836 LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND uIeRN). [Blepharispermum. 
2. B. zanguebaricum, 0. § H. Branches terete striate, thinly 
hispid-pubescent above, glabrescent below, leafy.’ Leaves ovate or 
oval, shortly acuminate or pointed, apiculate, rounded or obtuse at 
base, subrepand, subglabrescent, shortly petiolate, membranous, 2-4 
by 1-2 in.; petiole about } in., puberulous, from a thickened gibbous 
not spinulose pulvinus. Clusters of heads globose, about }$ in. diam., 
about 2 together, on peduncles of 4-lin. Capitula of 6 decussating 
seales, the outermost and intermediate pairs subtending 2 female and 2 
hermaphrodite florets respectively, the intermediate cymbiform, the 
innermost smallest. Achenes of the female florets as in the previous 
species ; of the hermaphrodite florets surmounted by about ten unequal 
pales and stout sete. ' 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanguebar, Mombasa, at 300 ft. alt., Kirk ! 
Differs from the East Indian B. petiolare, DC., by shorter petioles and by the 
presence of a pappus in the hermaphrodite florets. 
33. FILAGO, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 299. 
Capitula heterogamons disciform, collected in sessile globose ter- 
minal heads ; outer florets ? co-seriate, central § usually few, fertile 
or sterile. Involucre small, outer scales ovate-lanceolate, inner elliptic- 
ovate, apiculate with broad membranous margins, outer more or less 
cottony, singly subtending ¢ florets. Corolla tubular, of ? fl. filiform. 
Anther-base tailed. Style-branches linear or oblong obtuse. Achenes 
small, subterete or slightly compressed ; setes of pappus slender, equal- 
ling the florets.—Annual herbs, usually cottony or tomentose. Leaves 
alternate, entire. Heads of capitula cottony, usually involucrate, of 
the primary axis overtopped by axillary branches originating 1™- 
mediately below and terminating in similar heads. 
A small genus of Europe, Asia and North Africa, one or two being widely dif- 
fused weeds. 
1, F. germaniea, L. ; DO. Prodr. vi. 247. Erect or ascending or 
(in specimens from other countries) decumbent’ annual, ranging up ‘0 
1 ft. high (tropical African specimens slender, 3-5 in. only) ; whole 
plant more or less lanate; branches terete. Leaves linear or linear- 
spathulate, acute, sessile, subamplexicaul, not decurrent, in our spect 
mens }~} in. long by ~y-7y in. wide. Capitula campanulate, subpen- 
tagonal, ;'; in. wide, sessile, many together, crowded in globose heads, 
44 in. diam. Outer @ florets only inserted singly in the axil of the 
outer involucral scales. Receptacle narrow convex closely tuberculate. 
—F. apiculata, Linn., and F, pyramidata, Linn. (Schweinf. & Aschers. 
Enum. p. 285.). F. abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. 
iii. n. 1913; Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 482. G@naphalium hurdwaricum, Wall. 
Cat. n. 2951. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
Widely distributed in Europe and Asia. 
