Dimorphotheca.| COMPOSIT (Harv.) 419 
hirsute, erect ; ray-fl. and outer disc-fl., also innermost disc-fl. mostly 
abortive ; achenes of medial disc-fl. fertile, roundish-obcordate, with 
smooth edges. D. perennis, Less. ! 
Var. a. latifolia ; leaves spathulate-oblong or obovate, sinuate, tapering at base 
subacute. D. nudicaulis, DC.!l.c. 71. Calendula nudicaulis, Linn. Th.! Cap. 704, 
Var. 8. intermedia ; leaves lanceolate-oblong or lanceolate, dentate, scabrous. 
Calendula 941, Hb. Eckl. , 
Var. y. graminifolia ; leaves narrow-linear, entire or remotely toothed, glabrous, 
or scaberulous, or scabrous. D. graminifolia, DC. l.¢. Calend. graminifolia, Linn. 
Th.! Cap. 703. Mill, Dict. t. 76. f. 1. Bot. Reg. t. 289. 
Has, Sidesand summit of Table Mt., and flats near Wynberg, frequent. Gna- 
dendahl, Dr. Roser. HassagaisKlo of, and Berg River, Zey./ 834. 8. Cape, Ecklon! 
Simon’s Bay, C. Wright, 390. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Rootstock thick and woody ; stems forming tufts often a foot across ; the leafy 
part 3-4 inches long, ending in a leafless pedunc. often a foot or more high. Shape 
of leaves and pubescence extremely variable ; no limits between the above varieties, 
Heads large ; the rays uncial, white above, purple beneath. Disc-fl. sparsely pilose 
externally, with shortly lanceolate, acute (not taper-pointed) lobes. In all my 
specimens the ray-achenes are abortive. 
3. D.fruticosa(Less.! Syn. 257); suffruticoseat base, diffusely branched 
or decumbent, leafy; leaves alternate, obovato-spathulate, subacute, 
tapering much at base, sparingly denticulate, thin, glanduloso-scaber- 
ulous; pedune. short, terminal ; disc-fl. all abortive ; achenes of ray 
trigonous, slightly curved, hispidulous, the sides wrinkled, base acute, 
apex 3-tubercled. DC./l.c.71. Calendula fruticosa, Iinn, Mill. Dict. 
t. 283. Th.! Cap. p. 704. Blaxium decumbens, Cass. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Sandy sea shores: Kamps Bay, Capetown, W. H. H. 
oe E. § Z.!' Near Port Natal, Drege! T. Williamson! (Herb. Th., D., 
Stems se ft. long, weak, trailing on the ground, almost herbaceous, save near 
the base, branching, laxly leafy. Leaves 2-3 inches long, tapering into almost a 
petiole at base, }-1 inch wide near the apex, of much thinner substance than in most 
species. Pedunc. 2~3 inches long. Rays white, reddish or purplish beneath. 
Dise-fi, glabrous. : 
4. D. Ecklonis (DC. 1. c. 71); suffruticose, robust, erect, branching, 
scaberulous; leaves crowded, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, entire or 
subrepand-denticulate, acute, narrowed at base, thickish, mid-ribbed, 
calloso-mucronulate ; pedune. terminal, longish, one-headed, pulveru- 
lent-scabrous; inv. scales sub-biseriate, much acuminate, those of the 
inner row scarious; achenes of the ray pyriform-oblong, sharply tri- 
gonous, the sides finely wrinkled, the outer side convex-backed, the 
others flat ; outer disc-fl. with glabrous teeth. 
Has. Koega R., near Elandstroom, Ecklon! Zwartkops R., Uit., Zey.! 2813. 
Port Elizabeth, Mrs. Holland, 46. Aapjes R. and Magalisberg, Burke g Zey.! Zey.! 
831. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) : : 
A strong-growing, half-herbaceous plant, 2 f. or more high, simple below, many- 
branched at the top, the stem and branches closely leafy, all parts minutely powdery- 
scabrous, drying pale. Leaves 2-3 inches long, ¢ to nearly 3 inch wide, rarely sub- 
calloso-denticulate. Pedune. 5-8 inches long, erect. Heads resembling those of 
D. nudicaulis ; the rays 14 inch long, white above, purplish beneath, glandularly 
scabrous on the tube, Achenes not seen on the Magalisberg specimens, which are 
otherwise similar. 
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