456 coMposIT#& (Harv.) [ Arctotis. 
all thinly silvery; outer inv. sc. with linear, subtomentose points ; 
achenes silky, with ample basal tuft. H. & Z, 108-5, 1836. 
Has, Cape, FZ. & Z./ (Herb. Sond.) 
Stems probably several, 12-18 in. high, rather slender, Leaves, with the petiole, 
4-5 in. long, 4-5 lines wide, some of the radical occasionally lyrate, All parts thinly 
silvery, Allied to A. elongata but much more slender, with smaller heads and 
petioled leaves tapering much to each end, 
23. A. elongata (Th.! Cap. 706); stem herbaceous, branched, silvery, 
the flowering branches ending in long, nude, one-headed peduncles ; 
leaves simple and tapering at base, petioled, linear-oblong, repando- 
crenate, with sometimes a pair of small lateral lobes, 3—5-nerved, cob- 
webby or glabrous above, silvery tomentose beneath; inv. cobwebby, 
the outer scales with linear, tomentose points. Less/ Syn. 19. DC. 1.¢- 
486. A. tricolor, Willd. 
Has, Cape, Thunberg! (Herb, Th., Sd. 
) 
Leaves 3 in. long; 4 in. wide, the petiole broad and channelled. Pedunc, 8-12 
in. long, whole plant thinly canescent, 
24, A. virgata (Jacq.? Schoenbr. t. 307, fide DC.); stem herbaceous, 
branched, branches thinly silvery, striate, ending in long, nude pedun- 
cles; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, distantly repand-toothed or lobu- 
late, glabrous above, thinly silvery beneath, somewhat 3-nerved; outer 
inv. scales cobwebby, with spreading, linear points. DC 1. ¢. 489. 
Has. Cape, Burchell, E.G Z.! (Herb. Sd.) 
I describe from Ecklon’s specimen, No. 1097, which was seen by D@., but I think 
the reference to Jacquin rather doubtful. ‘Leaves 1-13 in. long, 1-2 1. wide. 
25. A. pinnatifida (Th.! Cap. 705); suffruticose, branching, branches 
albo-tomentose, virgate, ending in peduncles; leaves tomentose, linear, 
thickish, obtuse, crenate, with reflexed margins, half-clasping at base; 
outer iny. sc. with linear, tomentose points. Less,/ Syn. 27. DC. l.c. 489. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ (Herb. Th.) 
An erect, rigid suffrutex, hoary in all parts. Leaves }-1 in, long, 1-2 1. wide, 
bluntly toothed, not pinnatijfid. The sp. name, as DC. observes, is very inappropriate, 
and tends to mislead. : oe : 
26. A. argentea (Th! Cap. 705); stem shrubby, branching, erect, 
tomentose; branches long, virgate, ending in long, nude, tomentose 
peduncles; leaves tomentose, the rameal linear or spathulate, narrowed 
to the base, subentire ; inv. sc. ovate or ovate-oblong, appressed, without 
excurrent points. Less./ Syn.27. DC.1, ¢. 489. Centaurea incana, 
Burm., fide DC. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! (Herb. Th.) 
A slender, tall, rigid plant, albo-tomentose in all parts. Lower leaves not seen; 
upper 1-13 in. long, 2 lines wide, not clasping at base. Pedunc, 8-12 in. long, rigid. 
Iny. sc. cobwebbed, then glabrous. 
27. A. linearis (Thunb.! Cap. 705); stem suffruticose, branched, the 
young parts thinly tomentose, branches ending in nude peduncles ; 
leaves thinly silvery, inear-involute, acute, very narrow, quite entire, 
half-clasping at base ; outer inv. sc. taperpointed, appressed, glabrous. 
Less. Syn.27. DC. 1. c. p. 489. 
