414 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) [ Huryops. 
about twice as long as the leaves, filiform ; inv. scales 10-12, concrete 
nearly to the apex, acute ; achenes glabrous, compressed. 
Has. Cape, Mundt! Swellendam, Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Hk., D.) : 
A rather slender bush, 1 foot or more high. Leaves 1-1} inch long, 1 line wide, 
quite flat (not filiform). Invol. scales concrete into a cup for more than } their 
length ; by which character and the broader, flat leaves it is known from Z. linifolius. 
18. E, linifolius (DC.! L c. 446); glabrous, or the young branches 
somewhat woolly; leaves linear-filiform, elongate, acute, quite entire ; 
pedune, axillary, filiform, longer than the leaves; inv. scales 7—9, con- 
nate at base, oblong, acute ; rays 6-8 ; recept. honey-combed; achenes 
glabrous. Ctineraria linifolia, Linn. f. Jacq. Schoen. t. 308. Othonna 
tenuissima, litt. a, Herb. Thunb. (not litt. 8. & y.) 
Has. Cape. Thunberg/ Stellenbosch, 2. Z.! Under the Tigerberg, Mundt! W. 
H. H.! Zey.! No. 958. (Herb. Th. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Very like Z. tenuissimus, but with shorter and more slender leaves, smaller fi. 
heads, and glabrous achenes. 
19, E. tenuissimus (Less.! Syn. 394); glabrous, or the young branches 
somewhat woolly; leaves linear-filiform, elongate, acute, quite entire, 
glabrous or the younger cobwebbed ; pedune. axillary, rather longer 
than the leaves, filiform ; inv. scales 12-20, lanceolate, concrete at 
base ; recept. convex, honeycombed ; achenes hairy! DC./ 1. ¢. 446. 
Othonna tenuissima, Linn. f. Th. Cap. 718. Jacq. Schoenb.t, 61. Eury- 
ops carnosus, Cass. E. strictus, DC. 1. ¢. 447. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Kochmanskloof, Mundt! Banks of the Zwartkops R. 
and in Adow, Uit., £ § Z.! Zey./ 2997. Swellendam, Drege! Burchell! R. Zon- 
derende, Zey./ 2990. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) : 
A tall, coarse shrub, 2-3 feet high, closely resembling E. spathaceus in foliage, 
but with very different involucres. DC. says the achenes are glabrous; but I find 
them hairy both in Thunberg’s and £. § Z.’s specimens: nor can I distinguish Z. 
strictus, DC. (in Hb. Drege!) by any valid character. 
20. E. spathaceus (DC.! 1. c. 446); glabrous; leaves crowded, linear- 
spathulate or linear-filiform, elongate, acute, quite entire ; pedicels 
axillary, filiform, longer than the leaves ; inv. campanulate, the young 
spathe-like, formed of 4—5, very broad, short scales, concrete for ? their 
length ; rays 6-8, longer than the ovary ; achenes villous. 
Has. Eastern Districts, Burchell. Uitenhage, EF. § Z.! Zey.! 2988, 2989. Gra- 
hamstown, Sir C. Bunbury! Genl. Bolton! (Herb. Hk.,D.,Sd-) 
A tall, strong shrub, 2-3 feet high ; the old branches nude, cicatricised ; younger 
densely leafy. Leaves 13-2 inches long, sometimes linear throughout, sometimes 
narrowed at base and flattened and broader upwards, 4-14 line wide. Pedunc. 
numerous, 2-3 inches long. Invol. irregularly opening, the broad, many-nerved 
scales continuing long concrete. 
21. E. oligoglossus (DC.! 1.c. 446); glabrous; lvs. linear-trigonous, 
keeled, acute, closely set, spreading ; pedicels lateral, numerous, scarcely 
longer than the leaf; inv. scales 5-6, broadly ovate, acute, nerve-keeled, 
connate at base; rays 2-5, short; achenes villous. £. triqueter, Less. ! 
Mss. in Herb. Th. Othonna trifida, litt. 8., Herb. Thunb.! E. racemosus, 
DC.2 1. ¢. 
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