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- 40. P. gracilis (Sond.); twigs villous ; leaves very short, petiolate, 
spreading, incurved-erect, cordate, linear-lanceolate, with revolute mar- 
gins, villous-ciliate, convex and glabrous above, whitish tomentose be- 
neath; heads of flowers terminal, solitary ; involucre hemispherical, its 
scales petiolate foliaceous, equalling the capitulum ; calyx turbinate, its 
tube smooth; segments lanceolate, very villous, longer than the villous: 
bracteole ; petals mitriform, obtuse. Trichocephalus gracilis, L. § Zl 
1006. Tylanthus gracilis. Prest. 
Has. Grassy places in mountains near Palmietriver, Stellenbosch, E. § Z./ Jun. 
(Herb. Sond., T.C.D.) 
A slender shrub, 1-2 feet high, with umbellate, greyish branches. Leaves 4-6 
lines long, 1 line wide, dark green, the upper ones smaller. Capitulum dense- 
flowered, white hirsute, 6 lines in diameter. Bracteolz subulate. Calyx about 2_ 
lines long ; segments short. 
-RHAMNE (Sond.) [Phylica. 
41. P. virgata (Sond.); branches elongate ; twigs villous ; leaves 
_ very short, petiolate, erecto-patent, linear-lanceolate, acute, at the base 
‘slightly cordate, with revolute margins, villous-ciliate, pilose, at length — 
_. glabrous above, tomentose beneath; heads of flowers small, corymbose or 
shorter than the capitulum ; calyx turbinate, its tube glabrous, segments 
re lanceolate, very villous, a little longer than the villous bracteole ; petals 
_mnitriform, obtuse, acuminate. Trichocephalus virgatus, E. d Z.! 1011. 
| Tylanthus virgatus, Presi. 
Moist places in mountains, Klynriviersberge, Caledon. £. ¢ Z./ at He- 
k >, Zeyh. 2217. Aug. (Herb., Sond., 1.0.D.) : 
i very slender, about 2 feet high ; twigs crowded, filiform, reddish. Lower 
om ading, te lines long, 1 line wide, upper ones remote, erect, smaller. 
See hs: phalous, or a great many peduncles disposed in a panicle. Capi- 
12-flowered, woolly, the size of a pea. Flowers 1} line long. Bracteole 
subulate, very villous at top.—Allied to P. gracilis, the leaves nearly the same, but 
: : 
= 80 —_— cordate, the heads much smaller and aggregated, and the petals 
42. P. diosmoides (Sond.); branches and twigs thinly greyish-tomen- 
tose ; leaves petiolate, erecto-patent or sub-erect, lanceolate, sub-incurved. 
callous-apiculate, the younger sub-pilose, the adult ones glabrous, shining 
above, tomentose beneath, with revolute margins ; heads of flowers — 
___ terminal, corymbose ; leaves of the hemispherical involucre pluriseriate,— 
: ‘on, oa pea the capitulum; calyx cuneate, woolly, @ 
 ‘iittle = r than the subulate feathery-hi s ents 
+; petals cucullate, — ae me 
ge Stony places between Great Houhoek and Potriver, Zeyh. Jul. (Herb. — 
foot high, with greyish branches. Leaves 4-6 lines long, 1 line wide ; petiole 
eg. appressed, tomentose. Calyx 2 lines long. Capitulum rarely solitary, 
y corymbose, wig Se i ce long peduncles, the size of a large pea 
es : e i i) pe 
sere vit . Pages : white hairs 7 Easily known by the coe 2 
(Sond.) ; twigs clothed with dark villi; leaves 
1, With sub-recurved margins ; 
es of the involucre ovate 
heads of flowers sol 
_ sub-paniculate ; involucre hemispherical, its leaves ovate, acute, villous, | 
