Didelta.| COMPOSITZ (Harv.) 511 
river, Drege! Sea shore, St. Helena Bay, Dr. Wallich! Namaqualand, A. Wyley/ 
(Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 7 en ee 
Root seemingly annual. Stem much branched from the base, erect or diffuse. 
Lower leaves sometimes opposite. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 3-5 |. wide, obtuse. Rays 
golden-yellow. 
3. D. tomentosum (Less.! Syn. 61); herbaceous, stem and leaves on 
both surfaces persistently white-woolly ; leaves alternate (or sometimes 
opposite), fleshy, veinless, subspathulate-oblong, not much narrowed 
at base ; outer inv. sc. 3-5, deltoid-ovate, subserrulate, veiny, inner 
lanceolate, acuminate. DC.1.c. 503. Arctotis lancea, Hb. Th.! D. 
carnosum, litt. c. Hb. Drege! 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Rietvalley, Cape, £. § Z./_ Near the mouth of the Gariep, 
Drege! Namaqualand, A. Wyley/ (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Root seemingly annual. Stem branching, erect or diffuse. Leaves 14-24 in. long, 
3-41. wide. Rays deeporange. Very similar to D. carnosum, except that all parts 
are thickly covered with white woolliness. 
Sect. 2. Cusprpia. (Sp. 4-5.) 
4. D. cernuum (Less.! Syn. 62.); herbaceous, glabrous or nearly so, 
branching, diffuse ; leaves alternate, half-clasping, oblong or obovate, 
acute, coarsely spinous-toothed, the margin spinelloso-ciliate; outer inv. 
sc. numerous, short, spine-tipped, inner leafy, oblong-lanceolate, ciliate- 
pungent, achenes glabrous, at the apex pubescent. DC. 1. ¢. 503. Gorteria 
cernua, Linn. f. Th.! Cap. 697. Berkheya cernua, R. Br., Hort. Kew. 2, 
%. 5, p- 139- 
Has. Cape, Thunbery! Krebs, Burchell, &c., Uitenhage, F. GZ! Zey.! 3019. 
Zuureberg, Drege! Somerset, Mrs. F. W. Barber. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Root seemingly annual. Stems 6 inches to 1-2 ft. long, spreading or ascending, 
pale ; leaves membranous, 1-13 in. long, 4-6 1. wide, variably tooth-lobed. Inv. 
se. concrete, as in Gorteria, imbricated in several rows, but of twokinds. Rays pale 
yellow. Pappus sc. narrow, lance-subulate, plumose. 
5. D. annuum (Less. Syn. 61) ; herbaceous, cobwebby, simple or 
branched at base ; leaves alternate, half-clasping, obovate-oblong, acute, 
very much attenuated to the base, and petiolate, coarsely spinous-toothed, 
the margin spinelloso-ciliate ; outer inv. sc. few, short, spine-tipped ; 
medial ovate-oblong, inner lanceolate, both leafy, spine-toothed, ciliate 
and pungent; ovaries villous. 
Has. Cape, Mundt and Maire. Betw. Beaufort and Rhinosterkops, and betw. 
Zwarteberg and Kendo, Drege! (Herb. Sond.) 
Annual. Allied to D. cernuum, but smaller and less branched; with the leaves 
greatly tapering to the base, and broader inner inv. scales. Leaves 2-2} in. long, 
4-5 l. wide. 
( Doubtful genera of Arctotidee.) 
Damatris, Cass. 
Heads radiate ; rays female, uniseriate ; disc-f. male, 5-toothed. nv. longer 
than the disc, hemispherical, scales imbricate, outer ovate, inner linear, subulate at 
apex. . convex, with a row of scarious, 3-lobed, externally concave pale 
between the ray and disc. Ray-achenes subcylindrical, hairy, with long, soft, red 
hairs. Pappus 2-seriate, scaly. Disc-achenes abortive. DC. Prodr. 7, p. 255. 
D. pudica (Cass.) A short-stemmed annual, with pedunculoid branches. Leaves 
alternate, half-clasping, linear-lanceolate, sinuate, albo-tomentose beneath. Heads 
solitary, terminal. Fl. yellow. 
