Spheranthus.] UXXII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 333 
Heads of capitula distinctly stalked. Outer axial scales 
short. 
Tomentose or pubescent . . . . ~~... . . . & S. polycephalus. 
Glabrous or puberulous. . . . .. . .. . . . 6. 8. Steetzti. 
Heads of capitula subsessile or shortly stalked. Outer ax- 
ial scales nearly equalling the heads. . . . . . . 7. S.nubicus. 
1. S. Kirkii, 0. § H. Glabrous herb, probably of 1 ft. more or 
less, diffuse or ascending, branching from the base; branches exalate. 
Leaves linear, acute, slightly narrowed below, sessile not decurrent or 
only with an obscure raised line, denticulate, punctate, 1-3 in. long, 3-4 
in. broad. Capitula with 2 hermaphrodite and about 4 pistillate florets, 
densely crowded, each in the axil of closely appressed purple coriaceous 
scales, deltoid and apiculate above, in ovoid-oblong obtusely pointed 
sessile or shortly pedunculate lateral and terminal heads 2 in. long, 
3-¢ in. diam. Involucral scales conduplicate, subacute, subscarious 
with membranous margins. Common receptacle elongate, narrow, 
4 in, long, 4 in. broad. Corolla of 8 fl. tubular, subcoriaceous, ob- 
Securely contracted immediately below the 5 teeth. Achenes obscurely 
angular, pubescent. 
Mozamb. Distr. Bagamoyo, Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! 
Nearly allied to S. amaranthoides, Burm. of India, in which the axial scales are 
much more strongly apiculate. 
: 2, S. sphenocleoides, 0. § H. A nearly glabrous herb, 6-12 
i. high. Branches winged by the decurrent leaves. Leaves ob- 
long, obtuse or apiculate, minutely denticulate, sessile, #-2 in. long. 
Heads of capitula ovoid-oblong, 4 in. long. Peduncles solitary, 4-3 
In. long, winged by the decurrent bracts at the top. Hermaphro- 
dite florets 2 together in each capitulum. Achenes minutely glandular. 
een rae ea Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift, 1875, p. 326; 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, in marshy places, Hildebrandt ! 
3. S. suaveolens, DC. Prodr. v. 370. Erect or ascending herb, 
1-2 ft, high, branched, glabrous or extremities puberulous; stem and 
ranches alate. Leaves narrow-elliptic oblong or linear, acute or sub- 
acute, usually narrowed to the decurrent base, dentate or denticulate, 
= In. long, {1-11 in. broad. Capitula few-flowered, densely crowded 
im ovoid-globose shortly pedunculate terminal and lateral heads $-3 
i. diam., solitary or occasionally 2-3 approximated ; peduncles 4-5 in. 
alate. Scales of partial involucre 5-7 obovate- or linear-oblong or 
ear, obtuse, apiculate, ciliate above. Outer axial scales short, pu- 
Tulous, ciliate. Common receptacle ovoid. Flowers white or rose- 
coloured. Hermaphrodite fl. 2-3 in each capitulum. Achenes thinly 
Pilose.—8. indicus, Gaertn. Fract. ii. 413, t. 164, f. 5 (non Linn,). 8. 
cbyssinious, Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 411. 9. angustifolius, Sch. 
1p. in Kotschy, Hb. Nub. no. 463. 
Mile Land. Sennaar, Kotschy! Abyssinia, Schimper! Q. Dillon and Petit ! 
Yar. angustifolia (I Madi (fi bl 
eaves linear), Kotschy! (Hb. no. 500) Madi (flowers blue), 
Speke and Grant ! Bongo-land, Miteeland ai Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth ! 
