196 LXX. COMPOSITA. 
entire toothed or pinnatifid, gland-dotted and strongly-scented ‘leaves. 
Heads solitary ; rays white.—6 species, dispersed. 
106. OSMITOPSIS, Cass. 
Characters as in Osmites, except: Ray-flowers neuter. 
Pappus 0.—F7. Cap. ii. p. 305. 
O. asteriscoides, Cass., is a closely leafy, erect, balsamic shrub, found on 
Table Mountain summit, and in similar situations in the Western districts. 
Leaves lanceolate, sessile, entire or nearly so, pubescent or glabrous, 
Heads terminal ; rays white. 
SUBTRIBE 5. SENECIONEM. (Gen. 107-119.) 
107. STILPNOGYNE, DC. 
Heads 7-8-flowered, heterogamous, discoid, all the flowers 
tubular; 3 marginal, 3-toothed, female ; 4-5 central, bisexual, 
5-toothed. Involucral scales 5-7, in 1 row, equalling the 
disk, valvate, connate at base. Receptacle nude, narrow. 
Style-arms in: the central flowers short, bearded at the trun- 
cate summit ; in the marginal longer, terete, downy. Achenes 
oblong, tapering to both ends, granulated ; those of the female 
flowers without pappus. Pappus in the disk-flowers 1-seriate, 
of many scabrid bristles— #7. Cap. in. p. 806. 
S. bellidioides, DC., is a small, glabrous annual of Namaqualand. 
Leaves on long petioles, roundish, cuneate at base, bluntly 5—-7-lobed, occa- 
sionally with 1-2 runcinate lobes on the petiole. Stem filiform, nude, 
branched.—Flowers yellow. 
108. OLIGOTHRIX, DC. 
Heads many-flowered, radiate ; ray-flowers about 5, female ; 
disk-flowers 5-toothed, bisexual. Involucre 1-seriate, hemi- 
spherical, nude at base, of 12-15 connate, striate scales. Re- 
ceptacle nude, flat. Anthers exserted, enclosing the style. 
Achenes obtusely 5-angled, beakless, granulated on the angles. 
Pappus of 5 very caducous, wavy, barbellate bristles.— 4. Cap. 
ill. p. 306. 
O. gracilis, DC., is a wiry, glabrous, branching annual, found on the 
Aderberg. Stems branched from the base; leaves small, eared and stem- 
clasping, oblong-lanceolate, dentate. Flowers yellow. 
109. MESOGRAMMA, DC. 
Heads many-flowered, radiate ; ray-flowers 1-seriate, ligu- 
late, female. Involucral scales 1-seriate, slightly calyeled, of 
about 20 acuminate scales, each marked by 2 linear, intramar- 
ginal glands. Receptacle flat, nude. Disk-flowers tubular, 
5-toothed, 5-lieate, the medial nerves strongly marked, in- 
tervals pellucid or faintly nerved. Style-branches truncate. 
