464 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [ Haplocarpha. 
across, brownish-purple; rays 30 or more, 1-1} inch long, golden-yellow, with rich 
brown bases, A very handsome species. 
16. V. subacanle (DC. 1. c. 493); “annual; stem scarcely any ; 
branches scarcely leafy at base, nude above, scapelike, pubescent, one- 
headed ; leaves subradical, petioled, lyrate, subcanescent, the terminal 
lobe larger, rameal lvs. irregularly pinnate-lobed ; outer inv. sc. linear, 
spreading, inner scarious, very obtuse.” DC. 1. ¢. 
Has. Betw. Hexriver and Bokkeveld, and near Holriver, Drege. (Unknown to me.) 
A specimen from Drege, in Hb. Hook., under this name, in no respect agrees 
with the above diagnosis ; I have named it V. fugax. 
17. V. fugax (Harv.); root fibrous, annual; stem erect, simple, or 
branched at base, laxly leafy, hispid, one-headed ; subradical and lower 
leaves petioled, ovato-lanceolate, subacute, 3-nerved, repando-denticulate 
or subentire, hispidulous on both sides, the youngest slightly cobwebbed 
beneath ; upper cauline leaves oblong, stem-clasping, sessile, entire or 
nearly so; outer iny. sc. taper-pointed, pilose ; achenes smooth (not 
wrinkled), thinly glandular. V. subacaule, Drege! in Hb. Hk., non DC. 
Has. Cape, Drege! (Herb. Hk., D.) 
Stem 4-6 inches high, bearing 4-8 alternate leaves. Petioles of lower leaves 
1-14 in. long ; lamina 14 in. long, } in. wide. Upper leaves scarcely uncial. Rays 
yellow, with dark spots at base. 
18, V. (Antrospermum) Kraussii (Sch. Bip.) ; “root annual ; stem 
slender, furrow-striate, branched, cobwebby-pubescent, leafy to the 
summit ; lower leaves long petioled, ovate, 3-nerved, sub-lyrate, thinly 
tomentose beneath, rough above; medial amplexicaul, sessile, upper- 
most cordate-amplexicaul, linear-lanceolate, entire; inv. campanulate, 
se. pluriseriate, the outer linear, acute, hispid and cobwebby ; rays con- 
colourous, yellow; achenes pubescent, crowned on the inner side with 
5, Minute, rounded, close-pressed pappus scales.” Sch. Bip., in Walp. 
hep. 6, p. 277, abbrev. V. hispidulum, DC., non Less., fide Sch. B.l. ¢ 
Has. Betw. Groenekloof and Saldanha Bay, Krauss. (Unknown to me). 
( Garden species, unknown to us.) 
V. Schraderi (DC. 1. c. 494); “stemless, glandularly pilose; leaves 
petioled, not eared at base, not decurrent, lyrato-pinnatipartite, lobes 
on each side 4-6, ovate, repando-dentate, obtuse, green, on the nerves 
beneath and beyond the nerves above hispid-scabrous ; pedune. as long 
as leaves; achenes very smooth.” DC. 1. c. 
Has. Raised from Cape Seeds, in Bot. Gard. Gittingen. (Unknown to us.) 
CXXVII. HAPLOCARPHA, Less. 
Heads radiate ; ray-fl. ligulate, female ; disc-fl. 5-toothed, perfect. 
Recept. nude, flat. Inv. se. imbricate, pluriseriate, the outer acuminate, 
the inner scarious. Filaments granulated! Achenes wingless, turbinate, 
silky or glabrous with a tuft of silky, basal hairs. Pappus uniseriate, 
of many narrow, tapering, very delicate, diaphanous, nerved scales. 
DC. Prodr. 6, 494. 
