468 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [| Microstephiwm. 
in cutting and pubescence ; all degrees of lyrate or pinnatifid, sometimes sinuate or 
entire ; either green above and white woolled beneath, or equally tomentose on both 
sides. The most constant character by which to recognize this Proteus is the achenes, 
which when ripe are hidden in their very thick coat of silky wool ; but alas! I have 
found (Herb. Hk.!), in the same head, perfectly glabrous fruits mixed with woolly 
ones!! But for their pappus, such resemble the achenes of Arctotheca. 
2. C. Forbesianum (Harv.); stemless ; leaves quite glabrous above, 
snow-white beneath, pinnatipartite (some simple), the lobes linear-lan- 
ceolate, quite entire, with revolute margins, some with an accessory 
lobule at base. Gazania Forbesiana, DC. 1. c. 508. 
ope Oe Forbes. Betw. Zwarteberg and R. Zondereinde, Zey.! 3016. (Herb. 
» Sd.) 
Crown of root } in. diam., emitting many strong, simple roots. Leaves all radical, 
on long petioles, 3-5 inches long. Leaflobes }-} in. long, 1 L wide, sometimes all 
quite simple, sometimes almost all with an accessory, basal lobule. Scapes about 
as long as the leaves. Inv. sc. 3-4 seriate, glabrous, the outer ovate-oblong, with 
a short linear appendage, the inner scarious, very obtuse. Filaments of stamens 
scabrous! A very distinct species, with the foliage of a Gazania, but all the generic 
characters of a Cryptostemma, 
Doubtful Species. 
Gazania subbipinnata (DC. 1. c. 508) ; “ erown of root woody; rad. 
leaves ‘long-petioled, glabrous above, cano-tomentose beneath, pinnati- 
sect, the segments remote, narrow, some linear, quite entire, some sinuate 
or pinnatipartite, with quite entire margins; scape not longer than the 
leaves, tomentose above; inv. campanulate, with scarcely any tube, the 
scales free nearly to the base, the outer acute, inner obtuse.” DC. /.¢. 
Has. Knakerberg, at foot of hills, under 1000 f., Drege. (Onknown to us.) 
By description this seems scarcely different from C. Forbesianwm. 
CXXXI. MICROSTEPHIUM, Less. 
Heads radiate; ray-fl. ligulate, neuter; disc-fl. 5-toothed, perfect. 
Recept. slightly honey-combed. Jnv. sc. pluriseriate, imbricate, unarmed, 
the inner membrane-edged. Filaments scabrous. Achenes wingless, 
tomentose. Pappus uniseriate, crown-like, crenate, callous at base, 
membranous at the apex, after flowering turned inwards. DC. Prodr. 
6, p. 496. 
A decumbent or creeping, branched herb, white-woolly in most parts. Leaves 
long petioled, roundish ovate, repand. Pedunc, 1-headed. Flowers yellow, not 
showy. Name from pixpos, small, and oredos, a crown; the crown-like pappus. 
1. M. niveum (Less. Syn. 55); DC. 7. ¢. 496. Osteospermum mveum, 
Linn. f. Th.! Cap. 716. Arctotis populifolia, Berg. Cap. 323 ? 
Has. Sandy sea shores and places near the sea, from Capetown to Natal. 
Thunberg! Mundt.! E. § Z.1 W. H. H., Natal, T. W., Gueinzius! Sanderson, 597- 
Gerr.§ M‘K., 352. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stem herbaceous, robust, decumbent or prostrate, branching, 1-2 ft. long. All 
parts clothed with thick, close-lying, very white woolliness, the leaves in age becom- 
ing nude above. Leaves on long petioles, ovate, cordate or subrotund, many-nerv ed, 
obtuse, entire or repand. Pedunc. often bifid, each branch bearing a head, axillary- 
Inv. very woolly. Flowers yellow, not very conspicuous. 
