Tripteris. | COMPOSIT ( Harv.) 425 
subherbaceous, leafy, simple or branched ; branches ending in 1-headed ; 
all the leaves alternate. (Sp. 15-22.) : = ene 
Lys. glabrous, — cuneate-spathulate, obtuse ; achenes 
narrow-wing We rs aS ag cee Peg ee eed thulata, 
Lys. hispid or glandular, more or less toothed or séiimdlcisiohsn: = 
Achenes amply-winged, smooth or nearly smooth: 
Lower lvs. cuneate, acute, coarsely 3-toothed at 
summit, or endive 20.09. a ae et ee hillana, 
Lower lys. linear-lanceolate, few-toothed, hispid; bg 
inv. sc, linear-lanceolate, acute... (17) setifera. 
Lower lys. linear-oblong, sinuate-toothed or run- 
cinate; invol. sc. oblong, obtuse, with a wide 
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Achenes amply winged, rough-sided : 
Stems much branched, flexuous ; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, subentire ... ... ... ... ... (19) Natalensis. 
Stems ascending, sub-simple; leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, subentire or sharply toothed ... ... (20) glandulosa, 
Dwarf ; rad, leaves rosulate, obtuse, undulato- 
sinuate, ae ee Pee ee a at) 
Leaves woolly, subradical, long-petioled, obovate or obo- 
vato-lanceolate, entire; stems scape-like ... ... ... (22) tomentosa, 
§ 5. Fruticos#. Small suffrutices or shrubs, often spiny, with alternate leayes. 
(Sp. 23-27.) 
Unarmed ; stems suffruticose ; leaves scabrous : 
Lvs. petioled, cuneate at base, coarsely 2-4-toothed (23) petiolata. 
Lvs. sessile, oblong or lanceolate, entire or denticulate (24) arborescens. 
Twigs spinous-tipped ; stems rigid, ligneous; lvs. mostly smooth: 
Lvs. glaucous, fiat, glabr., entire or 3-toothed; wings 
Orit. menipranous 5° A AS a) eseeng, 
Lys. not glaucous, viscid, flat, entire or 3-toothed ; 
wings offr. coriaceous ... ... ... ... «+... (26) pachypteris. 
Leaves viscid, linear-semiterete, 3-5~7-lobed ; lobes 
blunt; wings of fr. narrow ... ... ... .-- +. (27) leptoloba. 
§ 1. OppositiFoLiz. (Sp. 1-6.) 
1, T. glabrata (Harv.); shrubby, unarmed, erect, glabrous, glaucous ; 
branches terete, pale; leaves opposite, sessile, linear-spathulate or lan- 
ceolate, obtuse or subacute, quite entire, thickish and somewhat fleshy, 
faintly 3-nerved ; pedunc. terminal and from the upper axils, long, nude, 
scaberulous below the head ; heads at length nodding; inv. sc. biseriate, 
lanceolate, membr.-edged, glabrous, serrulate; achenes smooth, amply 
3-winged. Calendula glabrata, Thunb. ! Cap. 702. Osteosp. glabratum, 
Less.! Syn. 89. DC. 1. c. 466. Tripteris macroptera, DC.! l. c. 456. 
Has. Heerelogement, Clanw., Thunberg! Silverfontein, Drege! Little Namaqua- 
land, 4. Wyley! (Herb. Th., D. Hk., Sd.) : 
1-2 ft. high, with mostly opposite, widely spreading branches. Leaves 1-2 inches 
long, 2~4 lines wide, tapering to the base, strictly opposite, the uppermost sometimes 
alternate. Pedunc. 3-5 inches long, erect, nodding in fruit. Rays 12-14, long and 
broad, rich orange-colour (like “‘marigolds”); dise-fl. purplish. 1 have seen a single 
achene in Hb. Thunb. whose specimens quite agree with Drege’s. 
2. T. pallescens (DC. 1. c. 456); “shrubby, glabrous; stem terete, 
pale; branches ending in 3 nude, one-headed pedicels ; leaves opposite, 
linear-sublanceolate, quite entire, glaucous, callous-tipped ; inv. sc. uni- 
