326 LXXIII. COMPOSITM (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Laggera. 
cose tomentum. Leaves alternate, linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute 
or subacute and callus-tipped, denticulate or subentire, sessile, decur- 
rent, floccose, especially beneath, ranging to 24-34 in. or more. Capi- 
tula broadly campanulate, co-flowered, 4-3 in. diam., on unequal 
hoary pedicels, up to 1 in. long, in few-headed cymes terminating the 
lateral branches, together forming a loose ample panicle. Scales of 
involucre multiseriate, inner linear-lanceolate, with a fine acumen, 
outer lanceolate, tomentose, lax or recurved at tip, often bristle- 
pointed, much shorter than the inner. Receptacle naked, 4 in. broad. 
Ray-florets filiform; mouth 3-4-dentate. Anther-base bidentate. 
Achenes pilose. Pappus tawny, obscurely scabrid.—Schweinf. Beitr. 
Fl. Athiop. p. 285 ; Blumea tomentosa, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 1. 394; B. 
Petitiana, A. Rich. 1. ¢. 395; L. Petitiana, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. et 
Aschers Enum. p. 285. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Roth! Q. Dillon and Petit! 
Abyssinian name Kasch-Kascho. 
6. L. alata, Schultz Bip. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. 
p. 94. Stout, pubescent or tomentose, often glandular, erect, branched 
herb, 1-6 ft. high. Stem and branches subterete, striate, pubescent, 
alate, wings continuous, entire. Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic 
or elongate oblong, acute or obtuse, more or less narrowed at base 
especially the lower, sessile or lower sometimes narrowed into wing} 
petiole, decurrent, more or less scabrous above, tomentose-pubescent or 
subscabrous beneath, dentate or denticulate ; lower, including petioles, 
sometimes 10 in. long by 14 in. wide. Capitula widely cammpannlaty 
3-3 in. diam., many-flowered, on spreading or arching’ pedicels 
ij in. long, in wide pyramidal terminal panicles. Scales of involacre 
multiseriate ; inner linear, acute, glabrous or subglabrous, often pur- 
plish at tip; intermediate ones shorter, subglandular-tomentos? 
with spreading or squarrose tips ; outer shortest, spreading, tomentose. 
Receptacle flat, naked, } in. diam., tuberculate. Ray-florets filiform ; 
mouth 3-4-dentate. Anther-base bidentate, often unequally 80 - 
very shortly sagittate, the lobes appressed to filament. Achenes appres- 
sedly pilose ; hairs in longitudinal rows. Pappus sordid or whitish.— 
Blumea alata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 448; B. oloptera, DC. l. ¢. ? 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Niger, Barter! Cameroon Mountains, Mann / ot 
Wile Land. Unyoro, Speke and Grant! Darfertit, Schweinfurth! (Specimen ' 
in flower, like this species but with subentire leaves). 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Burton! 
7. G. Braunii, Vatke in Linnea xxxix. p. 486 (1875). Stif 
erect, simple herb, 2 ft. high. Stem terete, puberulous, | sae 
wings 3-} in. wide more or less. Leaves alternate, narrow-elliptic e- 
oblong, acute, serrulate, somewhat narrowed at the base, sessile, + 
current, scabrid-puberulous, ranging up to 5 in. long by 2 yg 
Capitula hemispherical, #-14 in. diam., o-flowered, subsessile 
shortly pedunculate in a terminal simple or slightly branched ¥* te 
spike or raceme. Scales of involucre very numerous, multiser™ : 
linear, acuminate, puberulous ; outer rather shorter, at length dine 
