27. COMPOSITE. 



Park lands. Adel 



aide ; Grange 

 region. 



year. — Mediterranean 



9. OSTEOSPERMUM, L. 



(Greek osteon, bone, and sperina, 

 seed, alinding to the hard- 

 ness of the fruit.) 



Invohicral bracts herbaceous, 

 unequal, in about 3 rows; flowers 

 as in L'dlcndiila, except that the 

 outer ones are in 1 row ; akenes 

 drupelike, at first with the outer 

 walls of the pericarp green and 

 juicy, but later - on the whole 

 fruit becomes hard and bony. 



1. OsteosperiTium moni- 



liferum, L. Erect, brandling 

 undorshrub : leaves dull-green, 

 oboval to lanceolate, coarsely 

 toothed, tapering into a short 

 petiole, the young ones tomen- 

 tose : heads rather large, bright 

 yellow on ' bracteate peduncles, 

 forming a terminal corymb ; ray- 

 flowers 0-6 ; akenes globular or 

 ovoid. The specific name (neclc- 

 lacc-hcarin(i) probably refers to 



the ring 



Kailwav. — Almost all the 





Osteospermum 

 ferum. 



monili- 



Tripteris clandestina. 



_ of 5 or 6 beadlike fruits 

 crowning the summit of the 

 peduncle. 



Gullies of Mount Lofty Range. 

 — July-Oct. — South Africa. 



10. Tripteris, Lessing. 



(Greek prefix tri, three, and 

 j:>tcron, a wing; alluding to 



the akenes.) 

 Involucral bracts in 1 row. 

 equal ; flowers as in the preced- 

 ing genus; akenes large, with 

 the angles extended into 3 broad 

 scarious vertical wings. 



1. Tripteris ciandes- 



tina.| Less. Erect, branching 

 annual with glandular hairs; 

 leaves oblong, sinuate-toothed, 

 the lower ones tapering at base, 

 the upper ones stem-clasping; 

 heads solitary on long peduncles, 

 drooping in fruit ; involucral 

 bracts 8, oblong, with dark. 



