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ovato-oblong, apiculate and clothed, as well as the 

 spreading branches, with white short down. Capitula 

 terminal, corymbose, many-flowered, stalked ; scales 

 of the involucre membranaceous, imbricated, obtuse ; 

 the outer ones of a brownish hue, the inner ones 

 snow-white at top. 



Like the two former species, this likewise is recommended 

 as a demulcent in coughs and other pulmonary affections. 

 It is used in the form of tea, and called Duinen-thee (tea 

 from the Downs). Common in the Cape Downs. 



LEONTONYX. Cass. 

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57. Leontoiiyx augustifolius. D. C. Covered all 

 over with a snow-white woolly down. Stems suffru- 

 ticose at base, branching, leafy, erect. Leaves sessile, 

 linear-oblong, blunt. Capitula solitary. Scales of the 

 involucre purple, linear, straight, pointed. D. C. 



The whole of this little plant, called Beethosjes by the 

 Boers, has an aromatic smell, and when pounded and 

 mixed with lard or fat, is applied to ulcers. Frequent in 

 sandy soil, chiefly near St. Helena Bay and vicinity. 



ELYTROPAPPUS. Cass. 

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58. Elytropappus Rhinocerotis. Less. Shrubby. 

 Stem erect, tomentose. Branches many, drooping. 

 Leaves very small, imbricated, appressed, erect, sessile, 

 filiform, smooth. Capitula racemose, 3-flowered. 



A bush, called Bhinostef'boschjes, which covers immense 

 tracts of waste land in the Western districts. The whole 

 of this shrub is bitter and resinous The tops of the 

 branches, when infused in wine or brandy, furnish a 

 superior kind of stomachic bitters, which have a green 

 colour, and are frequently used as a tonic in dyspepsia 

 and other complaints, arising from impaired digestion. 

 The tops are also given in powder to children affected 

 with diarrhoea. 



