148. COMPOSITAE. 213, 



119. Receptacle scales very narrow almost bristle like. 



43 ECLIPTA. 

 Receptacle scales broad or rather broad, convex or keeled. I2O. 



120. Pappus cup-shaped with or without free bristles, or wanting. 



44 WEDELIA. 

 Pappus of free caducous bristles or scales. I2I. 



121. Pappus bristles 1— 4, broadened below. 46 HELIANTHUS. 

 Pappus bristles thin, usually numerous. Leaves opposite. 



45 MELANTHERA. 



122. Involucral bracts free in 1— 2 rows. 71 DIMORPHOTHECA. 

 Involucral bracts united below. l23, 



123. Pappus wanting. 69 GAMOLEPIS. 

 Pappus of 3—6 scales. 50 TAGETES. 



1. ETHULIA L. "umSokosoko." 



conyzoides L. Common weed. Coast and Midlands. 



2. VERNONIA Schreb. 



1. angulifolia DC. Common. Coast and Midlands. 



2. anisochaetoides Sond. Coastbelt. 



3. collina Schltr. Noodsberg. 



4. corymbosa Less. Common. Coast and Midlands. 



"uHlungahlunga." 



5. dregeana Sch. Bip. In moist places. Coast and Midlands 



6. gerrardi Harv. Com.mon in Midlands. 



7. hirsuta Sch. Bip. Common. Coast to Drakensberg. 

 hirsuta var flanagani Phillips. Drakensberg. 



8. kraussii Sch. Bip. Common in grassveld all over. 



9. mespiiifolia Less. Coast and Midlands. "Nyathelo." 



10. monocephala Harv. Upper districts. 



11. natalensis Sch. Bip. Common. Coast to top of Drakens- 



berg. 



12. oligocepbala Klatt. Inanda. 



13. pinifolia Less. Coast to Drakensbreg. 



14. podocoma Sch. Bip. 



15. senegalensis Less. Zululand. 



16. stipulacea Klatt. Drakensberg. 



17. Sutherland! Harv. Klip River. 



18. vernonella Harv. Near Verulam. 



19. woodii O. Hoffm. Inanda and Coastbelt. Cultivated by 



natives. "iNyathelo."^ 



3. ADENOSTEMMA Forst. 



1. viscosum Forst. Moist places. Midlands. 



2. caffrum DC. Doubtfully distinct. Inanda. 



3. dregei DC. Doubtfully distinct. Inanda. 



4 AGERATUM L. 



conyzoides L. Common weed. Coast and Midlands. 



