262 LXXIIL. COMPOSITA (OLIVER AND HIERN). [Sparganophorus. 
Subacaulescent. Capitula solitary, sessile or 
shortly pedunculate . . . . . . . 116. DIANTHOSERIS. 
Caulescent. Capitula pedicellate, cymose . 116. Soncuus. 
Achenes 4-5-costate. 2. 2. 2. 2. ewe . 117, Launma. 
1. SPARGANOPHORUS, Vaill.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 
ii. 228. , 
Capitula homogamous many-flowered. Involucre hemispherical ; 
bracts 0o-seriate, imbricate, the outer smaller; receptacle plain or 
slightly convex, naked. Corolla 3—4-fid, segments acute. Anther- 
base sagittate acuminate ecaudate. Style-branches subulate. Achenes 
3-4-angled crowned by a cartilaginous obscurely toothed appendix, 
epappose.—Annual herb. Leaves alternate simple. 
Monotypic. 
Occurs also in Tropical America, 
1. S. Vaillantii, Gaertn. ; DO. Prodr.v. 12. Erect or decumbent, 
14-2 ft., glabrous or extremities and unfolding leaves often thinly 
hirsute or pubescent. Leaves membranous, from elongate-linear-lan- 
ceolate to elliptical narrowed to each end, repand- or obscurely den- 
tate to more coarsely serrate-dentate, with petiole usually from 
3-7 in. long. Capitula closely congested in the axils, sometimes 
solitary, sessile, }-4 in. diam.—S. africanus, Steud. DC. 1. ¢.; Stru- 
chium africanum, Beauv. FI. Owar. i. 81, t. 48. 
Upper Guinea. Widely spread, various collectors. 
Mile Land. Niamniam-land, Dr. Schweinfurth ! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, C. Smith! 
2. ETHULIA, L.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 224. 
Capitula homogamous many-flowered. Involucre hemispherical or' 
campanulate ; bracts numerous imbricate. Receptacle convex nas® ® 
Corolla narrowed below, limb campanulate, 5-fid. Anther ae 
base obtuse, apical appendix ovate or lanceolate.  Style-branché 
subulate hairy. Achene 5-4-costate, ribs prominent, truncate peri 
epappose.—Branching herbs. Leaves alternate simple. Capitals 
small in corymbose cymes, purplish. 
Includes two species of the Old World tropics. 
1. EB. conyzoides, L.; DC. Prodr. vy. 12. Erect, more oF leas 
branched, 2-3 ft. or higher. Stem thinly appressed hirsute or g!@ 
brescent, extremities sulcate. Leaves linear-lanceolate to narrow J 
elliptical or linear narrowed to each end, subdistantly sometimes i 
scurely serrate or entire, puberulous or thinly appressed hirente are 
tose especially beneath or nearly glabrous, more or less glan mn ait 
dotted beneath, 1-5 in. long, with petiole 4-14 in. broad. a 
3-4 in. broad in subdense or diffuse corymbose cymes OF OT reoselY 
fewer heads at the extremities of the upper branches and & 3 
panicled; pedicels 4',-4 in.—F. gracilis, Del. Voy. & Méroé, hy E 
fig. 5 (form with more panicalate cymes and subentire leaves) ; 
