Senecio.] composIt.® (Harv.) 407 
174, 8. succulentus (DC. 1. c. 402); “shrubby, erect, glabrous; stem 
terete, somewhat fleshy ; leaves crowded, linear-oblong, thick, obtuse, 
quite entire ; pedune. twice as long as the leaves, corymbose, few-headed ; 
pedicels scaly, longer than the head; iny. cylindrical, scarcely calycled, 
of 7-8 scales; rays 4-5, small; dise-fl. 15-16; achenes hispidulous on 
the strie.” DC. l.c. 
Has. Kendo, on the Karroo, Drege. 
Of this I have seen but a leaf, and fi.-head, in Hb. Sd. Leaves 1} in. long, 2-3 
1. wide. Heads 6 lines long, pale yellow. 
175. S. cotyledonis (DC.!1.c. 402); “a fleshy shrub, quite glabrous ; 
branches thick, terete, marked with leaf-scars; leaves crowded round 
the apices, fleshy, linear, tapering at base, callous-mucronate, somewhat 
keeled ; pedicels shorter than the leaves, scaly, one-headed ; inv. cylin- 
drical, scarcely calycled, of 10-12 narrow, acuminate scales; disc-fl. 
abt. 25, rays 5-7; achenes puberulous. 
Has. Kendo and Zwaane rtberg, Karroo, ef . Hk., Sd. 
A thick-stemmed, fleshy Neat 3 ree uncial, Fach arias and 
head together not equalling the leaf. Fl. bright yellow. 
176. S. acutifolius (DC. 1. c. 402); “shrubby, erect, branched, quite 
glabrous; branches terete ; leaves sessile, fleshy, linear-terete, mucro- 
nate ; heads at the ends of the branches solitary, sessile ; inv. calycled, 
cylindrical, of 7-9 scales; rays 5-6, scarcely longer than their style ; 
dise-fl. 12-16; achenes terete, downy.” DC. 1. . 
Has. Graaf Reynet, Ecklon. 
This seems to be marked by its sessile fl.-heads and very short rays. 
§ 12, APHYLLI. (Sp. 177.) 
177. S, junceus(Harv.); quite glabrous ; stems herbaceous, succulent, 
striate, erect, leafless, with a few distant, scattered, minute, deciduous, 
subulate scales ; branches long and virgate ; corymb terminal, slightly 
compound, few or several-headed ; pedicels slender, sparingly scaly ; 
inv. cylindrical, scarcely calyculate, 9-10 leaved, shorter than the disc ; 
heads about 12-15 fl, rays about 5, oblong, flat ; achenes glabrous, 
long and slender, rib-striate, slightly beaked. Brachyrhynchos junceus, 
Less.! Syn. p. 393. DC.! lc. 437. Cineraria coronata, Zey.! C. scir- 
pina, LE. Mey.! 
Has. Langekloof, Burchell, 5008. Cape, Mundt. & Maire! Zwartkops R., £. § Z. 
Zey.! 2984, Cooper, 1575, Lislap, Zey./ 951. Nieuwveldt, Drege/ Modderfontein, 
Rev. H. Whitehead! (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
2-3 ft. high, with many erect, rod-like, naked, green, soft branches, 2-3 lines 
diameter. lLieaf-scales scarcely 1 line long. Pedicels 4-13 inch long. Inv. 4-5 
lines long. Ray and disc yellow. Achenes with an evident, cup-like epigynous disc. 
Doubtful Species. 
§. linoides (DC. 1. c. 397); “shrubby, glabrous ; branches erect, leafy, 
nude at the summit and panicled or rarely bifid ; peduncles nearly nude, 
t-headed ; leaves linear, filiform, with revolute margins, quite entire, 
sessile, acute ; inv. calycled, all the scales linear, subcarinate, wither- 
tipped ; achenes terete, puberulous.” DC. J. ¢. 
