226. COMPOSITAE 575 



304. Stem woody, at least at the base. Heads stalked. Marginal flowers 



with a strap-shaped corolla. Fruits lo-ribbed. Pappus of several 

 rows of caducous bristles. — Species 40. South and Central Africa. 



Some species yield a resin Euryops Cass. 



Stem herbaceous throughout 305 



305. Stem annual, branched. Heads small. CoroUa-Iobes with a strong 



midnerve. Fruit 5-ribbed. Pappus of few caducous bristles. — 



Species 3. Central and South Africa Oligothrix DC. 



Stem perennial, short and scape-Hke or branched ; in the latter case 

 pappus-bristles persistent. Heads medium-sized, sohtary. Corolla-lobes 

 without a strong midnerve. — Species 2. East Africa. 



Werneria H. B. & Kunth 



306. Female marginal flowers with a tubular or fihform corolla 307 



Femalemarginalflowers with a strap-shaped coioUa or wanting. . .311 



307. Involucral bracts in 3 or more rows, imbricate, with scarious borders 



Female marginal flowers in several rows. Fruits without ribs. Heads 



solitary or in glomerules, yellow-flowered. (See 183.) Phagnalon Cass. 



Involucral bracts in i — 2 rows 308 



308. Female marginal flowers in 2 or more rows. Fruits 5-angled or lo-ribbed. 



Herbs. Leaves scattered. Heads in corymbs, narrow. — Species i. 



Naturahzed in the Mascarene Islands Erechthites Raf. 



Female marginal flowers in i row 309 



309. Stem herbaceous. Leaves nearly all radical, orbicular-cordate. Outer 



fruits without a pappus. — Species i. South Africa. Stilpnogyne DC. 

 Stem woody, shrubby. Leaves mostly cauline 310 



310. Leaves densely crowded, small. Heads solitary, terminating the branches. 



Involucral bracts leaf-like. — Species i. Island of Reunion. 



Eriothrix Cass. 



Leaves scattered. Heads in corymbs. — Species 4. Madagascar and 



Mascarenes Faujasia Cass. 



311. Receptacle hemispherical. Involucral bracts in 2 — 3 rows, subequal. 



Ray-flowers yellow. Fruits lo-ribbed. Herbs. Heads solitary or 

 several together, on long stalks. — Species 7. North Africa. 



Doronicum L. 

 Receptacle flat or slightly convex 312 



312. Involucral bracts with a leaf-hke appendage along the median nerve, 



i-nerved. Receptacle pitted. Ray-flowers none. Style-branches with 

 a crown of longer hairs in the middle of the hairy part. Fruits many- 

 nerved. Shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves entire. — Species 8. South 



Africa Lopholaena DC. 



Involucral bracts without an appendage 3^3 



313. Involucral bracts in 3 or more rows. Ray-flowers present. Style- 



branches rounded, almost uniformly clothed with hairs. Herbs. (See 

 286.) Alciope DC. 



