Plate 1717. 



ASTEE PERFOLIATTJS, OUv. 



Composites, § Asteroides. 



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rami3 



adscendentibus monocephalis, foliis sessilibus coriaceis late ovatis v. 

 ovato-ellipticis basi cordatis amplexicaulibus ssepius obtusis mucronatis 

 integris reticulatim venosis glandulis resiniferis immersis notatis, 

 capitulis solitariis soepe longe pednnculatis, involucri sqnamis pauci- 

 seriatis, exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis acutis margine Jate scariostf 

 erosis interioribus oblanceolatis acntis, achseniis argenteo-pilosis, papp 1 

 setis barbatis corollam (fl. disci) sequantibus. 



Hab. Slopes of the Drakensberg, T. Cooper (No. 3510); same 

 locality, near the Tugela falls, 4,500 ft., /. Medley Wood (No. 360a); 

 Faku's Territory, S. Africa. Dr. Sutherland. 



Herba ut videtur 1-2 pedalis. Folia sarins internodiis subdaplo 

 longiora, 1-2 poll, longa, 1-14 poll, lata, twins angustiora, bam lob» 

 rotundatis. Pedunculi terminales monocephali U-8 poll, long 1 

 graciles. Capituh radiata 1^-8 poll, diam.— D. Oliver. 



Fig 1. Bract of involucre. 2. Ray-floret. 3. Disk-floret. 4. Seta of paPP u8 ' 

 o. Anthers. 6. Stigma. Enlarged. 



