460 COMPOSIT& (Hary.) ~ [Venidiuwm. 
toothed, rarely runcinate, scabrous above, albo-tomentose beneath, the 
uppermost narrower, often linear; outer inv. sc, lanceolate-acuminate, 
elongate, spreading, green and scabrous above, beneath either pilose or 
tomentose ; pappus of about 4 minute scales, at one side of the glabrous 
achene ; sometimes obsolete, 
Vaz, a. scabrum; outer inv. scales pilose beneath, scarcely tomentose. V. sca- 
brum, Less,! Syn. p. 29. V. semipapposum, DC. 1. ¢, Arctotis scabra, Th. Cap. 7°7- 
Vaz. 8. plantagineum; outer iny. sc. white-woolly beneath. V. plantagineum, 
Less.! Syn. p. 30. DC. 1. ¢. 492. V. subcalvum, DC.! 1. c. 492. Arctotis plantaginea, 
L. Th.! Cap. 706, Arct. tomentosa, Th.! in Herb, 
Has, Var. a. Zwartland, Thunberg! Caledon and Gnadenthal, Eckl.! Draken- 
stein, Drege/ 8. Paarl. Thunb. Draakenstein, Drege/ Riv. Zon, Einde, Zey./ Zwart- 
river, Zey.! 3007. Tulbagh, Pappe! Hott. Holl., Zey.! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stems 1-2 ft. high, leafy throughout, Leaves variable in relative length and 
breadth ; in Thunbery’s specimens of var. a. much narrower than usual, Lvs, com- 
monly 2—3 in, long, 3-1 in. wide, green above. The toment. varies much, bothon the 
leaves, stem, and iny. scales, and I have no hesitation in uniting the two species of 
Lessing. DC.’s V. subcalvwm is absolutely identical with Arctotis plataginea, Th. ! 
T adopt DC.’s name ‘semipapposwm’ for the united species, as it expresses the cha- 
racter by which this differs from other Venidia. 
2, V. angustifolium (DC.! 1. c. 492, excl. syn. Jacq.) ; stem herba- 
ceous, erect, branched, striate, thinly tomentose ; leaves linear or lan- 
ceolate-linear, remotely toothed or entire, with reflexed edges, more or 
less ear-clasping at base, the younger cobwebby above, at length gla- 
brate, smooth, or rarely scabrous, all white-woolly beneath; outer Inv. 
se, taper-pointed, suberect, woolly externally ; achenes smooth. 
Has. Dutoitskloof, Drege! Brakfontein, Eckl.! (Herb, D., Sd,, Hk.) 
1-2 ft. high, straggling. Lys. 2-2} in. long, 2-41. wide, mostly clasping at 
base, green above, white beneath, Like the narrow-leaved forms of V. semipapposum, 
but less scabrous. DC. quotes Arct, angustifolia, Jacq. Sch. t, 168, as a synonym, 
but that figure ill accords with our specimens. I have not seen the achenes, Some 
of Drege’s distributed specimens (Hb. Hk.) have scabrous leaves ! 
3. V. macrospermum (DC. 1. c. 492); “stem herbaceous, erect, 
branched, furrowed, tomentose in the furrows, scabrous-bristled along 
the ridges in the lower part, smooth above; leaves somewhat ear-clasp- 
ing, oblong, toothed, setulous-bristly above, cano-tomentose beneath, 
3-nerved, the lower wider, tapering at base, upper nearly linear, with 
revolute margins; pedicels tomentose ; outer inv. se. linear, erect, closely 
pubescent ; achenes very smooth, 2 lines long.” DC. 1. ¢. 
Has. Draakensteinberg, Drege. (Unknown to me). 
4. V. discolor. (Less. Syn. 31); stem herbaceous, erect, with wide- 
spreading, diffuse branches, furrowed, tomentose in the furrow, pilose 
on the ridges; leaves long-petioled, ovate or subrotund, sinuate-toothed 
or bluntly angle-lobed, scabro-pubescent above, albo-tomentose except 
on the nerves beneath; petiole amply eared at base, and sometimes I~? 
lobed in the middle; inv. campanulate, the outer scales setose, with 
reflexed, subulate points; “ achenes somewhat cross-ridged.” (- DC.) 
DC. 1. ¢. 492. Osteosp. perfoliatum, ex. pte., Th.! Herb. n.2. ' 
Has. Cape, Thunbery. Swellendam, Mundt.! Ecklon! Voormansbosch, Zey! 3008. 
(Herb. Th., Hk., Sd.) 
