334 LxxtIt. coMPOsIT# (OLIVER AND HIERN). [Spheranthus. 
Oceurs also in Egypt. SS. Kotschyi, Sch. Bip. based upon some of the specimens 
distributed by Kotschy under No. 463 (Schw. Fl. Zithiop. p. 308) is known to us by 
name only. 
4. S. hirtus, Willd.; DO. Prodr. v. p. 369. Erect or ascending, 
branching, 2-3 ft. high, hoary-lanate-tomentose or hirsute; lower 
branches terete, striate, at length shining, upper alate ; wings spinulose- 
denticulate. Leaves obovate ovate or lanceolate, acute or subacute, 
mucronate, somewhat narrowed towards the sessile clasping base, de- 
current, spinulose-denticulate, 1-14 in. long by 4-2 in. wide. Capitula 
few-flowered, of which 2-8 are hermaphrodite in globose or subglobose 
pedunculate terminal and lateral heads, 3-4 in. diam.; peduncles 4-25 
in. long, alate. Common receptacle globose. Corolla of 3 fl. tubular. 
Scales of partial involucre 8-10, linear, slightly dilated and ciliate 
above, acute or apiculate ; outer axial scales short, concealed at base of 
head. Achenes thinly hairy.—8. senegalensis, DC. 1. c. p. 370. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Roger! Brunner / Sierra Leone, G. Don! Afzelius! 
Mozamb. Distr. (S. mossambiquensis, Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 421.) 
Mozambique island and mainland, Peters / (a hirsute not hoary-cottony form). 
Occurs also in India and Australia. 
5. S. polycephalus, O. & H. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn, Soe. 
Lond, xxix. p. 95, t. 59. Much-branched, tufted, tomentose herb ; 
branches faintly striate, alate above. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 
subacute, setulose-dentate as are the wings, with wide sessile decurrent 
base, 4-1} in. long by 4-4 in. wide or more. Capitula turbinate, with 
1 hermaphrodite fl. only, crowded in globose terminal and lateral (pur- 
plish) heads, } in. diam., solitary, on naked pubescent peduncles 
in. long. Scales of partial involucre 7-8, membranous-scarious, ciliate, 
lanceolate oblanceolate or oval, acute or acuminate, sub-1-nerved. 
Outer axial scales short. Common receptacle ellipsoidal or ovoid, 
t'y—yy In. long. Hermaphrodite floret solitary ; corolla tubular-infun- 
dibuliform. Achenes slightly compressed or subterete, glabrous.—S. 
hirtus, T. Thoms. in Speke, Journ., App. p. 637, non Willd. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zungomero, Speke and Grant ! 
6. S. Steetzii, O. § H. Erect or ascending herb, from a branch- 
ing base, glabrous below or nearly so, puberulous above, about 1-2 ft. 
high. Branches subterete below, alate above. Leaves linear or nar- 
rowly oval, acute, mucronate, somewhat or scarcely narrowed towards 
a sessile decurrent base, denticulate, 1-21 in. long by $-4 in. wide. 
Capitula about 5-flowered, of which 1 ff. (central) only is male, 
depressed ovoid-hemispherical heads, obtusely conical at apex, 1D. 
diam., terminating the stem and branches. Common receptacle hem!- 
spherical or depressed-ovoid. Seales of partial involucre oblong oF 
linear-oblong ; outer dilated above, obtuse, apiculate ; outer axial scales 
ovate or broadly elliptical, apiculate, pubernions, shortly ciliate, closely 
appressed. Achenes thinly hairy.—S. angustifolius, Schultz Bip. in 
Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. 11. n. 525, non DC. Oligolepis angustifolia, 
Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. p. 417. 
Wile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
? Mozamb. Distr. Zambesia, Stewart / 
