17G LXX. COMPOSTTE.i;. 



glaiidular-pnheseoiit. Pnppiis doiihlo, of roiigli bristles. — FL 

 Cop. iii. p. 115. 



Resinous slirubs or small tree?. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, shortly 

 petioled, entire or toothed, glabrate above, often tomentose beneath. Heads 

 in branching racemes or panicles ; flowers yellow. — 5 or 6 species, dis- 



30. TARCHONANTHUS, Linn. 



Heads dioecious, several- or few-flowered, or rarely 1- 

 flowered. Involucre of male heads of 5 scales, connate to 

 their middle; of the female, of many separate scales, in a 

 double row. Eeceptaclc hairy. Corolla tubular-campanulate, 

 5-toothed, hairy and viscid without. — Male : Anthers exserted, 

 connate, w4th long, bristle-shaped tails. Ovary abortive. 

 Nectary (or epigynous disk) of large size, callous, hollow at 

 top ; style filiform. — Female : Stamens abortive. Nectary 0. 

 Style exserted, 2-fid, the lobes revolute. Achene very woolly, 

 without pappus. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 117. 



Resinous shrubs, as in the last genus, from which this is easily known 

 by the want of pappus and the woolly achenes. — 3 species, dispersed. 



SUBTEIBE 4. Inule^. (Gen. 31-38.) 



31. DENEKIA, Thunb. 



Heads many-flowered, heterogamous ; marginal flowers in 

 several rows, female equalling the disk, with 2-labiate corollas, 

 the lips oval, equal, entire ; disk-flowers funnel-shaped, 5-fid, 

 sterile. Eeceptacle nude, flat. Involucre 2-seriate. Anthers 

 tailed. Style of disk-flower 2-fid, with flattened arms. Achenes 

 oblong, sessile, beakless. Pappus of the marginal flower ; 

 of the disk-flowers, a single, slender, palmatifid scale, and a few 

 small simple scales. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 118. 



Herbs, with alternate, half-clasping, oblong or lanceolate, dentate leaves, 

 and densely corymbulose or clustered small heads ; flowers white. — 2 spe- 

 cies, both Eastern. 



32. BLUMEA, DC. 



Heads many-flowered, heterogamous ; margrnal flowers in 

 many rows, female, very slender, filiform ; disk-flowers few, 

 hermaphrodite, 5-toothed, scarcely dilated upwards. Eecep- 

 tacle fiat, mostly nude. Involucre in few rows, subimbricate, 

 the scales linear, acuminate. Anthers ^vith slender tails. 

 Achenes terete. Pajipus 1-seriate, of many roughish bristles. 

 —Fl. Cap. iii. p. 119. 



Herbs or halfshrubs, chiefly Asiatic, resembling Conyzcp. Leaves alter- 

 nate, mostly villous. Heads panicled or corymbose ; flowers yellow or pur- 

 plish. — 4 South African species, all but one beyond the Eastern frontier. 



