418 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [| Dimorphotheca. 
Lys. obovate-spathulate, denticulate, thin (3) fruticosa, 
Leaves lanceolate, acute, entire ... ... (4) Ecklonis. 
Leaves lanceolate or linear, toothed : 
Ray-achenes bluntly 3-angled, wrin- 
kled and pitted now! Gy CRagne 
Ray-ach. sub-trigonous, muricate-tu- 
bercular ... . (8) Dregei. 
Ray-ach. slender, sparingly tubercled (9) leptocarpa. 
Dise-fl. biform; outer bearded, inner flat-top- 
ped):tlosed: Sex tsce At cays 
B. Rays yellow or orange. (Sp. 10-21.) 
Perennial, with short, tufted stems, ending in peduncles. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire or toothed ... (10) Zeyheri. 
Branching shrubs or suffrutices. 
Leaves oblong-cuneate, coarsely few-toothed (12) cuneata, 
Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, entire ... ... (11) aurantiaca. 
Leaves oblong, sharply incised ; ray achenes 
BRM... ek oi ee eee (13) chrysanthemifolia, 
Leaves bi-pinnati-partite, lobes linear ... ... (14) multifida. 
Annuals: 
Leaves pinnati- or bipinnati-parted : 
Lys. bi-pinnate. Ray-ach. margined with 
cuneate lobes Ree: Se Noe eo (1B) eee 
Lys. pinnate. Ray-ach. margined with 
sharp teeth ... ... ... ... (16) pinnata. 
Leaves oblong, sinuate-dentate or entire : 
Branched from the base, diffuse : 
Glabrous or nearly so. Lys. sinuate (17) sinuata. 
Glabrous. Leaves entire, obtuse ... (20) integrifolia. 
Glandular-scabrous. Inv. se. pilose (18) calendulacea. 
Erect, single-stemmed, branched orsimple (19) dentata. 
A. Rays white, purple, or discoloured beneath. (Sp. 1-9.) 
- 1, D. annua (Less.! Syn. 257); annual, erect or diffuse, simple or 
4 branched, scabrid with jointed and gland-tipped hairs; leaves narrow- 
oblong or obovate-oblong, tapering much to the base, sinuate-toothed, 
pilose, the upper small and narrow ; pedunc. terminal, in fruit cernuous; 
outer disc-fl. fertile, inner sterile ; disc-achenes with smooth margin ; 
ray-ach. much tuberculated. D. pluvialis, Moench. Meth. 585, DC. l. ¢. 
70, and D. hybrida, DC. 1. ce. Calendula decurrens, Th.! Cap. 703. Cal. 
hybrida, L. Th.! Cap. 704. Sw. Br. Fl. Gard. t. 39. Cal. pluvialis, 
Linn. Th.! Cap. 704. Schk. Handb. t. 264. Meteorina gracilipes, and 
M. crassipes, Cass. Mill. Ic. t. 79. f. 2, and t. 75. f. I. 
Has. Western districts, in sandy soil, common. Simon's Bay, C. Wright! 389. 
(Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Very variable in size and ramification. Leaves 1-3 inches long, mostly spathulato- 
obovate, variably hairy or rough, bluntly toothed or incised. Pedunc. 2-3 inches 
long, at first cylindrical, afterwards swelling upwards under the head and finally 
nodding. Disc-fl. with taper-pointed, glabrous lobes. Anthers dark-coloured, blue 
or purple. Rays uncial, white above, purple beneath, minutely 3-toothed. 
2. D. nudicaulis (DC.) ; stems many from the crown, short, simple, 
densely leafy, prolonged upwards into a long, naked or sparsely leafy, 
scape-like peduncle ; leaves polymorphous, narrow-linear, linear-lance- 
olate, oblongo-lanceolate, spathulate-oblong or obovate, the narrow ones 
entire or subentire, the broader sinuate-dentate, hispido-scabrous 0 
more or less glabrous, acute or obtuse; pedune. roughly pubescent oF 
