378 
a loose indumentum below ; heads 4-5 cm. 
in diameter, thistle-like with very nu- 
merous (over 200) stiff narrow eee 
bracts; Angola - 
Leaves hairy on bath: sittaies deisel 
woolly or felted below; heads smaller 
and with much fewer bracts than the 
preceding : 
Inner pappus much broader than the 
outer, especially toward the base : 
Involucral bracts tomentose, with 
long, slender, spreading, spine-like 
tips longer than the pappus; leaves 
linear to Spebulate, 708: Africa to 
India - “t 
Involucral _ bracts "glabrous eh 
pointed tips; much wider in upper 
part than preceding, and longer than 
the pappus; leaves linear or linear- 
lanceolate ; heads rather large about 
di iameter); Angola - 
Involucral bracts shortly pointed aaa 
concave, not longer than the pappus ; 
leaves pees ; heads small; Tan- 
ganyika 
Inner pappus not Cader than the 
outer in the upper part, but broadly 
ovate in the lower third; inflorescence 
cymose, many-flowered ; tips of outer- 
most b 
and lower two-thirds of bracts strongly 
marked by two purple-black lines on 
the outer surface; Angola - 
Pappus of marginal flowers uniform and 
plumose; outer pappus of inner flowers 
dimorphic, barbellate in the lower part, 
shortly plumose in the upper part, inner 
pappus expanded towards the base, ee 
above the middle; South Africa - 
Section II. BarBeLn 
Involucral fae. with fine thread- ae tips 
widening gradually toward the bas 
eaves linear to Kadardianeiiate® 
Heads few, large, up to 4 em. in dia- 
meter, and usually wider than long : 
Involucral bracts lanate or glabrous, 
numerous (at least 100) and very 
stiff; Trop. and South Africa - - 
Involucral bracts baad ed Ang 
yielding; Angola 
i. 
Welwitschit. 
. tomentosa. 
sia 
~ 
C1 
or) 
Antunesit. 
bangueolensis. 
. folrosa. 
. capensis. 
anomala. 
. elegans, 
