410 _ comPosITz# (Harv.) [Huryops. 
1. E. pectinatus (Cass.); in all parts tomentose-canescent ; leaves 
petiolate, pectinato-pinnatifid, lobes in many pairs, linear, obtuse, quite 
entire (or few-toothed near the apex on the outside); pedunc. terminal, 
twice or thrice as long as the leaves; inv. scales 12-14, lanceolate, 
. eonerete ; rays equalling the involucre. D0. l. c. 443. Othonna pectt- 
—nata, Linn. sp.1309. Th.! Cap.723. Bot.Mag.t.306. Mull, ic.t. 149, f.2- 
Var. B. discoideus (DC.) ; rays none. 
Has. Rocks about Table Mountain, frequent. Simon’s Bay, C. Wright, 342. B. 
at Drakensteinberg, Drege. (Herb. Th., D., Hk.) 
A strong, ashen-grey bush, 2~3 ft. high. ‘Leaves 2—3 inches long, including the 
petiole ; lobes in 8-10 pairs, 1-} inch long, 1-1} line wide. Peduncle 3-6 inches 
_.,long. Readily known by its copious, soft, whitish pubescence. 
2. E. abrotanifolius a 1. c. 443); glabrous or with tufts of wool 
in the axils of the floral leaves; leaves densely crowded, pinnati-partite, 
the lobes mostly alternate, distant, entire, linear-filiform, subacute ; 
pedune. terminal, as long as or 3-4 times longer than the leaves; inv. 
scales 12-20, lanceolate, connate at base only. . comosus, Cass, Less. 
_ Syn. 394. 
Var. a, abrotanifolius; pedunc. 3-4 times as long astheleaves. DC.1.¢. Othonna 
abrotanifolia, Linn. Th.! Cap. 723. Lodd. Cab. t. 1698. Bot. Reg. t. 108. 
Vak. 8. brachypus; pedunc. about twice as long as the shorter leaves; inv. scales 
20. Euryops Athanasie, DC.! 1. c. 444, not of Less. 
Var. y. brachypus; pedunc. very short. £. intermedius, DC. 1. ¢. 
Has. About Capetown and the W. districts. 8. and y. Stellenbosch, FZ. & Z./ 
Olifant’s Hoek, Dr. Pappe! Zey.! 2994. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
A strong bush, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves and peduncles variable in length, Leaves 
1-2 inches long, the lobes 2-9 lines long, spreading or recurved. Pedune. 1-6 inches 
long. Inv. scales and size of heads varying in all the varieties. 
3. E. Athanasiz (Less.! Syn. 394) ; glabrous ; leaves petiolate, pin- 
nati-partite, lobes opposite or alternate, 4-7 pair, very long, entire, 
linear-filiform, acute ; pedunc. 3—4 times as long as the leaves, terminal ; 
inv. scales 20-25, incurved, concrete for more than 3 their length; 
ligules 20-30, twice or thrice as long as the heads. Othonna Athanasie, 
Linn. f. Thunb.! Cap. 722. Jacq. Sch. t.242. E. speciosissimus, DC.! Le. 
Has. Piquetberg, Thunberg/ Cape, Herb. Hook. Olifant’s R., near Tulbagh, 
E, § Z.! Piquetberg and Zeederberg, Drege! (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
A strong growing, resiniferous bush (‘‘ Resin Bush” of Colonists), 2~4 ft. high. 
Leaves 4-6 inches long, the lobes 2-3 inches. Pedunc. 10-12 inches long. Inv. 
very broad-based, broader than its height, with incurved scales, before and after 
ih a Rays inch and half long. This is the true Othonna Athanasie of Herb. 
Thunb.! 
4, E. Serra (DC. 1.c. 444); glabrous; leaves sessile, crowded, rigid, 
erect, elongate, sharply inciso-serrate, the lobules (or teeth) on each side 
8-12, shortly subulate, acute; pedunc. 2~3 times longer than the leaves, 
inal; inv. sc. 20-25, concrete for their greater length; rays 20-25- 
Has. Cape, Niven/ near Tulbagh, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) : 
This has the flat-bottomed, broad involucres of £. Athanasie, but very different 
foliage. Leaves 2-3 inches long ; their lobes or teeth 2-3 lines long. 
5. E. Dregeanus (Sch. Bip. in Flora, xxviii. 51); leaves crowded at 
