Tripteris. | COMPOSIT (Harv.) 431 
branched, leafy at the crown; leaves subradical (or crowded on a very 
short axis), subrosulate, numerous, obovate or obovato-lanceolate, acute 
or obtuse, tapering below into along, broad-based, half-clasping petiole, 
entire or repand, on each side densely woolly; fl. stems scapelike, one- 
headed, glandularly puberulous and viscidulous, nude or sparsely scaly ; 
inv. sc. oblongo-lanceolate, scabrous, membranous and piloso-ciliate at 
margin ; achenes rough-sided, 3-winged, glandular. DC.l.c.457. Calen- 
dula tomentosa, Th. Cap. 702. : 
VaR, B. cuspidata ; leaves narrower, more acuminate, less copiously woolly, 
Osteospermum cuspidatum, DC.! 1. c. 463. 
Has. Cafferkuels River, 7h./ Paarlberg and Breede R., Drege (fide DO.) Klyn- 
rivier’sberg and Zwarteberg, Zey./ 3068. 8. Caledon, Ecklon! (Herb. Th., Sd., Hk.) 
Branches of the rootstock, 1-2 in. long, closely leafy. Leaves on 1-1} in. petioles, 
4-{ in. long, equally wide, their toment closely interwoven, white. Scapes 6-12 
inches —e Half-ripe achenes are in Hb, Thunb,—A very distinct species, unlike 
any other. 
§ 5. Fruticosz. (Sp. 23-27.) 
23. T. petiolata (DC.! 1. c. 457); shrubby, erect, scabrous with hard, 
raised points ; branches terete, glandular and sub-paniculate at the sum- 
mit; leaves oblong, cuneate at base and tapering into a petiole, sharply 
and coarsely 2-4 toothed on each side, faintly 3-nerved; the uppermost 
sessile, entire, lanceolate ; inv. se. lanceolate, acute, membr.-edged, dor- 
sally scabrid, eq. the disc; rays 12-15 thrice as long as the inv., their 
tubes very hairy; achenes unknown. 
Has. Little Namaqualand, Drege’ (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Branches 12 in. long or more. Petiole 4 in.; lamina j-1 in. long. Indument 
minute and rigid, not at all hairy. Rays orange. 
24, T. arborescens (Less. in Linn. 6, p. 96); shrubby, erect, branch- 
ing; stems and branches flexuous, pale, terete, minutely gland-scabrid, 
becoming glabrous ; “lowest lvs. obovate, tapering much at base, oppo- 
site ;” rameal leaves alternate, oblong or lanceolate, sparsely denticulate 
or entire, 3-nerved above the narrowed base, on both sides rough with 
hard points ; pedicels long, spreading ; heads in fr. cernuous; inv. se. 
lanceolate, acute, membr. edged; achenes smooth, amply 3-winged. DC. 
l.c.456. Calendula muricata, Th.! Cap. 703. Calendula rigida, Ait. 
Kew. 3. 271. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Olifants R., E.G Z./ (Herb. Th., Sd.) 
A slender, straggling, half-ligneous shrublet, 2-3 ft. high. Lower leaves I have 
not seen. Rameal lys. 1-1} in. long, 3-4 1. wide, as often entire as toothed. 
Achenes 5-6 1. long, wing 2 1. wide. 
25. T, spinescens (Harv.); shrubby, divaricately branched, the bran- 
ches virgate; the upper twigs and old peduncles spinous, glabrous or 
scabrous, glaucous ; leaves linear-spathulate, narrowed to the base, thick, 
flat. nerveless, mucronate, entire or 3-toothed at the point; fl. branches 
divaricate, one-headed; inv. se. lanceolate or oblongo-lanceolate, membr.- 
edged; achenes rough-sided, 3-winged, the inner wing narrower. Osteosp. 
spinescens, Th.! Cap. 713, non DC. O. tripteroideum, DC. 1. c. 463. O. 
tridens, DC, 1. c. 497, ex. pte. 
