356 LXXIII. COMPOSITA (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Athriaia. 
exceeding the fl., outer successively shorter and more lanceolate and 
woolly. Receptacle areolate, narrow. Fl]. pink. Achenes thinly and 
shortly pubescent when young, at length glabrate except at base where 
is a ring of erect hairs, 6-s-costate. Pappus biseriate ; outer very 
short.—Klenzea rosmarinifolia, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sec. 
i, n. 265, and in Walp. Repert. ii. p. 973. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Roth! Petit! 
Mozamb. Distr. Manganja range, Mount Chiradzura, Dr. Meller! 10,000 ft. 
or little less to summit. 
41. ANTITHRIXIA, DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Fl. ii. p. 329. 
Capitula heterogamous radiate; ray-florets ligulate, 1-seriate._ In- 
volucre campanulate or turbinate, scales multiseriate, imbricate 
scarious, outer gradually shorter. Receptacle plane paleaceous. 
Anther-base sagittate, auricles tailed. Achenes subterete. Pappus 
copious setose ; sete sub-2-seriate unequal.—-Low slender shrubs with 
- alternate (or opposite) narrow entire leaves and _ solitary terminal 
yellow capitula. 
A small African genus, one species being peculiar to the Cape. ; 
Leaves linear hoary beneath, not overtopping the capitula . 1. A. abyssinica. 
Leaves acicular or nearly so, overtopping the capitula. . . 2. A. angustifolia. 
1. A. abyssinica, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1. p. 329. Wiry 
diffuse undershrub, about 1 ft. high; branches terete, hoary and leafy 
above, glabrate and marked by the crowded scars of fallen leaves 
below, at length smooth. Leaves linear, acute, apiculate, sessile, not 
narrowed at the base, closely hoary-tomentose at least beneath, some- 
times glabrous above, }-# in. long by yo-yo in. wide, coriaceous, 
entire, nearly flat. Capitula turbinate 1-4 in. long, subsessile, solitary, 
terminal, not overtopped by the upper leaves. Scales of the involucre 
obtuse or subacute, glabrous or nearly so, straight, straw-coloured ; 
inner linear, caducous ; outer successively shorter and more lanceolate- 
oblong. Receptacle somewhat elevated, flat, naked. Achenes gla- 
brous (?) (terete, elongate, albido-sericeous, according to Rich. ¥? 
Abyss. i. 898)—Klenzea abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. 
Abyss. sec. i. n, 227, and in Walp. Repert. ii. p. 973. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Pullen! alt. 8000 ft. 
2. A. angustifolia, 0. §- H. Suffruticose, more than 1 ft. high 5 
branches terete, leafy and faintly puberulous towards the extremities, 
early glabrescent and marked by the crowded scars of the fallen leaves. 
Leaves acicular or narrowly linear, patent or erect-patent, firmly pointe : 
sessile, not narrowed at the base, glabrous, entire, coriaceous, nearly Ha", 
4-1} in. long by 4) in. wide. Capitula 2-4 in. long, campanulate, some 
what turbinate, many-flowered, subsessile, terminal at ends of numerous 
branches, solitary, overtopped by upper leaves. Scales of the pond 
lucre glabrous ; innermost linear, subacute ; outer obtuse, mnucronu are 
successively shorter and more oblong and outermost more lanceolat® 
Receptacle shortly alveolate, very shortly dentate. Achenes thinly 
