430 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) [ Tripteris 
Has. Zwart Ruggens, Drege. Graaf Reynet, Ecklon! Sneeuweberg, Dr. Wallich! 
Jackal’s Fontein, Burke and Zeyher! Zey.! 1021. Vet. R., Zey./ 1008, Queenstown, 
Mr. F. W. Barber, 616, T. Cooper, 1333. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Rootstock simple or branched, the older ligneous, deeply descending. Stems 
10-12 in. high, rigid, but scarcely ligneous, sparingly branched ; the branches with 
wide axils, spreading. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 2-41. wide, mostly 2-4-toothed on each 
side, with rounded interspaces. 
19. T. Natalensis (Harv.); rootstock ligneous ; stems suffruticose, 
erect, flexuous, branching, angle-striate, sparsely hispid ; lower and 
medial leaves tapering to the base, oblongo-lanceolate, margined, sub- 
acute or obtuse, entire or subrepand, glabrous or nearly so above, 
sprinkled with rough points and thick white bristles beneath ; upper 
lvs. stem-clasping, semi-lanceolate, concave, acute, often unidentate at 
base; pedicels ending the branches, glandular, cernuous; inv, se. ellip- 
tical, acute, dorsally scabrous, widely membr.-edged ; achenes echinate, 
with undulate, broad wings. 
Has. Natal Country, Miss Owen’ (Herb. D.) 
With the habit of 7. flexuosa; but not glaucous, with subentire leaves and rough- 
sided achenes. Lower leaves 2-21 in. long, 3-4 1. wide; upper 4-1 in. long, broad- 
based, tapering to an acute point. Stem and foliage pale green, harsh to the touch. 
Rays about 12, long, 4-lined, yellow. 
20. T. glandulosa (Turez.! Bull. Mose. xxiv.ii.p.g3); rootstock lig- 
neous, leafy atthecrown ; stems herbaceous, ascending, simple or branched, 
laxly leafy, ending in one-headed peduncles, hispid with swollen, white 
hairs and glandular ; subradical leaves tapering much at base, subpetio- 
late, oblongo-lanceolate or spathulate, aéute, copiously pilose, subentire 
or sharply sinuate-toothed ; cauline sessile, linear or lance-linear, entire 
or toothed ; inv. se. elliptic-oblong, acute, dorsally scabrous, with wide 
membranous borders; achenes rough-sided, amply 3-winged. 
Var. 8. dentata; radical and cauline leaves sharply toothed with rounded inter- 
spaces. 
Hap. Zwarteberg and Riv. Zonderende, Zey.! 3067, pte. B. Langehoogte, Caledon, 
Ecklon! Babylon’stoornberg, Zey./ 3067. (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) 
This must come very near 7. setifera, DC., if it be distinct; it seems to differ by 
the broad inv. scales and the muricated fruit. Rad. lvs. 3-4 in. long, 4-6 1. wide. 
Stems 10-12 in. high. Part of Zey./ 3067 belongs to 7’. clandestina, Less. 
21. T. humilis (Turcz! Bull. Mosew. (1851) p. 211; rootstock peren- 
nial, ligneous, leafy at the crown, simple or divided; subradical leaves 
many, rosulate, ligulate, narrowed to the base, sessile, obtuse, undulato- 
sinuate and repand, with a thickened, pale margin, rigidly coriaceous, 
one-nerved, glabrous or sparsely hispid, especially beneath ; stems short, 
glandular and pilose, subsimple, laxly leafy, their leaves small, linear, 
subentire; heads cernuous; inv. sc, lanceolate, acute, membr. edged, 
dorsally scabrous ; achenes on two sides wrinkled, on the third roughly 
cross-ridged, amply winged. 
Has. Cape, Ecklon, Comp. 52, 114, 10. (Herb. Sd., D. ‘ 
Se cuisek 3-14 in.; its fretless eer Leaves 2 ee long, 2-3 L. wide. 
Stems 3-4 in. high, their leaves 4-3 in. 
22. T. tomentosa (Less.! Syn. go); rootstock ligneous, simple oT 
