Eefugium Botankum.] [September, 1870. 
TAB. 225. 
Natural Order Composite. 
Sub -order Cynareze. 
Tribe Calendule^e. 
Genus Othonna, Lmn. 
0. TEiPLiNEKViA (D, C. Pi'odr. vi. 478). Frutex carnosa glaberrima ramis 
crassis teretibus, foliis prope apicem ramorum aggregatis oblaiiceo- 
latis glauco-viridibus obtusis vel subacutis 3 — 7-nerviis e basi tertii 
superioris spathulatim angustatis subsessilibiis vel breviter petiolatis, 
pedunculis nudis foliis superantibus, capitulis 6 — 12 corymbosis, 
pedicellis gracilibus ebracteatis elongatis, involucri foliis 7 — 8 
sequalibus basi connatis, radii ligulis 5 — 6 demum reflexis. — Harv. 
El Cap, iii. 337. 
A native of Cape Colony. 
An erect fleshy shrub several feet liigb, quite glabrous in all 
its parts. Branches straight, green, fleshy, terete, four to nine 
lines thick, marked in the lower part with the semicircular scars 
of the fallen leaves. Leaves in a lax cluster towards the apex of 
the branches, oblanceolate, fleshy, glaucous-green above, still 
more glaucous beneath, the largest four to five inches long, nine 
to fifteen lines broad, blunt or subacute, entire or very slightly 
repand, furnished with one to three main veins on each side of 
the midrib, spathulately narrowed from a third of the way down 
to the base, subsessile or the lower ones shortly petiolate. 
Peduncles one to four to a branch, erect, pale green, naked, 
usually overtopping the leaves. Heads six to twelve, corymbose, 
on slender erect naked pedicels six to thirty lines long. Involucre 
three to four lines deep, composed only of seven or eight ligulate 
equal fleshy convex pale green scales, connate at the base. 
Ligides five or six, half an inch long, bright yellow, finally 
reflexed. 
Tab. 225. — 1, head of flowers ; 2, hgulate floret of the ray ; 3, its 
stigmas 4, ray of pappus ; 5, tubular floret of the disk ; 6, stamen ; 
7, its stigmas ; all magnified. — J. G. B. 
A tall greenhouse plant, seldom met with in collections and 
seldom seen in flower, as the flowers are only produced on the 
large old plants. It seems very easy of cultivation, grown in 
light sandy loam, and kept moderately dry during the winter. 
I have had my plant for some years, but from what source it was 
obtained I have no note. — W. W. S. 
