190 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
An erect annual, not more than 3-4 in. high, much branched 
in the lower part, with very slender pilose stems. Leaves alter- 
nate, petiole, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, always cuneated at the 
base, not more than 4-4 in. long, membranous, dark green and 
hispid on both surfaces, all but the very uppermost dentate. 
Heads solitary, terminal on slender naked erect peduncles 1-2 in. 
long. Involuere broadly campanulate, 1 in. in diam., $ in. long ; 
bracts biseriate, linear-oblong, hispid, rigid in texture, foliaceous 
towards the tip. Ligules 10-12, with a bright yellow obovate 
lamina 35 in. long. Paleæ of the receptacle rigid, lanceolate, as 
long as the disk-flowers. Achene clavate, glabrous, with a 
minute coroniform pappus.—Central Madagascar, a couple of 
specimens of old date in the Kew herbarium, without the name 
of the collector. 
EMILIA AMPLEXICAULIS, n. sp. 
Annua, glabra, ramosa, foliis magnis membranaceis oblongis acutis den- 
tatis amplexicaulibus profunde cordatis, capitulis solitariis terminalibus 
longe pedunculatis, involucri campanulati bracteis lanceolatis, floribus 
aurantiacis vel pallide flammeis, achenio cylindrico glabro, pappi setis albis 
mollibus deciduis. 
A branched annual, with slender terete stems, glabrous in all 
its parts. Leaves membranous, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces, oblong-spathulate, with two large orbicular obtuse basal 
lobes projecting on the other side of the stem, the lower ones 
3-4 in. long, the upper gradually smaller. Capitula large for 
the genus, solitary, at the end of long erect naked peduncles. 
Involuere } in. long and broad, composed of about 10 uniseriate 
oblanceolate green bracts with a deltoid apex; calyculus none. 
Flowers 3 in. long, bright yellow or tinged with red. Achene 
iz in. long, glabrous, distinctly costate. Pappus i in. long, 
pure white, of numerous fine soft fragile bristles. Corolla with 
a long slender tube and short limb with 3-5 lanceolate teeth.— 
Central Madagascar, on grassy hills, frequent, Bojer ! Meller! 
Baron 1603! A near ally of the well-known Indian and African 
E. sagittata, DC. 
SENECIO CURVATUS, n. sp. 
Fruticosus, glaber, foliis petiolatis oblongis acutis subcoriaceis dentatis, 
capitulis discoideis 4-floris permultis dense corymboso-paniculatis sessili- 
bus vel brevissime pedunculatis, involucri infundibularis bracteis 5-6 lan- 
