284: LXXIII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Vernonia. 
pluriseriate, coriaceous, appressed in flower, ovate-elliptic to oblong, 
broadly pointed or apiculate, dark-pointed at apex, nearly glabrous, 
ciliate, varying to 2 in. in length. Receptacle naked, plano-convex. 
Corolla gradually narrowed; segments linear-subulate, ‘white.’ An- 
ther-base acutely produced, -tips linear-lanceolate. Achenes 10-cos- 
tate, glabrous, with sessile intercostal glands. Pappus ferruginous, 
uniseriate ; sete subequal, shortly barbellate—Hupatorium coloratum, 
Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 1768. Gymnanthemum cupulare, Cass. Dict. Se. 
Nat. xx. 109. Baccharis senegalensis, Pers. Synops. ii. 424, ex Less. 
lic. Conyza rutilans, Poir. in Lam. Dict. Méth. Suppl. 1. 341 (?). 
Chrysocoma amara, Schum. et Thon. Guin. Pl. p. 383, ex DC. v. 68. 
Decaneurum senegalense, DC. Prodr. 1. c. Conyza radiata, C. aurea, 
C. frutescens, Perr. in DC. lic. Gymnanthemum quercifolium, Steetz 
in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 334. V. quercifolia, Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. 
Zeitschr. xxvii. p. 194 (1877). 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Michelin! Ingram! Richard, Rousillon ; Niger, 
Barter ! (side of streams), Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 
Lower Guinea. Congo; Loango, Soyaua ! , 
_Mozamb. Distr. 14-19° S. Lat., Dr. Kirk! 16° S. Lat., 85° E. Long., Meller: 
(Native name Fantsa) Dr. Stewart! Sena and Tette, Peters! Zanzibar, Capt. Bur ton! 
Lessing describes the immature achenes as pilose. 
7 41. Vs amygdalina, Delile Voy. 4 Méro’, p. 41. A freely 
branched shrub of 6-10 ft. high, or a small tree. Branches terete or 
somewhat angular above, striate, nearly or quite glabrous below, 
puberulous above. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, 
more rarely ovate-elliptical, narrowed at both ends, acute, firmly mem- 
branons, serrulate or subentire, puberulous or glabrescent, subsessile or 
petiolate, 4-6-8 in. long by 24-3 in. wide; petioles in most forms 
quite short, in others up to 4-3 in. long. Capitula about 20-flowered, 
campanulate, 3-} in. wide, on pedicels 2-} in. long, in dense muc 
branched globose or pyramidal terminal panicles, 4-12 in. diam. 
Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, ovate elliptic or oblong, obtuse oF 
subacute, pale green with darker spot near tip, scarcely glabrous oF 
ciliolate ; inner ones } in. long by yz in. wide, deciduous. Receptacle 
glabrous, flat, areolate. Corolla gradually narrowed, white. Anther- 
tips linear-lanceolate, -base produced. Achenes setulose, obscurely 
10-costate, sessile-glandular. Pappus barbellate, sub-uniseriate ; set 
equal or some shorter, tawny, or in some specimens rufous.—Deca- 
neurum amygdalinum, DC. Prodr. v. 68. Gymnanthemum amygdalinwm, 
and G. abyssinicum, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Repert. ii. 948. Cheliusia 
abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. i. n. 31, 386. 
adenosticta, Fenzl ex Walp. Repert. vi. 98." Bracheilema paniculatulm, 
Br. in Salt Voy. Abyss. App. iv. p. kxv. (?), name only. ; 
Upper Guinea. (Form usually wit ioles, V. eliana, Benth. 
Fi. Nigr 427) Niger, Vol ! Barter! Avvookuta eves Ge Carer show-stick), Kirk : 
Fernando Po, Mann! ‘ Mandundudi, Sierra Leone, 4fzelius ! Kirk! (used a3 & pitter). 
Lower Guinea. Annobon Island, Burton! Curror! Congo, Burton! 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Plowden! ‘Genna,’ Petit ! Pullen! White 
Nile, Petherick! Sennaar, Kotschy ! Abyssinian name Grabra. 
