338 LXXIII, COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN).  [Phagnalon, 
Glabrous or nearly so. Peduncles short. axillary and ter- ; 
minal. . . 2. 2. we ee ee ee ewe A 2. scoparivin, 
P. Borianum, Sch. Bip. (Schw. & Asch. Enum. 286) is unknown to us. 
1. BP. hypoleucum, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. ii. n. 
854. Shrubby below. Upper branches erect subvirgate rather slender 
with under surface of leaves white-lanate. Leaves spreading linear, 
subacute, mucronate, amplexicaul, slightly and shortly decurrent, den- 
ticulate, margins revolute, 1-2 in. long by y,—} in. wide. Capitula 
campanulate-hemispherical, many-flowered, on unequal slender pedicels 
ranging up to 24 in. long, in few-headed corymbose or elongate 
terminal cymes 2-3 in. diameter. Scales of involucre loose or spread- 
ing, persistent, slightly woolly on the back ; inner linear, acute ; outer 
oval subacute or obtuse. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
2. P. Schweinfurthii, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schweinf. Nub.n. 365. 
Shrubby below ; branches ascending, slender, clothed with close white 
tomentum. Leaves linear, acute, mucronate sessile, subauriculate- 
amplexicaul, subentire, green and subglabrate above, more or less 
hoary-lanate beneath, 1-24 in. long by 4,4 in. wide ; margins slightly 
revolute. Capitula widely campanulate, many-flowered, in. 
diam., on slender hoary peduncles 1-4 in. long, bearing a few reduced 
leaves below, terminal or from the upper axils. Scales of involucre 
acuminate, apiculate, thinly woolly on the back, persistent; mner 
linear, outer lanceolate or ovate. Receptacle plano-convex, § m2. 
diameter. 
Wile Land. Nubia, Soturba, Schweinfurth ! 
3. P. nitidum, Fresen.; DO. Prodr. v.397. Much branched and 
shrubby below from a woody decumbent stock, 2 ft. high or more. 
Branches ascending terete leafy and hoary-tomentose above as well as 
the under-surfaces of the leaves and peduncles. Leaves linear, acute, 
sessile, subamplexicaul, entire or distantly dentate or denticulate, 
or with revolute margins, 1-3 in. long by 4,—} in wide. Capitula cam- 
panulate-hemispherical, many-flowered, 4-4 in. diameter, solitary or 
loosely corymbose on long slender peduncles 4-5 in. long, terminal ne 
‘ from the upper axils. Scales of involucre multiseriate, imbricated, 
glabrous, or nearly so ; inner linear, acuminate, caducous ; outer obovate, 
rounded at apex, persistent. Achenes thinly hairy.—Phagnalon abys- 
sinicwm, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. i. n. 2515 A. Rich. 
Fl. Abyss. i. p. 396, excl. synon.; P. Quartinianum, A. Rich, l.c. 
Abyssinian name Tewm Tsch’enna. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! Q. Dillon! 
Extends through Arabia and Persia to Affghanistan and Beloochistan. 
4. B. scoparium, Schultz Bip. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. LEthiop. P- 
153. Nearly glabrous shrub with ascending subvirgate branches, 
somewhat angular from the raised decurrent lines from the leaves 
Leaves alternate, occasionally fascicled, linear or narrow-oval, acute, 
narrowed to sessile base, denticulate very narrowly decurrent, 41} 
long, #5} in. broad; revolute in vernation. Capitula widely #7 
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