Berardia.| BRUNIACE& (Sond.) 319 
lower bractea longer than the flower, segments of 
calyx glabrous ; anthers linear-oblong (2) affinis. 
B. Petals quite free. 
a, macrocephale. Heads large. 
Capitula with a common involucre. 
heads of flowers turbinate, branches glabrous ...__ (3) levis. 
heads of flowers globose, branches villous ... (4) spheerocephala. 
Capitula without common involucre ar ..- (5) globosa, 
B. microcephale, Heads small. 
Stamens enclosed. 
lvs. obovate-elliptic, obtuse, convex beneath, 
puberous or glabrous att re ... (10) phylicoides, 
lvs. rhomb.-ovate, obt.-keeled beneath, glabrous (6) microphylla. 
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lvs. trig.-ovate, acutely-keeled beneath, downy (7) angulata. 
lvs. ovate, obtuse, canaliculate beneath, downy 
or glabrous... er o> aa .. (8) affinis. 
lvys. ovate, mucronulate, canaliculate beneath, 
rough, with rigid hairs <5 es ... (9) aspera. 
Stamens exserted ... se a sii (11) Dregeana. 
1. B. paleacea (Brogn. 1. c. p. 25, t. 3, f. 2); leaves subulate, acute, 
short, closely pressed to the stem, glabrous or subciliate, ustulate ; heads 
of flowers corymbose; lower bractea twice as long as the flower, subulate, 
ciliolate at the base ; segments of calyx shorter than the petals, villous ; 
anthers ovate. Brunia paleacea, Berg.! Cap. p. 56. Thunb.! Prod. p. 41. 
fi. Cap. p. 206, Willd. 1. ¢. t. 3, f. 1. E. & Z.! No, 1080. 
Has. Mountain sides, Hottentottsholland near Palmietrivier, Z. 4 Z./ Zwarte- 
berg near Caledon, Zey./ 2649. Dutoitskloof, Drege. Nov.-Jan. (Herb. Holm., 
Willd., Sond., &c.) 
Shrub 1-2 feet. Leaves sessile, 5-farious, imbricate, subincurved, 1-2 lines long. 
Heads the size of a cherry. Exterior leaves of the involucre short, interior 4-6 lines 
long. Flowers 2 lines, fruit 1 line long. 
2. B. affinis (Brogn. 1. c.) ; leaves subulate, acute, closely pressed to 
the branches, glabrous or a little fringed ; lower bractea subulate, gla- 
brous, Jonger than the flowers ; segments of calyx shorter than the 
petals, glabrous ; anthers linear-oblong. Linconia capitata, Banks-herb. 
Has. Cape. (Herb. Banks, n. v.) z 
3. B. levis (E. Meyer in Herb. Drege) ; heads of flowers turbinate, 
corymbose ; scales of the involucre foliaceous, lanceolate, obtuse, gla- 
brous, ciliate, the interior longer than the flowers ; branches glabrous ; 
leaves linear-lanceolate, carinate, incurved, glabrous or ciliolate ; seg- 
ments of calyx subulate, very villous at the top, shorter than the 
spathulate, smooth petals. 
Has. Rocky places near Gnadenthal, 3-4000f., Drege. Oct. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
Leaves 14-2 lines long. Capitulum about 6 lines long. Leaflets of the involucre 
in 5-6 rows, twice as large as those of B. paleacea. Bracteole as long as the petals. 
Flowers about 3 lines long. Filaments smooth ; anthers not seen. n reuit smooth, 
1 line long ; valves of the cocci at length bifid. — 
4, B, spherocephala (Sond.) ; heads of flowers solitary or aggregated, 
globose ; involucre shorter than the head; branches villous ; leaves 
lanceolate, carinate, ustulate, villous-ciliate at the margins and pubescent 
on the nerve; segments of calyx subulate, villous, ustulate, rather shorter 
