450 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [ A rctotis 
I. Evarororts. (Sp. 1-27). 
1. A. candida (Th.! Cap. 710); herbaceous, short-stemmed, simple 
or branched ; leaves crowded on the short stem or subradical, petioled, 
pinnate-parted, white-woolly beneath, cobwebby above, at length nude, 
the lobes in several pairs, linear-oblong, callous-mucronate, few-toothed, 
with reflexed margins; pedunc. elongate, tomentose; inv. nearly gla- 
brous, the outer sc, produced into a long, recurved, subulate, tomentose 
point. Less./ Syn. 15. DC. 1. ¢. 485. A. glaucophylla, Jacq. Schoenbr. 
t. 170? 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Flats, Drege, fide DC. (Herb. Thunb.) 
Root ligneous, deeply descending. Stem 1-2 inches long, closely leafy ; branches 
from the lowest axils, equalling the stem. Leaves 4-5 in. long ; their lobes 3-4 in. 
long, 1-2 lines wide. Rays purplish beneath, either creamy or yellow above. I 
have only seen the single specimen in Hb. Th. 
2. A. acaulis (Linn. Sp. ed. 2. p. 1306); stemless or nearly so, with 
a thick, ligneous rootstock ; radical leaves long-petioled, polymorphous 
| oblong-subsinuate, incised, lobed, or lyrate, with few or many 
teral lobes), white-woolly and many-nerved beneath, scabrous or gland- 
hairy above, the margin reflexed ; pedune, scapelike, elongate, tomen- 
tose, setose and glandular; inv. nearly glabrous, the outer produced 
into a long, recurved, subulate, tomentose point. Less. Syn./ 16. Th./ 
Cap. p. 708. A. scapigera, Th.! Cap, 709. Bot. Reg. t. 122. Also, fide 
Less., A. tricolor, Jacq. Sch. t. 159. A. undulata, Jacq. 1. c. t. 160, and 
A. speciosa, Jacq. 1. c. 161. Bot. Mag. t. 2182. 
Has. Cape, Thunb.! E.§ Z.! Simon’ Wri . -. Pappe! 
an Oo a eae 2 
and Hott. Hollandsberg, Zey./ 2998, 8 ; 2999; 3000. (Hb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
3. A. campanulata (DC.! 1. c. 415); nearly stemless, radical leaves 
petioled, on both sides either tomentose-canescent or setoso-pubescent, 
lyrate, the lower lobes smaller, the terminal large, ovate-oblong, toothed 
or incised; pedunc. about equalling the leaves, tomentose and hairy ; 
outer inv. scales produced into a linear, tomentose, spreading or recurved 
point, 
Vag. a, subtomentosa, DC. ; leaves canescent, lobes blunt. 
Var. 8. puberula, DC, ; leaves setoso-pubescent, lobes acute. 
Has, Both vars. in little Namaqualand, Drege! (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Very near A. acaulis, but the leaves are uniformly coloured ; either both sides 
hoary or both green and pubescent ; in A. acaulis, so far as 1 know, the underside 
is always and alone hoary. The dry specimens show no floral difference. I retain 
the species with much hesitation. 
4. A. canescens (DC.! 1. c. 485); nearly stemless, with a thickish 
rhizome; radical leaves crowded, petioled, on both sides white-woolly, 
lyrato-pinnatipartite, the lateral lobes few or many, oblong, obtuse, 
sinuate-toothed, the terminal larger, obtuse; pedune, 14-3ce as long as 
leaves, tomentose ; outer inv. seales produced into a linear, tomentose, 
spreading point. 
