340 LXXII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). [Achyrocline. 
quasi-petiolate) decurrent base, 1-3-nerved, subentire, 2—4 in. long by 
1—4in. wide. Capitula campanulate-oblong, 5-6-flowered, } in. long 
by ys in. thick, golden yellow, sessile, crowded many together, in dense 
branched terminal cymes 14-6 in. diameter. Scales of involucre im- 
bricated, obtuse, glabrous. Receptacle foveolate, fimbrilliferous. 9 fl. 
1-2; ¢ fi. 8-4. Achenes oblong, obtusely angled, minutely glandular- 
papillose—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 429; Gnaphaliwm Hochstetten, 
Schultz Bip. l.c. 
Abyssinian names, Subhinaday, Cascaso. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Clarence Peak, 8500 ft. alt., Mann / Cameroon 
Mountains, 7000-8000 ft. alt., Mann? 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Roth! Q. Dillon and Petit! Plowden! 
8. A. luzuloides, Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift, 1875, p. 326, 
Shrubby below; stems slender, terete, white-lanate, at length glabrate, 
leafy up to 3-4 in. from inflorescence. ‘Leaves linear or linear-oblong, 
subacute, slightly narrowed below to sessile subamplexicaul base, 
white-lanate beneath, less so or glabrate above, entire, 1-25 in. long 
by 3-4 in. wide. Capitula oblong, } in. long by zy in. diameter, 
4-8-flowered, sessile or subsessile, crowded in dense hemispherical 
terminal pedunculate cymes 3-1 in. diameter. , Scales of involucre 
glabrous, white, shining ; inner linear-lanceolate, acute ; outer lanceo- 
late or oval, successively shorter and less acute. Receptacle naked. 
5 fl. 1-8, Q fi. 3-5. Achenes sessile-glandular, otherwise glabrous. 
—Vatke in Linnea xxxix. p. 489 (1875), ex parte; Gnaphaliwm luz- 
loides, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schweinf. Nub. n. 347; and in Schweinf. 
Beitr. Fl. Aithiop. p. 149. 
Mile Land. Nubia, Soturba, Dr. Schweinfurth! between Suakin and Berber, 
Dr. Schweinfurth! Abyssinia, Hildebrandt! (14-2 ft. high), Beccari fide Vatke in 
Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift l.c. © 
4. A. glumacea, 0. § H. Erect, branched above, shrubby below, 
4-2 ft. high. Upper branches terete, more or less hoary-lanate, gla 
brescent, leafy except near inflorescence, often virgate. Leaves narTrow- 
linear, acute, apiculate, somewhat narrowed below to the sessile base, 
lanate beneath, less so or glabrate above, entire, 1-4 in. long SY 
yy-} in. wide. Capitula campanulate-oblong or oblong, 3 in. long by 
yg-q's in. wide, 5-8-flowered, sessile or on very short pedicels, crowds 
many together in branched corymbose or globose cymes 4-23 in. dia- 
meter. Scales of involucre glabrous shining, white or lower pale 
yellowish, persistent; inner linear or linear-lanceolate, acute ; outer 
oval, subacute or obtuse, successively shorter. 9% fl.1-3. ¢ i. *° 
Achenes glabrous.—A. luzuloides, Vatke in Linnea xxxix. P- 489 
(1875), ex parte; Helichrysum glumaceum (? DC. Prodr. vi. p. 197); 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 427. 
?Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! Red Sea, Dr. Nimmo! Lord! 
5. A. Schimperi, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Sehimp. Abyss. i. D- ate 
Loose straggling herb 2-6 ft. high, hoary-tomentose, branches terete. 
