342 LXXII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). [Gnaphalium. 
Capitula in broad corymbose cymes. Leaves 
glabrate above . . 2. «2 2 ee 2 
Capitula in subglobose clusters of 4-1 in. diam. 
Leaves cottony on both sides . . . 
Leaves subterete, narrowly linear . wee 
Leaves attenuate at the base into the short petiole, or 
only the upper leaves sessile. 
5. G. Steudelit. 
6. G. Unionis. 
7. G. stenophyllum. 
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Capitula in subglobose clusters . . . . . . + 8 G. pulvinatum. 
Capitula in spike-like clusters. 
ranches numerous. Capituladin.long . . . 9. G. niliacum. 
Simple or simply branched from the crown of the 
root. Capituladin.long. . . . . . « 10. G. purpureum. 
1. G. melanosphaerum, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. 
sect, ii. n. 1360. Annual, prostrate and branching at base, 3-6 in, 
high. Branches decumbent, 4—9 in. long, terete, obscurely striate, 
cottony. Leaves linear or spathulate, obtuse or subacute, sessile, more 
or less amplexicaul, 1-2 in. long by 3—} in. wide, tomentose on both 
sides, entire or nearly so. Capitula campanulate, } in. long, subsessile 
in dense, globose, terminal and subterminal, pedunculate or subsessile 
clusters, Ie in. diameter. Scales of involucre 2-8-seriate, nearly 
equal, oblong oblanceolate-oblong or oval-oblong, obtuse, dark brown; 
outer woolly at base. Receptacle naked, tubercled. ¥ fi. about 6. 
Achenes microscopically papillose, otherwise glabrous.—A. Rich. Fi. 
Abyss. i. p. 431. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
2. @. Petitianum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 429. Stout much- 
branched herb, a few feet in height; branches subterete, evanescent- 
lanate below, lanate and more or less alate above. Leaves elongate- 
linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile, widely decurrent at the base, thinly 
albido-tomentose or -lanate beneath, slightly scabrid above, vaguely 
crenulate or subentire, ranging up to 4 in. long by 4 in. wide or more, 
Capitula campanulate, 3} in. long, many-flowered, on short unequal 
pedicels ‘in dense corymbose often panicled cymes cottony beneath 
2-3 in. diameter. Scales of involucre pauciseriate, falling short of the 
florets, obtuse; outer and intermediate woolly, elliptic- or obovate- 
oblong ; innermost linear-oblanceolate or linear, scarious above con® 
ceous below. Receptacle rather prominent, shortly fimbrilliferous- 
% fl. 1-3. Q fl. numerous; mouth of corolla strongly toothed. 
Achenes small somewhat obovoid, microscopically papillose, otherwise 
glabrous. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Petit! Schimper ! 
3. @. auriculatum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 430, non Thunb. 
Herb with elongate simple terete striate branches, 14-2 ft. long or 
more, thinly lanate above, more or less glabrate below. Leaves lneat- 
lanceolate acute, sessile, amplexicaul with ample obtuse auricles, ere | 
hoary-lanate beneath, glabrescent above, 14-3 in. long, +4 in. bro ,. 
subentire. Capitula campanulate, many-flowered, 3-7 1. long, 8 
sessile, in dense, many-headed, branched, corymbose, lanate © 
