442 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Osteospermum. 
membr.-edged, equalling the disc ; rays 10-12, at least 4 times as long 
as the involucre.” DC.1.¢. [Achenes unknown. | 
Has. Zeederberg, Drege. (Said to be allied to O. subawritum.) 
23. 0. plebeium (DC. 1. c. 464) ; “stem herbaceous, erect, branching, 
slender; leaves remote, sessile, lanceolate, here and there somewhat 
toothed, sparingly and remotely, as well as the stem, puberulous ; 
pedicels terminal, solitary, nodding, with the invol. gland-pubescent ; 
achenes obovate, obtuse, rather smooth, gibbous dorsally at base, and 
minutely winged on the angles,” DC. J. ¢. 
Has. Cape, Drege. Namaqualand, Ecklon. 
24. 0. caulescens (Harv.); herbaceous, minutely glandular-pubescent, 
leafy at the crown; stems several, erect, subsimple, angular, laxly 
leafy, one-headed ; radical and lower leaves tapering at base into a 
petiole, oblongo-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, remotely denticulate, cauline 
sessile, half-clasping, linear, entire or denticulate ; inv. sc. acuminate, 
viscoso-puberulous ; achenes obovoid, obscurely 6-angled, thickly sca- 
berulous and subglandular, especially on the dorsal facets. 
Has. Rhinoster River, Betchuana Land, Zeyher! 1009. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) 
Rootstock perennial. Radical leaves 2}-3 in. long, including the petiole, mid- 
ribbed, 3-4 1. wide ; cauline 1-1} in. long, 1-2 1. wide. All parts minutely glan- 
dular. Stems 6-10 inches long, simple, or branched at base. Habit nearly that of 
Dimorphotheca caulescens. 
§ 5. Diverstrotia. (Sp. 25-26.) 
25. 0. bidens (Thunb.! Cap. 714); stem herbaceous, angled and 
furrowed, much branched ; leaves dimorphous, the lowest lanceolate, 
tapering at base, 2-3-toothed at each side, coriaceous, with revolute 
margins, smooth, loosely cobweb-cottony, at length glabrate ; upper 
and rameal leaves very sparse, linear and subulate, erect, entire, gla- 
brous or cottony; heads terminal, solitary, on scabrous twigs; inv. s¢. 
oblong, ‘subacute, dorsally hispid or scabrous; achenes ovate-oblong, 
tapering, smooth, 3-tipped. 0. ephedroides, DC.! 1. c. 463. Senecio stria- 
tus, Th.! Cap. 678. 
Has. Bockland, Thunberg! Bushman’s Land, E. § Z./ (Herb, Th., Sd.) 
1-1} ft. high. Lower leaves crowded near the base of the stem, 2-24 in. long, 
3-4 l. wide, tapering almost into a petiole; upper 1. 4-1 in. long, 41. wide. Apices 
of the branches and twigs scabrous, 
26. 0. lavandulaceum (DC.! 1. c. 466); stem herbaceous, angled and 
furrowed, much-branched, cobweb-woolly and leafy at base, glabrous 
and nearly nude above; lower leaves linear-lanceolate and linear, tapet- 
ing at base, entire or distantly 2~3-toothed, with revolute margins, 77y 
scabrous on the glabrate and upper side, cobweb-cottony beneath; uppeT 
and rameal leaves very sparse, small or scalelike, subulate, entire; pedi- 
cels gland-scabrid ; inv. sc. lanceolate, acute, membr. edged, dorsally 
scabrous; achenes (fide DC.) “3-angled, tubercled along the angles, 
3-tipped.” 
Has. Giftberg, and betw. Ezelsbank and Dwars Riv., Drege! (Hb. D., 84., Hk-) 
