442 Lxxiii. COMPOSIT-E (oLiTER AND hiern). [ErythrocepJialum. 



4. S. minus, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 103. Root 

 tuberous fusiform, 8 in. long, 10 in. in circumference. Stem bifid near 

 the base, 4 in. high, leafy. Leaves elliptical, obtuse or apiculate, sessile, 

 amplexicaul, repand-denticulate, white-cottony below, subglabrescent 

 above, 1-2 by f-f in. Capitula | in. long, solitary, terminal, erect, 

 shortly pedunculate. Involucral bracts cottony; tips reddish, fim- 

 briate-denticulate. Ligule ^ in. long ; the inner lip bipartite, ^ in. 

 long, the partitions narrowly linear. Ovary puberulous. — Compo^ta 

 dubia, T. Thoms. in Speke, Joum., App. p. 638. 



XMCozamb. Blstr. Muhonyera, "flower's yellow," Speke and Grant! 



103. PHYLLACTINIA, Benth. ; Benth. et Hook, f . Gen. 



PI. ii. p. 488. 



Capitnla heterogamous radiate, ray-florets ligulate neuter, disk- 

 florets short, campanulate and 5-partite above. Involucre hemi- 

 spherical or broadly campannlate, bracts pluriseriate narrow long-acu- 

 minate recurved arachnoid closely sheathed by leafy bracts overtopping 

 the head. Receptacle alveolate with membranous teeth. Anther-cells 

 sagittate with acute retrorse-setose tails. Style minutely 2- dentate. 

 Achenes 10-costate with intermediate setae ; pappus pluriseriate, palesa 

 linear, the inner acute, coriaceous. — Annual branching tomentose herb 

 with alternate leaves and terminal solitary (purple-rayed ?) capitula 

 about 1 in. diameter. 



A monotypic genus. 



1. P, Grantiif Benth. ; Oliv. vn Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 

 102, t. 68. A viscid subtomentose difihsely branched leafy annual, 

 6-9 in. high. Leaves elliptical, obtuse or cuspidate, minutely and 

 acutely dentate, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, subglabrous 

 above, subtomentose below, 1^-2^ by |-J in. Capitula solitary, ter- 

 minal, sessile, nearly 1 in. diameter. Involucral bracts arching out- 

 wards, elongate subulate-acuminate. Ligule ^ in. long or rather 

 more. — Gullumia, n. 3, T. Thoms. in Speke, Journ., App. p. 638. 



mie Aand. Mininga, 4° 18' S, Lat., in cornfields, Speke and Grant! 



104. DICOMA, Cass.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 492. 



Capitula homogamous, florets all tubular 5 (or occasionally with 

 an outer row imperfect or subligulate ?). Involucre more or less 

 campanulate or subglobose ; bracts oo-seriate, imbricate, ovate to linear, 

 rigid, usually spinescent-acumiuate. Receptacle naked smooth or 

 foveolate. Anther-base sagittate, tails barbellate. Style-branches very 

 short. Achenes setose or villous, pappus pluriseriate, paleaceous or 

 setaceous, barbellate or plumose. — Herbs or frutescent with alternate 

 linear and elliptical more or less tomentose leaves and capitula terminal 

 and solitary or in corymbose c^^mes or racemose, on short lateral 

 branches. 



The rest of the species belong to the Cape Flora. 



