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tegcrrimis, radicalibus confertis, elongatis, basi dilalata 

 caulem imum amplexantibus, caulinis abbreviatis, remotis, 

 semiamplexicaulibus, alternis. 



1. C. glabrum (L. Syst. veg. 665. syst. pl. ed. Reich, 

 III. p. 953. W. sp. pl. I. p. 1107. Lam. Enc. II. p. 129. 

 Thunb. fl. cap. p. 729. Ic: Lam. III. 723. f. 2.) Involucri 

 foliolis laevibus. — Caules subangulati, rubri, erecti s. ad- 

 scendentes, laeves, glabri, nonnisi in foliorum axillis la- 

 nam longam eminentes, 5" — V 4" alli. Folia utrin- 

 que plana, glabra, glandulisque minutis, oculo quidem ar- 

 mato nee taclu pereipiendis obsila, ex elongatis, lineari- 

 bus aut sublinearibus , obtnsis — acutis, ereclis — falcatim 

 reflexis, 4" — V 4" longis, 2 — 4'" latis in oblongo- 

 ovata s. ovata, versus apicem acutum angustata, circiter 

 < — 1" longa, 1 — 2'" lata. Corymbus divaricatus, am- 

 plus, ramosissirnus, ramis filiformibus. Involucri foliola 

 laevia, apice 2 — 3-crenulala. — Bergius legit in monte 

 Tabulari Octbr. et Decbr. 1816, Mundt et Maire in planitie 

 Capensi Novbr. 1816. (v. sp. oo.). 



2. C. scabrum (L. suppl. 392. Lam. I. c IL p. 129. 

 Reich. 1. c. III. p. 953. Willd. 1. c. p. 1106. C. africa- 

 num L. sp. pl. 1317. hört. Cliff. 494. Ic. Burrm. afr. t. 70. 

 f. 1. Lam. ill. 723. f. 1.) Involucri foliolis extus murica- 

 tis, foliis otnnibus exlus planis. — Caulis teres, erectus, 

 flexuosus, muricatus, viseidus, foliorum demortuorum ve- 

 stigiis basi bulbosus, 5 — 7" altus, corymbo haud amplo 

 parumque ramoso termiriatur. Folia plana, glabra, ex 

 elongato - linearibus, obtusis — acutis, laevibus, basi canalicu- 

 lalis, superne margine involutis, \ — 1"' latis, 3 — 5" 

 longis in elliptica, parum muricata, circiter 3 M/ longa, 

 \\ lata. Involucri foliola extus muricata. — Bergius, 

 Mundt et Maire in Promonlorio bonae spei leetam cum 

 sequenle confuderunt. (v. sp. oo.). 



3. C. filiforme (L. suppl. 392. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 729. 



