316 LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Conyza. 
ther, forming close terminal clusters. Involucral scales appressed, 
oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, pubescent, usually purple towards 
the apex and margin. Receptacle foveolate, with obtusely lobed mar- 
gins to the pits. Ligule of ray-florets obsolete; mouth papillose. 
Achenes sparsely shortly pilose. Pappus pale tawny.—A. Rich. Fl. 
Abyss. i. p. 388 ; Erigeron variegatus, Sch. Bip. in Schweinf. et Asch. 
Enum. p. 285; OC. Hochstetteri, Schultz Bip. 8. montana, Vatke in Lin. 
nea xxxix. p. 518 (1875). 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
12. G. Gouani, Willd.; DC. Prodr. v. p. 380. rect or ascend- 
ing herb, 3-2 ft. high. Stem striate, shortly pubescent or glabrate, 
branched above. Leaves linear- or oblong-lanceolate narrow-elliptical or 
oblanceolate, more or less acute, rounded and amplexicaul at the base, 
sessile, serrulate or subentire, subglabrous, 4—4: in. long, 4+ in. broad. 
Capitula hemispherical, 2 in. diam., many-flowered, on unequal pedicels, 
sometimes 1] in. long, in terminal corymbose cymes. Seales of invo- 
lucre sub-biseriate oblong or narrow-elliptical, obtuse, shortly pube- 
scent; margins and apex broadly scarious. Receptacle convex, 
length constricted at base, closely taberculate. Ligule obsolete. 
Achenes glabrous. Pappus tawny.—Erigeron Gouani, L. C. gnapi 
lioides, Sch. Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. i. n. 842; A. Rich. 7% 
Abyss. i. p. 389. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Abyssinian name Kasch Kascho. 
Also in the Canary Islands. 
13. G. clarenceana, 0. §- H. Herbaceous, erect, stiff, 1-2 ft. 
high. Branches subterete, hispid. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acut 
apiculate, rounded and amplexicaul at the sessile base, distant y 
apiculate-serrulate, hispid, 14 in. long by 3-3 in. wide. Capitula 
hemispherical, 4 in. wide, many- flowered, on unequal pilose-tomentos? 
short pedicels, in congested about 12-headed globose terminal cymes 
1-2 in. diam. Scales of the involucre oblong or lanceolate, acute he 
acuminate, with wide membranous purple margins, pubescent on the 
back ; outer rather shorter. Receptacle depresso-convex, constricte 
at base, naked. Ligule of ray-florets obsolete. Achenes glabrous oF 
with few minute hairs, shining, pale. Pappus pale tawny.—Vernoma 
clarenceana, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vi. p. 11. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 7500-8500 ft. alt., Mann ! 
Var. ? abyssinica, Leaves broader towards the base, dentate-serrate, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia,Schimper / 
14. C. tigrensis, 0. § H. Erect, often slender, herb, unbranched 
or with weak ascending branches above, 1-3 ft. high. Stem stria . 
thinly pubescent or setulose. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong oT aati 
late, obtuse or acute, upper sessile, broad and amplexicaul at base, eh 
petiolate, broadly dentate or subentire, thinly hispid or glabrate, y te 
pale midrib and veins beneath, 4-1} in. long, or 3 times larger 
luxuriant specimens. Capitula }~2 in. wide, shortly pedicellate, > Lait 
dunculate loosely panicled clusters or congested heads. ge 
involucre lax or divergent, elliptic. or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse ° 
