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83. INULA, asertn. 



Heads many-flowered, heterogamous ; ray-flowers in 1 row, 

 female, mostly ligulate, rarely subtubular, 5-fid ; disk-flowers 

 perfect, tubular, 5-toothed. Involucre imbricate. E-eceptacle 

 nude. Anthers tailed. Achenes subterete or 4-angled. 

 Pappus 1-seriate, of rough bristles. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 121. 



A large genus, chiefly European and Asiatic. — /. Africana, Lam., a 

 little-known plant, is the only species. 



34. PULICARIA/Cass. 



Heads many-flowered, heterogamous ; ray-flowers female, 1- 

 seriate, ligulate (in P. Cajwnsis very short) ; disk-flowers tu- 

 bular, 5-tootlied. Involucre laxly imbricate, in few rows ; 

 scales linear. Eeceptacle nude, areolate, flattish. Achenes 

 beakless, downy, terete. Pappus in 2 rows, the outer very 

 short, crown-like, toothed ; inner of 10-20 rough bristles. — Fl. 

 Caj). iii. p. 121. 



Herbs, chiefly European, erect, villous, bra,nched. Cauline leaves clasp- 

 ing at base, entire or toothed. Peduncles 1-headed ; flowers yellow. — P. 

 Capensis, DC, found tliroughout the colony, varies in being thinly or 

 densely pubescent. 



35. PEGOLETTIA, Cass. 



Heads many-flowered, homogamous. Involucre imbricate 

 in few rows, shorter than the flowers ; scales acute. Ee- 

 ceptacle nude, dotted, flat. Corolla tubular, 5-tid, regular or 

 subirregular. Anthers 2-tailed at base. Achenes cylindrical, 

 rib striate, beakless. Pappus in 2 or 3 rows, the inner of 

 long, rigid, straight, serrate (rarely plumose) bristles ; the 

 outer much shorter, either of flat, entire or toothed, unequal 

 scales, or of bristles nearly similar to those of the inner pap- 

 pus.— i^Z. Cap. iii. p. 122. 



Small, rigid halfshrubs, resembling Pteronice. Leaves alternate, dotted, 

 elliptical or linear. Heads ending the branches, yellow.— 6 South African 

 species, dispersed. 



36. CYPSELODONTIA, DC. 



Heads many-flowered ; ray- flowers 1-seriate, ligulate, neuter; 

 disk-flowers deeply 5-fid, hermaphrodite. Involucre imbricate 

 in several rows, the scales linear, outer squarrose. Receptacle 

 honeycombed, the cells toothed. Filaments short, hairy ; an- 

 thers with a prolonged point, tailed. Style of the dissk-flower 

 with obtuse, nearly cohering lobes, downy at back near the 

 summit. Eay-achenes abortive, glabrous, with a basal tuft of 

 hair ; of disk, obovate, very villous. Pappus with thick, white, 



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