318 LXXIIl. COMPOSITZ (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Conyza. 
slightly pubescent. Pappus sordid.—Erigeron hypoleucus, Schultz Bip. 
in Schweinf. et Asch. Enum. 284. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit / 
18. G. incana, Willd.; DC. Prodr. v. p. 888. Shrubby below, 
hoary-tomentose, 1-2 ft. ; branchlets terete, leafy above. Leaves scattered, 
linear, often with 1-2 prominent lateral teeth, apiculate or strongly 
mucronate, sessile, 4-1 in. long, margins strongly revolute. Capitula 
campanulate, } in. long, many-flowered, shortly pedicelled, in dense 
corymbose or globose terminal cymes 1-2 in. wide. Scales of the 
involucre linear, 1-nerved; outer shorter, tomentose subobtuse; mmner 
nearly glabrous, acute. Receptacle convex, narrow, constricted at 
base, shallow-foveolate, with denticulate margins to the pits. Ligule 
of ray-florets equalling the tube in diameter and about 4-4 of its 
length, 2-3-dentate. Achenes pubescent, at least when young. Pap- 
pus tawny.—Erigeron incanum, Vahl, Symb. i: 72; C. lewcophylla, 
Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. 1097,1295 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
i. p. 386 ; Erigeron lewcophyllus, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Fl. Aithiop. 
i, 147, 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
19. G. pyrrhopappa, Sch. Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. i. 10. 
Herb, probably several feet in height ; branches terete, striate, scabrid- 
pubescent or -puberulous. Leaves narrow-elliptical or -oblanceolate, 
acute or at least mucronate, narrowed to a sessile narrow base oF 
petiole narrowly winged, entire or with 2-4 apiculate large distant 
teeth on each side, scabrous above, pubescent beneath, 1-3 in. long; 
3-3 in. broad. Capitula campanulate, 1-3 in. broad, at length more 
or less divergent, on short slender pedicels in often rather dense cory™ 
bose panicled clusters, together 4-1 ft. across. Involucral scales linear- 
lanceolate acute, pubescent and sessile-glandular on the back ; outer 
shorter. Receptacle minutely tubercled. Ligule equalling the tube 
in width, usually shorter than the style, often bidentate. Anther-base 
obtuse. Achenes compressed, hairy. Pappus 1-seriate, barbellate, 
reddish or tawny.—A. Rich. FI. Abyss. i.389. Hrigeron pyrrhopapp 
Sch. Bip. ex Schw. Fl. Aithiop. p. 147. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
Abyssinian name Tanketam. 
20. G. stricta, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii, p. 1922. Erect herb, woody 
below, of 1-2 ft. or frutescent, branched and leafy above ; branches 
shortly pubescent, terete, striate. Leaves linear-spathulate, pinnatl 
or dentate, apex and lobes usually mucronulate, hispid-pubescent, 
sessile, clasping at base, 4-1 in. long. Capitula widely campanulate, 
many-flowered, 4-4 in. high, } in. wide, on short slender pedicels, t 
dense corymbose cymes. Scales of involucre linear-lanceolate, 1-nerv®" 
pubescent outside, more or less acute. Receptacle globose, foveolat®s 
naked, narrow. Ray-florets with a linear ligule equalling the tube 2 
length and breadth, shorter than the style, sometimes obsolete. é 
ther-base obtuse. Achenes somewhat pubescent. Pappus tawny OF 
subrufous.—LHrigeron Schimperi, Schultz Bip. in Schwein. Fl. Atop. 
