462 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Venidewm. 
minutely cross-wrinkled, small. V. puberulum, DC.! 1. c. 493. Osteosp. 
arctotoides, Th. Herb. fol. 1, nec 2. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg. Betw. Los-Tafelberg and Zwartkey, Drege. Zwartkops 
R., £.¢Z.! (Herb. Th. D., Sd.) 
1-2-ft. high, much branched, weak-stemmed. Leaves 3-5 inches long. Petioles 
mostly simple at base, rarely small-eared and clasping. Heads rather small, dark- 
lined beneath. 
9. V. arctotoides (Less.! Syn. 33); stem diffusely branched, herba- 
ceous, striate, thinly white woolly; leaves petioled, lyrato-pinnatifid, 
the lateral lobes few, oblong, obtuse, terminal large, ovate, coarsely 
toothed or repand, the upper leaves ear-clasping at base, all thinly cob- 
webbed and punctate, becoming nude above, more or less albo-tomentose 
beneath; pedune. tomentose; outer inv. sc. ovate-lanceolate, obtusely 
acuminate, woolly ; recept. honey-combed ; achenes finely cross-wrinkled. 
DC... 493. Osteospermum arctotoides, Linn. f. Th.! Cap. 717, Herb. 
gods 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Uitenhage, Z.§ Z.! Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber! near 
Beaufort, 7’. Cooper! §56. (Herb. Th., D., Sd.) 
Of this I have seen 6 specimens, two from each of the collectors quoted ; of these 
Thunberg’s are the most woolly, Cooper’s the least so, and H. § Z.’s nearly interme- 
diate. The ears at the bases of the petioles are not constant; they are largest and 
most frequent on the older plants, when the branches have more fully developed. 
Stems 6-12 inches long, branching. Leaves 3-5 in. long, the terminal lobe 1 in. 
wide. Heads small. Rays yellow, or pale. 
10. V. erosum (Harv.); rootstock woody; stems short, tufted, leafy, 
the fl.-branches shortly nude at the summit ; subradical and lower leaves 
crowded, petioled, pinnatiparted, with a narrow rachis, lobes in several 
pairs, very short and blunt, the lowermost subrotund, upper inciso- 
lobulate, terminal small, all cobwebby-canescent on both sides, with 
recurved margins ; cauline simple, sessile, lance-linear or subulate, entire 
or the lowermost crenate ; pedunc. shorter than the leaves; outer inv. 
sc. linear, blunt, cobwebby; achenes not seen. 
Has. Bitterfonteyn, Zeyher! (Herb. Sond.) 
Only one specimen seen. Leaves 3-4 in. long, the rachis 1 1. wide; lobes in 6-8 
pair, the lowest 1-2 1. long, upper 4-61. long, mostly 3-4-lobuled. Whole plant 
with a whitish aspect, but the hairs are scanty and probably deciduous. Rays 
yellow on both sides. 
11. V. microcephalum (DC.! 1. c. 493); rootstock ligneous ; stem 
branched from the base, the branches short, tufted, closely leafy ; leaves 
green or greyish above, pubescent or punctate, beneath albo-tomentose, 
crowded, petioled, lyrato-sinuate or pinnatifid, many lobed, the lobes 
mostly blunt, subentire, the terminal not much larger, confluent ; petiole 
not eared at base; pedicels longer or shorter than the leaves, tomentose; 
outer inv. sc. woolly ; achenes cross-ridged. 
Has. Nieuweveld and Hex R., Kloof, Drege! Queenstown, Cooper, 425. Buffalo 
R., Natal, Gerr. § M‘K. 1014. (Herb. Sd., D.) 
Stem very short, branches 1-2 in. long, or less. Leaves 3-5 in. long, green and 
eith ly smooth or roughish above, white beneath, variably incised or sinuate- 
swers yellow, of small size. 3 Specimen seems quite the same as Drege $;— 
Gerr. § M‘K.,’s is slightly different, and may be distinct. 
