Aretotis. | COMPOSIT& (Harv.) 453 
Han, Cape flats and in the W. Districts, common. Zey! 3007. 8. Gt. Howhoek 
and Kl. Riviersberge, Zey! 3007, (Herb, Th., D., Hk., Sd. 
A large, coarse-growing, much-branched, glandular and hairy plant. Branches 
curved, Leaves 2-2} in. long, 4-} in. wide, with reflexed edges. 
13. A. bellidifolia (Berg. Cap. 318, non Th.) ; stem herbaceous, as- 
cending or erect, branching, striate, hispid and scabrous ; branches long, 
ending in nude peduncles; leaves hispid and scabrous above, thinly 
tomentose beneath, especially the younger ones, oblong or subpanduri- 
form, the upper ones eared and stem-clasping at base, toothed, incised 
or sinuate-pinnatifid; pedunc. very scabrid; outer invol. sc. seabrous- 
bristled, with linear-subulate, recurved points, Less. Syn. 21. DC. l. 
c. 486, A. muricata, Th.! Cap.707. A. paniculata, Jacq. Schoenbr.t. 380. 
Has. Sandy fields, Zwartland, Th.! Cape, £. & Z.! Tulbagh’s Kloof, Zey.! 969, 
Paarlberg, Drege! (Herb. Th., Hk., Sd.) 
1-2 ft. high, sometimes much branched ; all parts more or less rough with short, 
glandular bristles. Leaves 2-3 inches long, the lowermost petioled, the rest 
strongly clasping with toothed ear-lobes at base. Heads rather small. The name 
* bellidifolia” is very inappropriate. 
14, A. glandulosa (Thunb. Cap. 706); stem suffruticose, branched, 
furrowed, extremely rough with bristles, hairs, and glands; leaves on 
both sides very setose, scabrous and glandular, oblong or lanceolate, the 
lowermost tapering much at base, subpetiolate, upper sessile, half-clasp- 
ing, all sharply and unequally toothed, the young parts sometimes cob- 
webbed; pedunce. short, very bristly ; outer inv. scales with subulate, 
scabrous points. Less. Syn, 23. DC. l.c. 487. 
Has. Piquetberg, Thunberg! Witsenberg and Windhoek, Zey.! 970. (Herb. 
Th., Hk., Sd.) 
As strong-growing as A. angustifolia, exceedingly rough and bristly in all parts. — 
Lower leaves 3-4 in. long, 1 in. wide ; upper 2-3 in. long, 4-} in, wide. Young 
plants thinly cobwebbed ; old quite nude, Heads large and showy, rays purplish? 
perhaps white above.—Very near the simple-leaved forms of A. aspera. 
15, A, aspera (Linn. Sp, 1307); stem half-shrubby, branching, his- Cyr ; 
pid and scabrous, sometimes tomentose, leaves commonly tomentose 
beneath (sometimes nude), hispid and setose above, pinnatifid or inciso- 
pinnatifid, the lobes toothed, broad or narrow, the cauline dilated and 
clasping at base; outer inv. scales linear-subulate, hispid. Less, Syn. p. 
24. DC. 1c. 487. 
Van. a.? angustifolia, Less. ; leaves subentire, much attenuate at base and obso- 
letely eared. A. angustifolia, Jacq. Schoenbr. t. 168, fide Less. 
Var. f, incisa; leaves inciso-pinnatifid. A. incisa, Th./ Cap. 7o7. A. melano- 
eycla, Willd. A. auriculata, Jacq. t. c. t. 169. 
Var. 7, cichoracea, Berg. ; leaves pinnatifid, segments short, blunt, spreading. 
A. formosa, Th.! Cap. 708. A. lyrata, Willd. A. bicolor, Willd. A. caulescens, Th.! 
Cap. 708. 
Var. 8, scabra, Berg. ; lvs. pinnatifid, the lobes long, spreading, flat and broad- 
ish. A. maculata, Jacq. Schoenbr. t. 379. A. arborescens, Willd. 
Var. ¢, undulata, Berg. ; leaves pinnatifid, the lobes long, spreading, narrow, 
toothed, and undulate. A. undulata, Th.! Cap. 710, nec. Jacg. A. cuprea, Jacq. 
2.176. A. aureola, Edw. Bot. Reg. t. 32. 
Has. Western districts in many places, frequent. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., 8d.) 
Very variable in foliage, but generally known by its rough and glandular surface, 
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