LXX. COMPOS IT J^. 203 



bisexiuil. Involucral scales multiseriate, imbricate, unarmed, 

 the inner membrane-edged. Keceptacle slightly honeycombed. 

 Filaments scabrous ! Achenes wingless, tomentose. Pappus 

 1-seriate, crown-like, crenate, callous at base, membranous at 

 apex, after flowering turned inwards. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 468. 



M. niveum, Less., the only species, is a decumbent or creeping plant, 

 closely white-woolly in most parts. Leaves long-petioled, roundish-ovate, 

 repand. Peduncles 1-headed ; flowers yellow, not showy. — It grows on 

 and near sandy seashores, from Capetown to Natal. 



132. HETEROLEPIS, Cass. 



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

 5-toothed, bisexual. Involucral scales free, in 2-3 rows, the 

 outer lanceolate-acuminate, dorsally woolly ; inner longer, 

 oval, with a membranous, fringed apex. Receptacle honey- 

 combed, villous in the middle. Ray-flowers with a very mi- 

 nute, cirrhiform inner lobe ; the outer ample, 4-toothed. Fila- 

 ments smooth. Anthers shortly tailed. Style smooth, 2-fid. ' 

 Achenes very villous, oblong. — FL Cap. \\i. p. 409. 



Undershrubs with the young branches woolly. Leaves crowded, sessile, 

 linear, tomentose below, margins recurved. Heads terminal, solitary. 

 Flowers yellow. — 3 species, all Western. 



133. GORTERIA, a^rtn. 



Heads radiate ; rays ligulate, neuter ; disk-flowers very 

 sharply 5-toothed, some of the outer fertile, having a 2-fid 

 style and abortive stamens, the central ones sterile, with a 

 simple style and perfect stamens. Involucral scales multi- 

 seriate, concrete into an urceolate, at length closed tube, the 

 apices linear-subulate, free, at length squarrose. Keceptacle 

 nearly nude. Filaments smooth. Achenes obovate, 3-angled, 

 narrowed at base, barbed at apex, otherwise subglabrous, with 

 a short crown-like pappus ; outer skin of the acliene membra- 

 nous, easily peeling oflf. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 460. 



Hispid annuals, the seed germinating within the closed involucre, which 

 remains like a bulb, through which the fibrous root pierces. Leaves alter- 

 nate, entire or toothed, scabrous above, white beneath. Heads solitary or 

 subcorymbose, terminal. — 4 species, all Western. 



134. GAZANIA, G^rtn. 



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

 bisexual. Involucral scales in 2 or several rows, concrete 

 below into an urceolate cup, toothed round the apex. Eecep- 

 tacle honeycombed, the cells shallow. Filaments smooth. 

 Achenes wingless, very villous. Pap])us 2-seriate, of very de- 

 licate, scarious, toothed scales, often hidden in the wool of the 

 achene. — Fl. Cap. m. p. 471. 



