438 COMPOSITA (Harv.) [ Osteospermum. 
Var. f. auriculatum (DC.); leaves obovate, sub-cordate-clasping at base, rigid, 
hispid, cartilangineo-serrulate. (Herb. D., Hk.) 
Has. Drakenstein, Drege/ both varieties. (Herb. D., Hk., 8.) 
With thinner, less cuneate, more hispid, less polished leaves than O. eciliatum, 
with which however var. 8. nearly unites it. I retain it with much hesitation. 
§ 3. Hrrsuta. (Sp. 7-9.) 
7. 0. hispidum (Harv.) ; suffruticose, unarmed, diffusely branched, 
all parts densely hispid with short spreading hairs, the under-sides of 
the leaves and the involucres cobweb-cottony ; branches terete, twigs 
obsoletely angular; leaves sessile, cuneate at base, obovate-oblong, mu- 
cronate-acuminate, membranous, on both sides hispid, thin-edged, quite 
entire or irregularly 2—-3-toothed; heads on short, hispid pedicels, few- 
fl.; rays 5-6; inv. sc. lanceolate, acuminate; achenes? 
Has. Caledon Baths, Eeklon! Zey.! 3011. Pappe! (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Allied to 0. laxum, O. hirsutum, and OQ. ciliatum, but can scarcely be united to 
any of them ; it is much the most hispid ; it wants the cartilaginous and dentate- 
ciliate leaf edge of laxwm and ciliatum, and has much smaller heads than Q. Airsu- 
tum, with a rougher pubescence. Leaves 1-14 in. long, $—} in. wide. 
8. 0. hirsutum (Thunb.! Cap. 715); stem shrubby, terete, densely 
and softly hairy on the young parts; leaves sessile, cuneate at base, 
oblong, acuminate-mucronate, sub-opaque, entire, on both sides scabrous 
and hairy, the older becoming sub-glabrate ; heads on terminal and la- 
tural, short, hairy pedicels, many-fl.; inv. sc. lanceolate, subacute, 
densely hairy, numerous, pluriseriate; rays about 12; achenes? 
Has. Cape Thunberg! (Herb. Th.) 
Old branches nude, cicatriced. Leaves 14-2 in. long, 3-1 in. wide. Pedicels 2 in. 
long. Inner inv. sc. 12 or more. The pubescence is -villous, not in the least 
woolly or cobwebby. 
9. 0. helichrysoides (DC. 1. c. 466) ; “ subherbaceous, erect, simple, 
corymbose at the summit, stem and leaves clothed with copious, long, 
silky hairs ; leaves sessile, erect, imbricate, lingueform, quite entire, 
delicately 3-5-nerved, mucronate, at length glabrate; pedune. long, 
gland-hispid ; inv. sc. oval-lanceolate, acute ; rays about 8; achenes 
subterete, transversely ridge-furrowed, 2-3-angled, the angles small, 
with very narrow wings.” DC. 1. c. 
Has. Omsameulo and Natal, Drege. (Unknown to me.) 
“14-2 ft. high ; lower leaves 4 in. long, 8-10 1. wide.” DC. 
§ 4. Viscosa. (Sp. 10-24.) 
10, 0. spinosum (Linn. Sp. 1308; non Jacq.) ; shrubby, all parts 
viscoso-pubescent ; branches and twigs divaricate, ending in hard spines; 
leaves linear-lanceolate, either entire or coarsely toothed, or pinnatifid, 
flat, nerveless or faintly one-nerved ; fl. branches short, divaricate, one 
headed ; inv. sc. acuminate, membr. edged; rays about 8; disc-fl. 
hairy; achenes bluntly 3-cornered, minutely glandular. Zh./ Cap. 713- 
DC.! l. c. 459. O. spinescens, Willd. 
Has. Round Capetown and in the Western Districts, common. Hassaquay’s K1., 
Zey.! 3064. (Herb. Th. D., Hk., Sd.) 
