514 COMPOSITH (Harv.) [Printzia. 
leaves, which are cobwebby, becoming glabrate above, tomentose be- 
neath; inv. sc. 2—3 seriate, narrow, subequal ; rays elongate; pappus 
rufous. Less. Syn. 108. DC. 1. ¢. 13. Inula cernua, Berg. Cap. 288. 
Leyssera polifolia, Th.! Cap. 692. 
Has. Hills round Capetown, Bergius, E. § Z.!. W. H. H. Algoa Bay, Forbes. 
Auteniqualand, Burchell. Caledon, E. § Z. Rietkuil, Zey.! 3074. Zwarteberg, 
Drege. Paarlberg, W.H.H. Genadenthahl, Dr. Roser! Steendaal, Tulb., Dr. Pappe! 
- (Herb. Thunb., D., Hk., Sd.) : 
A much-branched bush, 2-3 ft. high and in diameter. Leaves $-1} in. long, 
3-6 1. wide, either quite entire or remotely callous-toothed. Rays blue. Flowers 
like those of an Aster, in which genus Linneus placed it. 
2. P. auriculata (Harv.); branches tomentose; leaves sessile, amply 
auricled, obovate, cuneate at base, entire or 5—7-toothed beyond the 
middle, cobwebbed, becoming glabrous above, tomentose beneath; inv. 
se. imbricated in 4—5 rows, the outer shorter, all lanceolate, subsilky ; 
rays elongate ; pappus white. 
Has. Bashee R., Fort Bowker, H. Bowker! 370. (Herb. D.) 
In the shape and pubescence of the leaves this is like P. Bergii ; but the leaves 
are not decurrent, but auricled and stem-clasping ; the inv. sc. are pluriseriate, and 
the pappus is white. The rays may have been either blue or white. 
3. P. aromatica (Less. Syn. 108); branches tomentose; leaves sessile, 
nairow-linear, obtuse, with revolute margins, entire, on both sides 
densely tomentose ; inv. sc. imbricated in 3-4 rows, the outer shorter, 
all oblong, obtuse, tomentose; rays elongate ; pappus white. DOC. l. c¢. 
13. Inula aromatica, Linn. Amoen. 6, p. 103. Th.! Cap. 667. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg, E. § Z.! Paarlberg, Drege! French Hoek, W. 17. H. 
Winterhock, Tulbagh, and Cceaden hal Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
- A very much-branched and leafy undershrub, 6 inches to 2 ft. or more high, sub- 
simple below, the branches corymbose. All parts tomentose. Leaves }— in. long, 
11. wide. Heads subcorymbose ; rays purple (sometimes white ?). 
4. P. pyrifolia (Less. Syn. 108) ; branches tomentulose, in age gla- 
brate; leaves shortly petioled, ovate or subrotund, broad and subcor- 
date at base, sharply many-toothed, glabrous and netted above, rigid. 
tomentose beneath ; inv. sc. imbricate, in 5—6 rows, the outer shorter, all 
fringed with woolly hairs; rays elongate; pappus whitish. DC./.c. 13. 
__ Has. Kaffirland, Krebs, E. § Z.! Witberg, Drege! Albany, 7. Williamson / 
Basutuland, 7’. Cooper, 691. Tongaat R., Natal, Mrs. Saunders! (Hb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
A shrub, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves varying much in size ; in Z. § Z. sp. 1} in. long, 
I _- wee ; in Drege’s about § inch long and wide, or less, in all very rigid. Fl. 
purp 
5. P. Huttoni (Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 158); stem diffusely branched, 
subscandent; branches flexuous, terete, scabro-puberulous; vs. shortly- 
petioled, oblong-lanceolate, membranaceous, penninerved, on both sides 
scaberulous, distantly denticulate; petiole ear-clasping at base ; heads 
ending the branches and axillary twigs, solitary, short-pedicelled ; inv- 
scales very narrow, acuminate, pubescent, 2-3-seriate ; rays very short, 
spoon-shaped ; pappus of few, unequal bristles; achenes hispidulous. 
Has. Katberg, H. Hutton! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) ; 
A tall, scrambling or half-climbing, slender shrub. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 7-1 ™- 
wide ; petiole 4-3 in, long. - 
