198 LXX. COMPOSTTJG. 



Chiclly an American and Asiatic genus. C. ? cissampellna, DC, the 

 only Cape species, is a climbing lialfshrub, cobwebby, becoming 'glabrate ; 

 leaves petioletl, blmitly 3-5-angled, 5-7-nerved, netted-veined, with mu- 

 cronate angles ; peduncles axillary, short, corymbose ; heads 9-10-Ilowered. 

 — Found on the Katberg. 



113. KLEINIA, Linn. 



Heads many-flowered, discoid, almost liomogamous (in 1-2 

 species heterogamous) ; all the flowers tubular, 5-tootlied. 

 Involucre 1-seriate, many-leaved, with a few small bracte- 

 oles at base, rarely nude. Eeceptacle nude, flat. Style-arms 

 tipped with a short cone, ciliate at base. Achenes beakless. 

 Pappus bristle-shaped, roughish, in many rows. — Fl. Caj). iii. 

 p. 315. 



Fleshy herbs or shrubs, sometimes nearly stemless, often glaucous. 

 Leaves alternate, mostly quite enth'e, often very thick and juicy. Flowers 

 white or pale yellow. — 18 Cape species, dispersed. 



114. DORIA, Less. 



Characters as in Ollionna, except : Heads discoid. Corolla 

 of the marginal female flowers tubular, truncate, shorter than 

 the involucre, never ligulate. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 320. 



Herbs or shrubs, with completely the aspect of Othoniici. — 27 species, 

 dispersed. 



115. OTHOISTNA, Linn. 



Heads radiate ; ray-flowers ligulate, female ; disk-flowers 

 male, tubular, 5-toothed. Involucral scales 1-seriate, never 

 calycled, more or less concrete before opening, and strictly 

 valvate. Eeceptacle convex or subcorneal, honeycombed, some- 

 times pilose. Style of male flowers simple, tipped with a 

 hispid cone. Anthers rounded at base ! Achenes of the ray- 

 flowers oval, hairy or glabrous, with very copious, bristle- 

 shaped pappus in many rows ; of the disk-flowers abortive, 

 slender, glabrescent, with 1-seriate pappus. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 

 327 ; Thes. Cap. t. 15. 



Small shrubs or herbs, mostly glabrous, often glaucous. Roots in the 

 herbaceous species often tuberous. Leaves entire or variously cut, lobed 

 or toothed ; eitlier membranous coriaceous or fleshy. Heads solitary or 

 corymbose. — 58 Cape species, dispersed. 



116. GYMNODISCUS, Less. 



Heads several-flowered, radiate ; ray-flowers shortly ligu- 

 late, female ; disk-flowers 5-fid, male. Involucral scales 1- 

 seriate, connate at base, not calycled. Eeceptacle nude. 

 Achenes glabrous, ovate or obovate. Papjnis 1-seriate in the 

 ray ; in the disk-flower. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 345. 



