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Thbrg. fl. cap. 716! Arctolis populifolia Berg. cap. p. 

 323! huc pertinere videtur, sed specimen In herbario aucto- 

 ris asservatum ita est destructum, ut pro certo afllrmare 

 non audeam. 



Thunberg legit in littore maris prope Zeekorivier et 

 bay la Goa s. Hautniquas - Bay ; Echlon in arenosis circa 

 Waugenhausgrolte in confinio fluminis Karsrivier; Zcyher 

 prope Uitenhagen ; Mundt et Maire in littore maritimo sinus 

 Plettenbergsbay. Flor. Octbr. Novbr. (v. sp. s. oo.) 



Facies J^enidii vel Cryptostemmatis specierum. Cau- 

 lis herbaceus, dichotomus, teres, inanis, tomentosus, cras- 

 sus, procumbens? reptans, pluripedalis, albo-tomentosus, to- 

 lus foliatus. Folia membranacea, utrinque niveo-tomentosa, 

 rotunda, integerrima s. repando-crenata, apice obtusa, basi 

 hinc inde subcordata, longe petiolata, f — f " lata. Invo- 

 lucrum campanulatum, disco aequale, polyphyllum , obsolete 

 tomentosum, foliolis siecis, planis, adpressis, inermibus, e '■ 

 triangularibus , minutis , curvilineo - acuminatis , in elliptica 

 obtusissima, margine latissime scariosa, 4 //y longa. Rha- 

 chis plana, lata, leviter alveolata. Pappus apice scariosus, 

 basi subcallosus. Achaenia circiter2 /;/ longa, teretiuscula, 

 centralia propter angustias aborta. De slructura partium 

 fructificalioiiis reliqua cf. quae dixi 1. c. 



XII. STEPHANOCOMA n. g. 



(Stobfieae et Rohriae sp. Thbrg.) 



Radius neuter aut nullus. Achaenium cxalatum, niti- 

 dum. Pappus uniserialis, coroniformis, irregulariter crena- 

 tus. Filamenta laevia. 



Herhac Capenses, spinosae, foliis decurrentihus. 



SUBGENUS I. CARDUOIDES. 



Capitula discoidea, paniculato - cymosa. Folia utrinque 

 glabra. Involucrum fimbrillis elongatis, rigidis. 



1. Stephanocoma carduoides * (Stobaea decurrens 

 Thbrg. cap. 621!) 



Thunberg in montibits Hautniquas et ad Kmmrivier; 



