202 LXX. COMPOaiT.E. 



Herbs with the aspect of Arctotis. — 18 species, dispersed. 



127. HAPLOCARPHA, Less. 



Heads radiate ; ray-flowers ligulate, female ; disk-flowers 5- 

 toothed, bisexual, Involucral scales imbricate, multiseriate, 

 .the outer acuminate, inner scarious. Eeceptacle nude, flat. 

 Filaments granulated ! Aclienes wingless, turbinate, silky or 

 glabrous, with a tuft of silky basal hairs. Pappus 1-seriate, of 

 many narrow, tapering, very delicate, diaphanous, nerved 

 scales. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 464. 



Stemless perennials. Radical leaves numerous, petioled, entire or lyrate- 

 pinnatifid, tomentose with wliite hairs beneath. Scapes 1-headed, longer 

 than the leaves. — 4 species, dispersed. 



128. LANDTIA, Less. 



Characters oi Haplocarplia, except : Filaments quite smooth ! 

 —Fl. Cap. iii. p, 46G. 



Stemless perennials, with many radical leaves. Scapes shorter than the 

 leaves. — 2 species, both Eastern. 



129. ARCTOTHECA, Wendl. 



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

 bisexual. Involucral scales imbricate in many rows, the 

 outer linear, herbaceous, inner larger, scarious, very obtuse. 

 Receptacle honeycombed, fimbrilliferous. Filaments papil- 

 lose! Achenes ovate, somewhat 4-sided, without wdngs or 

 pappus. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 467. 



A. repens, W., is a caulescent, creepinfr or decumbent herb. Leaves 

 petioled, lyrate-pinnatifid, green and mostly smootli above, white-woolly 

 beneath. — Found about Capetown and in tlie Western districts. 



130. CBYPTOSTEMMA, E. Br. 



Heads radiate ; rays ligulate, neuter, often irregularly cleft 

 or cut or 2-ligulate ; disk-flowers bisexual. Involucral scales 

 in many rows, imbricated, the outer narrow, herbaceous ; inner 

 membranous, obtuse. Eeceptacle honeycombed. Filaments 

 scabrous ! Achenes wingless, very thickly clothed with long, 

 soft, silky hairs. Pappus 1-seriate, paleaceous, hidden among 

 the hair of the achenc. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 467. 



Stemless or caulescent herbs, more or less tomentose. Leaves very va- 

 riable in size and incision, lyrate-pinnatifid, runcinate or rarely undivided. 

 Rays yellow ; disk dark-coloured. — 2 species. C. calendulaceum is a com- 

 mon weed in waste places throughout the colony. 



131. MICROSTEPHiUM, Less. 



Heads radiate ; rays ligulate, neuter ; disk-flowers 5-toothed, 



