Tripteris. | COMPOSITE (Harv.) 427 
linear or subulate; pedicels scaberulous, at length nodding; inv. se. 
lance-oblong, acute, scabrous, narrow-edged; achenes? 
Has. Roadside, betw. Wynberg and Constantia, Dr. Wallich! (Herb. D.) 
2-3 ft. high, much branched, pale, very rigid. Leaves 13~2 in. long, 4-6 1. wide, 
scorbiculate. Old, empty inv. only seen: but the genus can hardly be doubtful. 
8. T. dentata (Harv.); herbaceous, scabrid and glandular in all parts ; 
stems ascending or erect, terete, corymbose at summit; lower and medial 
Jeaves opposite, oblongo-lanceolate, tapering at base, the lowest sub- 
petiolate, on both sides scabrid, sinuate-toothed, the teeth sharply 
callous-mucronate ; uppermost leaves alternate, subentire ; corymb 
loosely forked, several-headed ; inv. sc. lanceolate, acuminate, scabrid, 
narrow-edged ; achenes thinly hispid or smooth, amply 3-winged. 
Has. Kampground, near Capetown, Z£.¢ Z./ Muysenberg, Dr. Wallich! (Herb. 
D 
Rootstock ligneous, probably perennial. Stems several from the crown, 1-14 ft. 
high. Leaves 2-24 in. long, 4-6 lines wide, tapering much at base; the mucronate 
teeth subrecurved, with rounded interspaces. Achenes 5-6 lines long; wings 1} 1. 
wide, often purple. Rays about 12, bright-yellow. 
9. T. amplexicaulis (Less.! Syn. go, non DC.); herbaceous, scabrid 
and glandular in all parts; stem erect, terete, simple, ending in a 
corymbose, leafless panicle; lower and medial leaves opposite, broad 
and ear-clasping at base, often connate, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, acute, 
-coarsely toothed, on both sides rough with hard, raised points; upper- 
most leaves alternate, lanceolate or subulate ; corymb compound, many- 
headed ; inv. sc. oblong, acuminate, membr. edged ; achenes muricated, 
3-winged. Calendula amplexicaulis, Th. ! Cap. 705. Osteosp. connatum, 
DC.! 1. ¢. 466. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Brakfontein, Clanw. and Olifant’s R., E. § Z.! Zeeder- 
berg, Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
Stem 2-3 feet high, but soft, not ligneous. Leaves 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. wide. 
Pedicels at length nodding. Heads small. FI. pale-yellow. 
§ 3. Panicunatz. (Sp, 10-14.) 
10. T. amplectens (Harv.); annual; stem herbaceous, erect, branch- 
ing, terete, gland-scabrid; leaves alternate, lanceolate, coarsely and 
sharply toothed, narrowed towards the base, but at the base more or 
less dilated and stem-clasping, scabrid and glandular on both sides; 
upper lvs. small, subentire, clasping; branches panicled at the summit ; 
pedicels long, glandular, cernuous; invol. scales lanceolate, acuminate, 
dorsally scabrous, membr. edged; rays 12-15, thrice as long as the 
inv. ; achenes smooth or scaberulous, amply 3-winged. 7. amplexicaulis, 
DC. 11. c. 457, excl. syn. 
Has. Namaqualan ¢/ Cape Flats, FE. § Z.! W.H.H. Kruilsrivier, Zey./ 
3342. Simehte Wan; 4 Weak, ae (Hexb. D. Hk., Sd.) — 
Stems 14-2 ft. high, loosely branched. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 4-61. wide, rather 
rigid and harsh to the touch, more or less amply eared at base. Achenes 6-7 1. 
long, the wings sometimes purple ; sometimes quite smooth, sometimes with a few 
bristles, and in other cases very scabrous ! 
11. T. microcarpa (Harv.); herbaceous, more or less glandular-pu- 
