406 — coMPosITz& (Harv.) [ Senecio. 
170. S. scaposus (DC.! 1. c. 403); stem shrubby, fleshy, either very 
short or elongate and branched ; leaves crowded at the apex of the stem 
or branches, fleshy, broadly linear, very obtuse, terete, often flattened 
near the tip and subspathulate, the younger cobwebbed, the older gla- 
brous; pedunc. scapelike, nude or sparsely scaly, many times longer 
than the leaves, cobwebbed, one or several headed, the pedicels elongate ; 
inv. cobwebbed, scarcely calycled, of 10-12 scales; disc-fl. very many, 
rays about 12; achenes nearly glabrous. 
Var. a, acaulis; stem very short or scarcely any. 4S. scaposys, DC. 
Var. 8, caulescens; stem a foot high, branched. S. calamifolius, Hook! Bot. 
Mag. t. 4011. 
Has. Eastern Districts, Bowie, Burchell. Zwartkops R., Drege! E. § Z.! Zey.! 
2983. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) as 
Wild specimens generally stemless, or with very short stems. Leaves 2-3 inches 
long, 2-3 lines diam. Pedunc. 1-14 f. long, occasionally 1 headed, more frequently 
with 3-5, long pedicelled heads. Young parts more or less cobwebbed or thinly 
woolly. 
171. §. aloides (DC. ! 1.c.402); “a fleshy shrub, glabrous; branches 
terete ; leaves thick, broadly linear, subobtuse, quite entire; fl.-branches 
naked, twice as long as the leaves, 1-2 headed; inv. calycled, of 10-11 
scales, cylindrical, scarcely shorter than disc; rays 6-7; disc-fl. 205 
achenes hispidulous on the striee; pappus equalling the disc-fl.” DC.L.c. 
Has. Hol. R., Kl. Namaqualand, Drege. 
‘* A dwarf, ascending shrub. Lvs. 2 in. long, 2 |. wide. Heads 8-101. long.” DC. 
[One of the sheets of ‘‘ Cacalia Arbuscula” in Hb. Th., marked ‘‘ No. 1,” is @ 
Senecio, seemingly very near S. aloides, if not the same. Its leaves are 2} in. long, 
acute, about 13 line wide. The pedunc. 3-4 in., bearing 3-4 subsessile heads.] 
172. S. buibinefolius (DC.? 1. c. 402); a fleshy, glabrous shrub}; 
branches terete; leaves thick and fleshy, (subterete?), broadly linear, 
obtuse, mucronate, narrowed at base, quite entire; pedune. terminal, 
nude, 2-4 times as long as the leaves, 1-headed; inv. scarcely calycled, 
oblong, of 8-10 scales, shorter than the disc; rays few, narrow, revolute ; 
disc-fl. 30-40; achenes densely pubescent. 
Has. Betw. Zilverfont. and Kaus, Drege. Modderfontein, Rev. H. Whitehead. 
(Herb. D.) 
Not having seen Drege’s, I describe from Mr. Whitchead’s specimen, which agrees 
pretty nearly with DC.’s description. Leaves 14-2 in. long, 21, diam. Pedune. 
5-6 in. long, sometimes (fide DC.) 2-headed. 
173. 8. corymbiferus (DC.! 1. c. 402); shrubby, succulent, erect, 
quite glabrous ; branches at the summit nude and corymbose; leaves 
fleshy, subterete, linear-elongate, acute, tapering to the base, quite entire; 
pedicels short, 2-3-scaled ; corymb fastigiate, many-headed ; inv. spat- 
ingly calycled, cylindrical, of about 8 scales; disc-fl, 15-20, rays 6-8; 
achenes striate, minutely hispidulous. 
ie ae Silverfontein, Namaqualand, Drege! Bosjesmansland, Zey.! 953- (Herb. 
Stems 4-} inch diameter. Leaves 2-3-4 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, probably 
flattened and shrinking in drying. Iny. 6 lines long, in age nodose ® 
base. ~The habit is that of an Othonna, “Pappus copious, dirty white. 
