Othonna] lxxi. composite. 607 



an appearance like Senecio, but the absence of style-branches inclines 

 towards the former genus. 



Tkibe IX. — CalbndulbjE. 



68. TRIPTERIS Less. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 455. 



1. T. amplexicaulis Less. Syn. Gen. Comp. p. 90 (1832); non 

 DC. Calendula amplexicavMs Thunb. Prodr. PI. Cap. p. 164 

 (1800) ; Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 427 (1865). 



HuiLLA. — In sunny thickets between Mumpulla and Nene ; fl. and 

 fr. Oct. 18.59 ; Lopollo, Dec. 1859. No. 3541. A perennial, sparingly 

 branched herb, 1 to 3 ft. high ; flowers yellow ; fruiting capitula 

 nodding or almost pendulous. In the sunny wooded parts of the 

 Monino country ; fl. and fr. May 1863. No. 3540. 



I have not seen Thunberg's type of this species, but Harvey's 

 description. I.e., agrees fairly well with our specimens. 



2. T. microcarpa Harv., I.e. 



MosSAMEDES. — An aromatic, viscid, annual herb ; stem erect, 

 branched at the apex ; leaves rather fleshy ; florets yellow. In rocky, 

 hilly, submaritime situations, near Santo Antonio : fl. and fr, 21 July 

 1859. No. 3543. 



69. OSTEOSPERMUM L. ; Benth <fe Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 455. 

 1. 0. muricatum E. Mey. ex DC. Prodr. vi. p. 464 (1837) ; 0. 

 & H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 425; O. HoflFm. in Bol. Soc. 

 Brot. X. p. 179 (1893). 



HuilLA. — A very viscid herb, strongly scented, with a woody 

 perennial root, and small yellow-flowered capitula. In rather dry, 

 sunny, bushy situations at the river Monino ; fl. and fr. end of Nov. 

 1859. No. 3539. A perennial herb, scarcely a foot high, with a 

 woody root, spreading branches, subpinnatifid leaves and small white 

 flowers. In dry places along the river Monino ; fr. Feb. 1860. The 

 ripe aohenes are J in. long, glabrous, rather shining, very hard, obliquely 

 o bo void, irregularly pentagonal, and scored across two or three obtuse 

 angles with several incised transverse furrows. Coll. Caep. 688. 



TeIBB X. AECTOTIDEiE. 



70. MERIDIANA Hill, Veg. Syst. ii. p. 121** (1761), and 

 Hort. Kew. p. 26 (1768) ; non L. f. (1781). 



G^a^ama Gaertn. Fruct. ii. p. 451, t. 173, fig. 2 (1791) ; Benth. 

 & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 459. 



1. M. longifolia O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 353 (1891). 



Gazania longifolia Less. Syn. Gen. Comp. p. 48 (1832); Harv. 

 in Harv. & Sond. iii. p. 477 (1865). 



HuiLLA. — Flowers yellow ; the ligules yellow inside, purple outside. 

 In sandy pastures among low bushes, near Lopollo, at an elevation of 

 5000 ft. ; fl. Dec. 1859, foliage (linear, ranging up to near a foot long) 

 March 1860. No. 3704. 



This determination is doubtful as I have not seen the type of the 

 species ; our specimen should also be compared with M. serrulata 

 O. K., l.c. ((?. serrulata DC. ; 0. & H. in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 428), 



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