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ing and recurved at apex. Receptacle naked. Ligule 0. Anther-base 
obtuse or bidentate ; tips oblong, obtuse. Achenes pilose, with few 
ascending hairs. Pappus whitish, uniseriate. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Q. Dillon and Petit ! Schimper! 
Nors.— In herb. Cosson. (Schultz Bip.) is a fragment, not sufficient for description, 
allied to this under the name of Boriania megacephala, Schultz Bip, Itis Kotschy’s 
Hb. Athiop. No. 428. 
8. L. oblonga, 0. § H. Shrubby. Branches subterete, continu- 
ously alate. Leaves alternate, oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, mucro- 
nate or apiculate, denticulate, scabrid on both surfaces, with prominent 
venation beneath, decurrent with rather broad entire wings, 14 in. long, 
4 in. broad. Capitula broadly campanulate, at length hemispherical, 
1-1} in. diam., subsessile, solitary or 2-3 together, terminating short 
- lateral alate branchlets. Scales of involucre multiseriate, puberulous ; 
inner linear, acuminate; outer much shorter, linear-lanceolate, acute 
with recurved tips. Receptacle naked, 3+ in. diam. Ray-florets 
filiform; mouth minutely dentate. Disk-florets . . . . Achenes 
pilose, with erect hairs. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith 
9. L. brevipes, 0. § H. A stout, erect, branched, glandular- 
pubescent, tawny or ferruginous herb, 2-3 ft. high or more. Branches 
striate, narrowly winged. Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptical or 
oval-oblong, obtusely pointed, somewhat narrowed at the base, denti- 
culate, veined, sessile or with winged petiole, decurrent, ranging up 
to 5in. long by 1 in. wide. Capitula widely campanulate, many-flow- 
ered, 2-3 in. wide, subsessile or on very short axillary peduncles, in 
lateral and axillary spikes arranged in a pyramidal or elongate panicle. 
Scales of involucre multiseriate, much imbricated, acute; inner linear, 
glabrous ; intermediate linear-lanceolate, glandular-tomentose ; outer 
lanceolate, plane, herbaceous, tomentose on both sides, loosely appressed. 
Ray-florets filiform; mouth 3-4-dentate. Anther-base unequally bi- 
entate or adnate, obtuse. Achenes thinly pilose. Pappus white. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Burton! Chr. Smith! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesia, near Soche Hill, alt. 3,000 ft., Dr. Kirk! 
28. PLUCHEA, Cass. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 290. 
_Capitula heterogamous, many-flowered, disciform ; outer florets 
iform, oo-seriate, @ ; disk-florets tubular, hermaphrodite or sterile. 
Thvolucre ovoid, campanulate or hemispherical, scales pauci- or multi- 
Seriate, imbricate; outer ovate or ovate-lanceolate, usually firm or 
coriaceous, appressed. Receptacle naked. Corolla of @ florets 
filiform ; ligule 0; mouth toothed ; of inner florets tubular; mouth 
3-fid. Anther-base tailed, tails cohering in pairs. Style-branches 
linear, subulate, papillose. Achenes not at all or slightly compressed, 
7-gonous. Pappus 1-seriate, setaceous.—Shrubs or undershrubs or 
pe rennial herbs, puberulous pubescent or tomentose, sometimes glandu- 
lar-viscid. Leaves alternate, entire denticulate or pinnatifid. Capitula 
