Senecio. | COMPOSIT (Harv.) 405 
166. 8. brachypodus (DC. 1. c. 403); herbaceous? quite glabrous ; 
stem (or branches) elongate, terete, leafy ; leaves tapering at base into 
a short petiole, broadly ovate, acute, subentire or repando-denticulate, 
penninerved, membranous and netted-veined when dry; corymb com- 
pound, much-branched, shortly pedunculate or subsessile, pedicels scaly, 
scarcely longer than the head; inv. of 8 scales, shorter than the dise, 
truncate and sparingly calycled at base; dise-fl. 6-8, rays 3-4; achen 
glabrous. S. macropodus, Eckl. ! in Hb. (non DC.) 
Has. Philipstown, Katriver, Ecklon! (Herb. Sd., Cap.) 
2~3 feet or more high ; stems (or branches ’) simple, weak, flexuous and perhaps 
scandent, laxly leafy throughout. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 2-24 inches wide, a little 
fleshy perhaps when fresh, but drying thin, distantly and minutely denticulate. 
Corymb fastigiate. Inv. 2-3 lines long. Rays yellow. 
§ 11. Kueroiwrt. (Sp. 167-176.) 
167. 8. subsinuatus (DC.! 1. c. 401); suffruticose, erect, somewhat 
fleshy, quite glabrous; branches virgate, leafy below, nude and loosely 
corymbose at the apex ; leaves thickish, flat, oblongo-lanceolate or linear, 
tapering to the base, obtuse, entirely or obsoletely or very bluntly tooth- 
lobed; pedicels sparsely scaly; inv. scarcely calycled, of 10-12 acute 
scales; disc-fl. 15-20, rays 5; achenes minutely hispidulous. 
Has. Stellenbosch, Ecklon! (Herb. Sd., Cap.) : 
1~14 ft. high. Leaves 2 inches long, 3-5 lines wide, with 1-2 shallow lobes or 
entire. Iny. 2 lines long. Heads small and few fl. 
168. §. crassiusculus (DC.! 1. c. 401); suffruticose, erect, glabrous; 
stems terete, striate, loosely corymbose or panicled above; leaves thick- 
ish, flat, half-clasping, varzable in shape, either linear, oblong, lanceolate 
or spathulate, sparingly pinnate-lobed and toothed, or unequally toothed, 
the lobes and teeth acute; corymb few-headed, pedicels nearly nude; 
iny. sparingly calycled, of 1o—12 acuminate scales ; disc-fi. 30-35, rays 
8-10; achenes minutely hispidulous. S. pinnulatus, Sieb. Cap. 264, non 
Has. Adow; Zuureberg, and betw. Coega and Zondag R., Drege! Adow and 
Zwartekops R., Zey./ 2979. Also said to be found on the Oudeberg, and betw. Gras- 
berg R. and Water Val, Tulbagh, Drege, and near Stellenbosch and Capetown (?) 
by £cklon. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
1~2-ft. high, the stem and leaves somewhat fleshy. Leaves polymorphous, with 
a cartilaginous edge and sharp rigid teeth or lobes. Inv. 4-§ lines long. Heads 
much larger than in S. subsinuatus. 
169. S. pyramidatus (DC.! 1. c. 402); stem shrubby, fleshy, erect, 
simple, closely leafy below, lengthened upwards into a long, leafless, 
tomentose, pedunculoid flowering stem; leaves sessile, sub-terete, fleshy, 
acute, glabrous or cobwebbed; heads many, in a long, thyrsoid raceme, 
the pedicels tomentose, scaly ; inv. sub-calyculate, campanulate, woolly, 
of 10-12 very broad scales ; disc-fl. 50-60, rays 10-12, broad, spreading ; 
achenes glabrous. Bot. Mag. t. 5396. 
Has. Uitenhage, £. & Z.! Zey.! 937. Sneeuweberg, Drege! (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Stem short, thick and strong. Leaves 3 inches long, 2-3 lines diam. Flowering 
stem 2 ft. high, thyrsus 6-12 inches long, white-woolly. Heads } inch diameter, 
exclusive of the rays. Pappus copious, discoloured. A very fine species. 
