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bisexual. Involucral scales multiseriate, imbricate, unarmed, 
the inner membrane-edged. Receptacle slightly honeycombed. 
Filaments scabrous! Achenes wmgless, tomentose. Pappus 
1-seriate, crown-like, crenate, callous at base, membranous at 
apex, after flowering turned inwards.—F. Cap. iii. p. 468. 
M, nivewn, Less., the only species, is a decumbent or creeping plant, 
closely white-woolly in most parts. Leaves long-petioled, roundish-ovate, 
repand. Peduncles 1-headed ; flowers yellow, not showy.—It grows on 
and near sandy seashores, from Capetown to Natal. 
132. HETEROLEPIS, Cass. 
Heads radiate; ray-flowers female, ligulate; disk-flowers 
5-toothed, bisexual. Involucral scales free, in 2-38 rows, the 
outer lanceolate-acuminate, dorsally woolly; inner longer, 
oval, with a membranous, fringed apex. Receptacle honey- 
combed, villous in the middle. Ray-flowers with a very mi- 
nute, cirrhiform inner lobe ; the outer ample, 4-toothed. Fila- 
ments smooth. Anthers shortly tailed. Style smooth, 2-fid. 
Achenes very villous, oblong.— FV. Cap. iii. p. 469. 
Undershrubs with the young branches woolly. Leaves crowded, sessile, 
linear, tomentose below, margins recurved. Heads terminal, solitary. 
Flowers yellow.—3 species, all Western. 
133. GORTERIA, Gertn. 
Heads radiate; rays ligulate, neuter; disk-flowers very 
sharply 5-toothed, some of the outer fertile, having a 2-fid 
style and abortive stamens, the central ones sterile, with a 
simple style and perfect stamens. Involucral scales multi- 
seriate, concrete into an urceolate, at length closed tube, the 
apices linear-subulate, free, at length squarrose. Receptacle 
nearly nude. Filaments smooth. Achenes obovate, 3-angled, 
narrowed at base, barbed at apex, otherwise subglabrous, with 
a short crown-like pappus ; outer skin of the achene membra- 
nous, easily peeling off.— FV. Cap. ii. p. 469. 
Hispid annuals, the seed germinating within the closed involucre, which 
remains like a bulb, through which the fibrous root pierces. Leaves alter- 
nate, entire or toothed, scabrous above, white beneath. Heads solitary or 
subcorymbose, terminal.—4 species, all Western. 
134. GAZANTA, Gertn. 
Heads radiate ; rays ligulate, neuter ; disk-flowers 5-toothed, 
bisexual. Involucral scales in 2 or several rows, concrete 
below into an urceolate cup, toothed round the apex. Recep- 
tacle honeycombed, the cells shallow. Filaments smooth. 
Achenes wingless, very villous. Pappus 2-seriate, of very de- 
licate, scarious, toothed scales, often hidden in the wool of the 
achene.— Fl. Cap. iii. p. 471. 
