Ethulia. } LXXIII, COMPOSITZ (OLIVER AND HIERN). 263 
angustifolia, Boj. ex DC. Prod. l.c.; EH. Kraussii, Sch. Bip., Walp. 
Rep. ii. 945. 
Widely spread in Tropical as well as in Extratropical Africa and India. 
3. GUTENBERGIA, Schultz Bip. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl. ii. 224. 
Capitula homogamous many-flowered. Involucre campanulate ; 
bracts multi- or pauci-seriate, imbricate, outer smaller; receptacle 
naked. Corolla regular, narrowed below, limb 5-fid. Anthers linear, 
base obtuse, apical appendix lanceolate acute. Achenes oblong or 
ellipsoidal, 10—8-costate, ribs equal or alternately narrower, or 4-5- 
costate; apex obtuse, epappose.—Branched herbs. Leaves alternate 
or the lower subopposite, simple. Capitula small or medium-size, in 
lax or sparse paniculate or corymbose cymes. 
Confined to Africa. 
Achenes 8—12-costate. 
Ribs alternately narrower. Capitula }-4 in. in diffuse 
cymes. 
Inner involucral seales obtuse. . . . . . . . OL. G. Ruippellit. 
Allthe involucral sealesacute. . . . . . . . 2 G. Petersii. 
Ribs equal or nearly so. 
Involucral scales multiseriate. 
Capitula 3 in. Involucral scales lanceolate. . . 3. G. nigritana. 
Capitula 3-1 in. Outer involucral scales broad 
obovate, inner linear-spathulate acuminate . 4. G.! macrocephala, 
Involucral scales pauciseriate. Capitula nume- 
rous,fim, . 2. 1. we ee ee ee 8 G. polycephala. 
Achenes 4-5-costate. Capitula } in. solitary at 
extremities . . 6. G. longipes. 
Achenes obovoid 5-costate, each rib. longitudinally 
grooved ;° intercostal spaces transversely ridged. a 
Capitula 4-1 in. loosely panicled . . . . . . 7. G. cordifolia. 
_ 1. G. Riippellii, Sch. Bip.; Walp. Rep. ii. 703. Erect annual or 
biennial thinly hoary-tomentose herb, 4-2 ft., branched from the upper 
axils. Leaves alternate or the lower opposite or subopposite linear- 
lanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, lamina narrowed to the insertion, 
acute or broadly pointed, entire or obscurely denticulate, glabrescent 
above appressed hoary-tomentose beneath, 1-2} in. long. Capitula 
3 In. diam. in peduncles of 4 in. or less in diffuse terminal corymbose 
cymes or laxly panicled; involucral scales lanceolate, the outer acute, 
more or less cottony, inner usually purplish above, scarious-margined. 
—Lthulia Riippellii, Hochst. ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 372. G. abyssinica, 
Sch. Bip. ; Walp. Ann. ii. 808. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit ! Upper Nile (Schweinf. Enum.). 
2. @. Petersii, Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. p. 348. Erect, 
1-1} ft. high, apparently annual, thinly cottony above, glabrate below. 
paves linear-lanceolate, acute or apiculate, subentire or with a few 
minute teeth, green and subglabrous above, hoary and obsoletely 
tomentose beneath, ranging up to 2-23 in. long, the upper ones cordate- 
