22 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
PLaTe 1030. 
LEPIDOSTEPHIUM DENTICULATUM, Oliv. 
“ Compositm, § SENECIONIDER. 
Lepidostephium, Oliv. gen. no v.—Capitulum multiflorum, hetero- 
, floribus radii OE * ligulatis ss disci tubulosis herma- 
phroditis. Jnvolucrum hemis heericu um; squame multiseriate, imbricata, 
lineares v. subulate, inzequales, herbaceze, intus agiabne: interiores longiores 
acuminate, margine anguste scariose. Receptaculum leviter convexum Vv. 
subplanum, epaleaceum, alveolatum, alveolia glanduloso-fimbrilliferis. Corolle 
radii ligulate, ligula lineari-oblo nga v. coy Sapa apice 3-dentata ; 
disci tabitoase 5- dentate. Anthere vix exsertze, lineares, basi in me ecau- 
date, apice connectivo breviter quadrato- oblongo producte. Stylus fi. 
s linearibus ; stigmata truncata, minutissime papillosa. Achenium 
ices glanduloso-hispidulum v. pilosulu um. Pappus coroniformis, paleaceus, 
eis uniseriatis 3-5-fidis, basi connatis vy. subliberis.—Herba biennis v. 
perennis, erecta, superne parce corymbosim ramosa. Folia alterna, radicalia 
oblongo-lanceolata utrinque — — retrorsum denticulata, scabriuscula, 
subtus tomentosa ; caulina angustio gradatin minora, longe decurrentia. 
— sonal @-4), vahineaiats. fies corymbosa, floribus radii (ex sicco) 
er Oliv. sp. unica. 
Has. Collected on the yeaueey ey P. M‘Owan, Esq., of Grahamstown. 
Flowering in December and Jan 
Herba 13-1}-pedalis. Caulis ae plus minus tomentosa, a 
seabrida v. subleevis. Folia alterna, remote denticulata, denticulis re s, 
gina superiore setulis brevissimis curvulis scabrida, inferiore éolaetoe nervo 
medio conan setuloso ; radicalia oblongo-ovalia, 
ginatum longe attenuata, cum petiolo 4—8 poll. longa, $-14 poll. lata; cau- 
lina inferiora ra lineari-lanceolata = marginibus revolutis longe decurrentia, 
superiora breviora lineari-subulat Pedunculi adscendentes, sibo.tomentosi, 
bracteolis subulatis distantibus Ls instructi 
, instructi, ligula patentim revoluta subtus glandulosa 
re. Flores di 1 
involucro fere duplo lo es disci tubulosi v. anguste infundibuli- 
formi-tubulosi, involucro zequilo 
This plant has much of the general aspect of a Senecio of the section 
