Anisoppapus.] LXXII. CoMPOSITA (OLIVER AND HIERN). 369 
51. ANISOPPAPUS, Hk. et Arn.; Benth. et Hook. f. 
Gen. Pl. ii. 839. 
Capitula heterogamons, radiate, hemispherical ; ray-florets 2, 1-2- 
seriate. Involucral bracts pauciseriate, oval or oblong, unequal ; 
palew folded, sheathing the disk-florets. Ligule spreading, 3-dentate. 
Corolla of disk-florets tubular, 5-toothed. Anther-base sagittate. 
Achenes subterete, costate. Pappus coroniform of short free or nearly 
free laciniate scales, with alternating longer narrow bristles or scales 
simply unequal in breadth or but slightly irregular.—Scabrid or 
pubescent erect herbs with alternate toothed leaves and lax terminal 
cymose corymbs of yellow medium-sized capitula. 
The only species are represented in this Flora. 
Leaves deltoid-lanceolate. Pappus slightly irregular or unequal . 1. A. africana. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate.’ Pappus of narrow and broad palee . . 2. A. chinensis. 
1. A. africanus, 0. § H. Erect herb, 3-4 ft. high, covered with 
short crisp puberulence ; stem and branches subterete, striate. Leaves 
deltoid ovate or oblong, obtuse, crenate, at base hastate, 1-3 in. long 
by 3-14 in. wide, uppermost smaller ; petioles 3-3 in. long. Capitula 
hemispherical, 4-2-1 in. diameter without including the long ligules of 
the yellow ray-fl., on distinct robust long peduncles, corymbose. Scales 
of the involucre pauciseriate, unequal, subobtuse. Receptacle 3 in. 
diameter, convex, punctate, with long linear acute scales surrounding 
the disk fl. Achenes setulose or glabrate.—Telekia africana, Hook. fil. 
in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. p. 201. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 7,000 ft. alt., Mann! 
Wile Land. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth! 
2. A. chinensis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p- 196. Strict erect 
herb, 1 ft. high ; root tibrous ; stem simple below, terete, striate, shortly 
pubescent, somewhat branched above; branches subangular, with short 
“nisp pubescence. Leaves narrowly oval, obtuse and obtusely dentate, 
quneately narrowed into petiole, scabrid-puberulous, 14-24 in. long by 
2 In. wide; petioles in length about the width of the leaves, gradually 
dilating at base. Capitula hemispherical, 3-2 in. diameter, on distinct 
pr ee peduncles forming small lax corymbose terminal cymes. Scales 
of the involucre pauciseriate, linear-oval, subobtuse, densely puberulous, 
Unequal. Receptacle about 4 in. diameter, with long scales, 1 in. long 
‘tween the fl.—Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 97, t. 64 
A B. Verbesina chinensis, L., DC. Prod. v. p. 618, fide Benth. in Fl. 
ongk. 180, 
(P mie Gand, Madi. Sandy soil and near burn, common. Flowers yellow. 
100? sp. Speke, Journ., App. p. 638.) Speke and Grant! 
Ceurs also in South China. 
52. ODONTOSPERMUM, Neck.; Benth. et Hook. f. 
Gen. Pl. ii. p. 340. 
Capitula heterogamous, radiate, hemispherical or broadly cam- 
ulate ; ray-florets 2, in 1 or 2 rows; disk-florets 9, fertile. Invo- 
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