Venidium.] COMPOSITE (Harv.) 461 
Root fibrous. Stem 1-1} ft. high, chiefly branched from near the base, the 
branches spreading subhorizontally, 1-2 ft. long. Petioles 13-2} inches long ; lami- 
na 1} in. long, about as broad, subcordate at base, angle-lobed or repand, green 
above, white beneath. Heads small, or slender; pedunc. rather longer than the 
leaves ; fl, yellow. 
5. V. decurrens (Less.! Syn. 32); stem herbaceous, diffusely branch- 
ed, tomentose, angular, minutely wing-ridged; leaves long petioled, 
mostly lyrate, the terminal lobe ovate or subrotund, sinuate-lobed or 
repand, at first cobwebbed, afterwards nude and punctate above, albo- 
tomentose beneath ; lateral lobes small, sometimes obsolete, or altogether 
wanting; petiole (except in var. 8.) amply eared at base, the ear decur- 
rent along the stem; outer inv. sc. very woolly, erect, taper-pointed ; 
achenes cross-ridged. DC. 1. c. 492; also V. canescens, DC./ 1. ¢. 493. 
Arctotis micrantha, Th. / Herb. 
Var. 8. calendulaceum; petioles not eared at base, or with a very small ear! V. 
calendulacewm, Less.! Syn.! 32. DO. 1. c. 493. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Albany, Eckl./ Drege! Vanstaadensberg, Zey.! 3009, 3010. 
i ee wre — Kaffraria, T. Cooper! 128, Plettenbergsbay, Pappe/ (Herb. 
A diffuse, canescent, soft plant, 1-2 ft. long. Petioles 2-2} inches long. Late- 
ral leaf-lobes often small or wanting; terminal 1} in. long, and broad. V. calendu- 
laceum, Less., differs merely by the want of ear-lobes to the petiole; but in Dr. 
Pappe’s specimen I find some leaves with ears, some wanting them, on the same 
branch! Lessing described from garden specimens. 
6. V. perfoliatum (Less. Syn. 30); stem herbaceous, slender, diffusely 
branched from the base, striate, thinly tomentose and setose on the 
striae; leaves long-petioled, not eared at base, ovate or subcordate, 
repand, green and hispidulous above, cano-tomentose beneath; pedicels 
slender, axillary, setulose, rather longer than the leaves; heads small, few- 
flowered; inv. se. sub-biseriate, outer woolly, linear-oblong, erect; achenes 
cross-wrinkle-striate. V. cinerariwm, DC./ l. c. 493. Osteosp. perfo- 
liatum. No.1. Herb. Th.! Cap. 716. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Ataquaskloof, Drege! (Herb. Th. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stem and branches 6—12 inches long, laxly leafy. Petioles 1-1} in. long; lamina 
: in. long, 7 in. wide, thin and membranous, Heads 3 lines across, with very few 
Owers, 
7. V. spathuligerum (DC. 1.c.493); “stem suberect; petioles, pedicels, 
involucres and the lower surfaces of leaves white-woolly ; leaves glabres- 
cent above, their petioles not eared at base, lyrato-pinnatifid, the lobes 
obtuse, subsinuate; pedicels longer than the leaves; outer inv. sc. leafy, 
large, spathulate; achenes cross-wrinkled.” DC. 1. c. 
Has. Near the Basche R., Caffraria, Drege! (Unknown to me.) 
8. V. hispidulum (Less. Syn. 34, non DC.) ; stem diffusely branched, 
herbaceous, furrow-striate, glabrescent or thinly cobwebbed; leaves 
petioled, lyrato-pinnatifid or pinnati-partite, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 
toothed, the wpper confluent, on both surfaces thinly and shortly scabro- 
pubescent, the younger thinly canescent beneath; pedunc. slender, 
scabrous ; outer inv. sc. ovate, acuminate, erect, scabrous; achenes 
