Euryops.} COMPOSIT (Harv.) 411 
the ends of the branches, powdery-tomentulose, subcanescent, cuneate, 
much attenuated at base, deeply 3-5-dentato-crenate at the truncate 
apex, the uppermost sometimes entire ; pedunc. terminal and lateral, 
many times longer than the leaves; invol. scales 12~16, ovate, acumi- 
nate, glabrous, connate at base only ; ovaries pilose. Walp. Repert. 6, 
p. 272. 
Has. Mierenkasteel, Drege! 2727. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
A dwarf, woody scrub, under a foot high (?), ramulous, the bases of the branch- 
lets denuded of leaves. Leaves 1-1} inch long, 3-4 lines wide at the extremity, 
grey with very minute pubescence. Pedunc. 8-10 inches long. Heads many-fl. 
Rays several.—A very distinct species. 
6, E. virgineus (Less.! Syn. 394); glabrous; leaves short, sessile, 
crowded, wedge-shaped, sharply and deeply 3-5-toothed; peduncles 
axillary, filiform, 2-3 times as long as the leaves; inv. scales 5-7, ob- 
long, subacute, connate below; recept. conical; rays 6-7; achenes 
quite glabrous, smooth. DC.l.c. 445. Othonna virginea, Linn. f. Th. ! 
Cap. 720. Oth, flabellifolia, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 728, Euryops flabellifor- 
mis, Cass. ' 
Has. Frequent in Uitenhage and Albany, Thunberg, FE. & Z.! Drege, &c. Betw. 
a Sen ae Plettenbergbay, Pappe.’ Karregariver, Zey./ 2993. (Herb. Th., 
A virgate shrub, 1-2 feet high ; branches long, slender, imbricate with leaves to 
their apices. Leaves 3 inch long, flat, cuneate, 3-4 lines wide at top, deeply cleft. 
Heads as large as peas; pedunc. 1-1} inch long. : 
7. E. Algoensis (DC.! 1. c. 445); glabrous; leaves short, sessile, 
crowded, wedge-shaped, coriaceous, deeply 3—5-toothed, the teeth broad, 
oblong, blunt or mucronulate ; pedunce. axillary, filiform, 2-4 times as 
long as the leaves ; invol. scales 10-12, connate beyond the middle, 
acute; recept. flattish; rays 10-12; achenes densely villous. Zey./ 
2991, 2992. 
Has. Districts of Uitenhage and Albany, frequent. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd. Cap.) 
1-2 ft. high, robust, closely imbricated with leaves throughout. Leaves 4-3 inch 
long, 2-4 lines wide, the lowest sometimes longer and narrower, deeply but bluntly 
incised. Ped. 1-24 inches long. Heads 4 lines diam.—Allied to £. virgineus, but 
with thicker, more bluntly cut leaves, larger fi. heads, more connate inv. scales, and 
hairy achenes. 
8. E. trilobus (Harv.); glabrous ; leaves linear to beyond their middle, 
at the apex 3 lobed, the lobes linear, simple, obtuse, fleshy; pedunc. 
terminal 3-4 times longer than the leaves; inv. scales 12-15, concrete 
to the middle, acute; achenes villous. 
Has. Spitzkop, Somerset, Dr. Atherstone! (Herb. Hook.) : 
Stems dwarf, tufted, 3-5 inches high, flexuous, ramulous. Leaves crowded, $ inch 
long, nearly 1 line wide; the lobes 2 lines long. Pedune. solitary, terminal; 2-24 
inches long. Heads more than } inch across.—Only a single specimen seen by me. 
9. E. trifureatus (Cass.); glabrous; leaves linear-filiform to beyond 
their middle, at the apex trifid, lobes linear, simple, acute; pedunc, 
axillary, or tufted, filiform, not much longer than the leaves; inv. scales 
12-15, ovate, acute, connate at base only; achenes villous. Less/ Syn. 
p. 394. DC. 1. ¢. 444. Othonna trifurcata, Linn. f. Th. Cap. 722. 
