOSIT# (Harv.) [ Senecio. 
155. S. hirtellus (DC.! 1. c. 401); suffruticose, suberect or diffusely 
branched; stem copiously and rigidly pubescent, young parts also cob- 
webbed ; leaves linear, entire, scabro-pubescent or rigidly hairy, with 
strongly revolute margins, stem-clasping at base; fl. branches peduncu- 
loid upwards, the pedune. long, nude, glabrate or hispid, one or two- 
headed ; inv. calycled, glabrate, of 18-20 scales ; disc-fl. 60-80; rays 
10-12, revolute ; achenes hispidulous. 
Var. 8. subcorymbosus (DC.) ; leaves more hairy ; branches 3-5-headed. 
Has. Uitenhage, Ecklon 8. in Albany, Eckl.; Howison’s Poort, H. Hutton! 
(Herb. D., Cap.) : 
A small, weak, much branched, half-ligneous plant, 6-18 inches high. Lower 
half of branches closely leafy ; pedunc. 4-6 inches long. Leaves 1-14 inch long, ¢ 
line wide, like those of S. rosmarinifolius, either copiously or scantily clothed with 
short, curled, whitish hairs. 
§9. Puouroti. (Sp. 156-157.) 
156. 8. pinifolius (Lam., dict. 3, p. 263); shrubby, glabrous; branches 
erect, imbricate with leaves to the summit, or scaly above, one-headed ; 
leaves crowded, rigid, acerose-triquetrous, mucronate, erect or spreading 5 
heads radiate, many-fl., rays 3-8, spreading; inv. calycled with several 
subulate bracteoles, of 12-18 flat, lanceolate, glabrous scales ; achenes 
glabrous. DC. 1. c. 399. Inula pinifolia, Linn, Th.! Cap. p. 667. Cine- 
raria laricifolia, Lam. dict. 2, p. 8. Hubertia pinifolia, Sieb. Cap. 31. 
Has. About Capetown, common ; extending eastwards to Uitenhage and Albany. 
(Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
Stem 6-18 in. high, variable in habit ; branches curved or straight. Leaves }-1 
inch long, imbricating. Heads either solitary, corymbose or somewhat racemose, 
large or sm: Distinguished from S, triqueter by its radiate fl. heads. It is a much 
commoner plant. 
157. S. triqueter (Less.! Linn. p. 251); shrubby, glabrous; branches 
erect, virgate, imbricated with leaves, subpedunculoid, scaly and one- 
headed at apex ; leaves crowded, rigid, acerose-triquetrous, mucronate} 
heads discord, many-fl.; inv. slightly calycled, of 14-18 broad, flat, 
lance-oblong, glabrousscales; achenesglabrous, compressed. DO. 1.¢. 399: 
Has. Cape Flats, Thunberg! Burchell, E. § Z.! W.H.H., &c. Hott. Holl. Bg. 
Mundt! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stem 1-14 ft. high, rigid, nude and cicatricised below, closely leafy above. Leaves 
j-1 in, long, erecto-patent. Pedune. short or long, more or less covered with reduced, 
sceale-like leaves. Heads 5-6 lines long, equally broad. Very Similar, except in its 
discoid heads, to S. pinifolius, with which it was associated by Thunberg. Both vary 
in the size of the head. 
§ 10. Scanpentes. (Sp. 158-166.) 
158. 8. mikanioides (Otto MSS.) ; scandent, quite glabrous ; leaves 
petiolate, sharply 5~7-angled or lobed, hastate or cordate at base, the 
lobes deltoid or obsolete, with broad, shallow interspaces; fl. branches 
terminal and axillary, with a few depauperated leaves, bearing 2 cont — 
pound, many-headed corymb ; inv. very sparingly calycled, of 8-9 
narrow seales, shorter than the flowers; heads discoid, 8—10-fi.; achenes 
hispidulous on the strix, scandens, DC./ 1. c. 404, excl. syn. Th- 
