12 AN ENUMEEATION OF THE BEUNIACE^ [BrWlia 



II. BEUNIA 



Linn. Syst. ed. 1, 1375; Bergius, PI. Cap. 54 ; Thunb. Prod. 41; 

 Willd. Sp. PI. i. 1141 ; Brongn. I. c. 373 ; Sender, op. cit. 313 (in 

 part) ; Hooker, op. cit. 671 (in part) ; Niedenzu, op. cit. 136. 



Key to Species. 

 f Bracts incurved, exceeding the flowers. Leaves ashy 

 grey, downy, approx. 1 cm. long. 



Flower-head oblong, 2f cm. across (3) Marlothii. 



Flower-head ovoid, 3-4^ cm. across (4) macrocephala. 



If Bracts hidden. Leaves greenish, 2-5 mm. long. 



■■' Flower-heads solitary and terminally disposed, 

 globose, about 1 cm. in diameter, orange-red. 

 Leaves trigonous, keeled dorsally and di- 

 lated at the base (1) nodijlora. 



Leaves linear, convex dorsally and con- 

 tracted at the base (2) IcBvis. 



^<i< Flower-heads racemosely-disposed, ellipsoid, 

 4-5 mm. long, pale yellow, leaves glabrous, 

 broadly subulate, 3-4 mm. long (5) alopecuroides. 



1. B. NODiFLOEA Linn. Sp. PI. 199 ; Bergius, I. c. ; Thunb. I. c. ; 

 Willd. I. c. ; Eoem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. v. 409 ; Brongn. I. c. 

 t. 36, f. 1 ; Wendland, Coll. PI. t. 35; Sonder, I. c. ; Niedenzu, I. c. 

 132, f. 74, A-G. B. nodiflora Colozza in Ann. Istit. Bot. di Eoma, ii. 

 pp. 18 and 37, 1905. B. nodiflora L. var. ttdbaghica, sivellendam- 

 ensis, and uitenhagensis Ecklon & Zeyher, Enum. PL 139. 



Coast Eegion. — Cape Div. : Table Mountain and Devil's Peak, 

 Boioie\ Pappel Wilms, 3199 d\ Ecklon d Zeyher, 1062! below 

 1000it.,Drege,a\ Ecklon, 103! Wolleij Dod, 26^01 Stinkwater, 

 Behmann, 1238 ! Dilmmer, 1284 ! Wynberg, Burcliell, 860 ! Camps- 

 bay, 401 ! Constantiaberg, Schlechter, 874 ! Cape Flats, Behmann, 

 2022 ! near Cape Town, Harvey ! Stellenbosch Div. : near Stellen- 

 bosch, Ecklon & Zeyher, 1062 ! Worcester Div. : Worcester, 

 Cooper, 1591 ! Tulbagh Div. : Witzenberg Eange, near Tulbagh, 

 Burchell, 8693 ! 8727 ! Tulbagh, Ecklon & Zeyher, 1062 ! Caledon 

 Div. : Caledon, Pappe I Ecklon & Zexjher, 1062 ! Houw Hoek, 

 3000 ft., Schlechter, 7582 ! Tops of the mountains of Baviaan's 

 Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7684 ! Uitenhage Div. : On the 

 Vanstaadensberg nearest to Galgebosch, Burchell, 4689 ! Uiten- 

 hage, Harvey I Ecklon d Zeyher, 1062. 



Without Locality. — Sieher ! Thorn, 563 ! Beeves I Forster I 

 Zeyher, 1440 ! Masson ! Maton ! Tredgold ! Oldenburg, 381 ! 478 1 

 in Herh. Linnceus ! Forsyth ! 



2. B. LiEvis Thunb. Prod. 187 ; Diss de Brun. 3-4 ; Eoem. 

 & Schult. I. c. ; Sonder, op. cit. 313. B. superha Krauss ex Fl. 

 Cap. 314 (not Don). B. glohosa E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. 

 Doc. 169 (not Thunb.) ; Ecklon & Zeyher, op. cit. 139. B. neglecta 

 Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 443 (1897-98). 



Coast Eegion.— Stellenbosch Div. : Mountains of Sir Dowry's 



