Othonna] LXXI, COMPOSITH, 607 
an appearance like Senecio, but the absence of style-branches inclines 
towards the former genus. 
TrisE [X.—CALENDULEA. 
68. TRIPTERIS Less. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 455. 
1. T. amplexicaulis Less. Syn. Gen. Comp. p. 90 (1832); non 
DC. Calendula amplexicaulis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. p. 164 
(1800) ; Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 427 (1865). 
Huritia.—In sunny thickets between Mumpulla and Nene ; fl. and 
fr. Oct. 1859; Lopollo, Dec. 1859. No. 3541. A perennial, sparingly 
branched herb, 1 to 3 ft. high; flowers yellow ; fruiting capitula 
nodding or almost pendulous. In the sunny wooded parts of the 
Monino country; fl. and fr. May 1863. No. 3540. 
I have not seen Thunberg’s type of this species, but Harvey’s 
description, /.c., agrees fairly well with our specimens. 
2. T. microcarpa Harv., /.c. 
MossAMEDES.—An aromatic, viscid, annual herb; stem erect, 
branched at the apex ; leaves rather fleshy ; florets yellow. In rocky, 
hilly, submaritime situations, near Santo Antonio ; fl. and fr, 21 July 
1859. No. 3542. 
69. OSTEOSPERMUM L.; Benth & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 455. 
1. O. muricatum E. Mey. ex DC. Prodr. vi. p. 464 (1837) ; O. 
& H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii, p. 425; O. Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. 
Brot. x. p. 179 (1893). 
Huiia.—A very viscid herb, strongly scented, with a woody 
perennial root, and small yellow-flowered capitula. In rather dry, 
sunny, bushy situations at the river Monino ; fl. and fr. end of Nov. 
1859. No. 3539. A perennial herb, scarcely a foot high, with a 
woody root, spreading branches, subpinnatifid leaves and small white 
flowers. In dry places along the river Monino; fr. Feb. 1860. The 
ripe achenes are + in. long, glabrous, rather shining, very hard, obliquely 
‘obovoid, irregularly pentagonal, and scored across two or three obtuse 
angles with several incised transverse furrows. Cou. CARP. 688. 
TRIBE X.—ARCTOTIDEA. 
70. MERIDIANA Hill, Veg. Syst. ii. p. 121** (1761), and 
Hort. Kew. p. 26 (1768) ; non L. f. (1781). 
Gazania Gaertn. Fruct. ii. p. 451, t. 173, fig. 2 (1791); Benth. 
& Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 459. 
1. M. longifolia O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. i. p. 353 (1891). 
Gazania longifolia Less, Syn. Gen, Comp. p. 48 (1832); Harv. 
in Harv. & Sond. iii. p. 477 (1865). 
Huitta.—F lowers yellow ; the ligules yellow inside, purple outside. 
In sandy pastures among low bushes, near Lopollo, at an elevation of 
5000 ft. ; fl. Dec. 1859, foliage (linear, ranging up to near a foot long) 
March 1860. No. 3704. 
This determination is doubtful as I have not seen the type of the 
species ; our specimen should also be compared with MW. serrulata 
O. K., Le. (G. serrulata DC. ; O. & H. in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 428), 
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