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or ascending, 3-2 ft. high, simple or somewhat branched, subterete, 
striate, shortly hirsute (exceptin var. glabra). Leaves oblong-lanceolate 
or narrowly elliptic, or lower ones oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, sessile, 
clasping and auriculate-cordate or lower ones gradually narrowed into 
a more or less winged clasping petiole, membranous, hirsute, dentate 
or subentire, usually 1-2 in. long by }-4 in. wide, ascending. Capitula 
widely campanulate, at length hemispherical, 2 in. diam., shortly pedi- 
cellate in dense globose terminal cymes about 1 in. diam. Scales of 
involucre pauciseriate, narrowly linear-lanceolate, rather acute, green 
and pubescent on the back, with scarious margins; outer shorter. 
Receptacle convex, constricted at base, !,—;1, in. wide, naked, at length 
minutely tubercled. Ligule obsolete; mouth papillose. Anther-base 
minutely bidentate. Achenes shortly and appressedly pilosulous. Pap- 
pus minutely scabrid, nearly white——A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 387 ; 
Erigeron Hochstetteri, Sz. B. ex Schweinf. Fl. Aithiop. p. 147. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Local name Adde. 
A. Richard, /. ¢., makes a plant from the province Ouodgerate, consisting of larger 
and nearly glabrous specimens collected by Dr. Ant. Petit, into a var. glabra. 
Closely allied, as pointed out by Vatke in Linnea xxxix. p. 518 (1875), to the 
ndian C. veronicefolia, Wall., from which it differs by less coarsely toothed leaves. 
4. GC. Steudelii, Schultz Bip.in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. Sect. ii. 561 
and 1128. Erect sparingly branched annual of 13-3 ft. ; stem terete, 
striate, thinly setulose pubescent or glabrate, leafy to the top. Leaves 
ovate or lanceolate, acute, apiculate; upper sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 
base cordate and amplexicaul, lower narrowed below the middle or 
suddenly contracted into a winged auricled and clasping petiole, mem- 
ranous, serrate-dentate, with mucronate teeth, scabrid or subglabrate, 
in. long, 4-14 in. broad. Capitula at length hemispherical, }-4 in. 
broad, in small dense rounded pedunculate or subsessile cymes, 1—2 in. 
tam. Scales of involucre pauciseriate, linear-lanceolate, acute, 
L-nerved, green, pilose, with scarious margins. Receptacle convex, 
constricted at base, foveolate towards the centre, with toothed margins 
to the pits. Ligule obsolete. Anther-base obtuse. Achenes thinly 
very minutely appressed-pubescent. Pappus connate at base in minute 
mng.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 388 ; Erigeron Steudelii, Sz. B. ex Schweinf. 
Beitr. Fl. Aithiop. p. 148. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, 8-9,000 ft. alt., Schimper ! 
5. G. abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. Sect. i. 
n. 195, Ascending branched herb, 2 ft. high. Branches terete, striate, 
puberulous, leafy. Leaves narrow-oblanceolate or the upper linear, 
*piculate, somewhat narrowed to an auricled-cordate sessile base, 
Coarsely and distantly toothed, scaberulous, 1-2} in. long by 4-4 in. 
Wide; teeth apiculate; veined beneath. Inflorescence puberulous. 
apitula campanulate, in. diam., on short slender pedicels, in sub- 
“orymbose terminal panicles, 4-6 in. wide. Scales of involucre pauci- 
Seriate, linear-lanceolate, acute, puberulous and glandular on exposed 
Parts on back. Receptacle convex, tuberculate, glabrous. Hermaph- 
rodite florets 2 or more. Anther-base obtuse. Female florets; ligule 
