188 Lxx. compostim;. 



71. ATHANASIA, Liim. 



Heads few- or uiany-llowered, discoid, liomogauious. lu- 

 vcdiicre imbricate, scarious (excc])t in A. capitata, wliere the 

 outer scales are leafy). Eeceptacle bearinij; ])ale[o between the 

 flowers. Corolla 5-toothed. Anthers without tails. Achenes 

 oblong, sharply 5-augled or winged. Pappus either of several 

 short, flat, unequal scales, or of SAVolleu, jointed, short, deci- 

 duous hairs, or 0. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 187. 



Small shrubs or undcrsbrubs, strongly scented and glandular. Leaves 

 scattered, either entire, toothed, lobed or pinnate-parted. Heads mostly 

 corymbose. — 40 species, dispersed. 



75. ERIOCEPHALUS, Linn. 



Heads 10-15-flowered, heterogamous ; rays female, with a 

 2-fid style and mostly ligulate, the ligule broadly obovate, 

 toothed, sometimes very short and small ; disk-flowers tubular, 

 5-toothed, male. Involucre double, the outer hemispherical, 

 of 4-5 ovate, free scales ; inner of cohering scales, very woolly 

 externally. Eeceptacle bearing palea?. Achenes of ray flat- 

 tened, wingless, without pappus. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 199. 



Much-branched, rigid, mostly silky or silvery shrubs. Leaves small, al- 

 ternate or opposite, or tufted, mostly linear, simple or 3-fld, rarely glabrous, 

 Heads pedicelled or sessile, racemose, umbellate or solitary, subglobose, 

 after flowering becoming very woolly. — 17 species, dispersed. 



SuBTRiBE 4. Gnaphalie^. (Gen. 76-106.) 



7G. RHYNEA, DC. 



Heads heterogamous, discoid ; disk-flowers about 15, perfect, 

 5-toothed ; marginal flow^ers about 5, filiform, female. Invo- 

 lucre imbricate, the inner scales Avith scarious, white, radiating 

 points. Eeceptacle bearing linear, deciduous palea) between 

 the flowers. Anthers shortly tailed. Achenes obovate- 

 oblong, beakless, downy. Pappus in 1 row, bristle-shaped. — 

 Fl. Cap. in. p. 204. 



R. pTiyliccpfolia^ DC, the only species, is a tall, straggling halfshrub, 

 with canons branches. Leaves alternate, decurrcnt, lanceolate, green above, 

 white beneath, with subrevolute margins. Heads in subsessile, compound 

 corymbs ; inner involucral scales and palese snow-white.— Natal. 



77. LEONTONYX, Cass. 



Heads 20-30-flowered, homo- or heterogamous, discoid ; a 

 few of the marginal flowers female, filiform, the rest 5-toothed, 

 ])erfect. Involucre imbricate, the outer scales very woolly, 

 inner long, rigidly membranous, hooked or straight. Eecep- 

 tacle nude. Achenes sessile, oblong, granulated. Pappus in a 



