Aspilia. | LXXIII, COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 379 
long, pedunculate, in a lax leafy panicle ; peduncles ranging up to 1 in. 
Outer involucral scales linear-oblong, obtuse, strigulose, not foliaceous, 
shorter than the florets. Achenes turbinate, silky-villous, indistinctly 
spotted, $ in. long, truncate at apex with a narrow short cup-shaped 
pappus and 2 rather short sete of about 1; in—Wirtgenia multiflora, 
Fenzl in Flora, 1844, p. 312. 
Wile Land. Sennaar, Kotschy! 
2. A. Schimperi, 0. § H. Erect, more or less branched annual, 
1-3 ft. high. Stem and branches strigulose not hispid. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, connate at the base, denticulate, 
strigulose, 1-5 by 1-2 in.; petioles ranging up to2in. Capitula cam- 
panulate in flower, hemispherical -in fruit, }-} in. long, pedunculate, 
m lax open leafy cymes. Outer involucral scales herbaceous obtuse 
linear-oblong, not or scarcely foliaceous, equalling or rather exceeding 
the florets, strigose. Peduncles ranging up to 2 in. long, strigulose. 
Ligale of the ray-florets oval, } in. long, yellowish. Achenes turbinate, 
$ In. long, silky-villous, spotted, cordate-truncate at apex with a short 
narrow cup-shaped pappus and 2 long sete of } in.—Wirtgenia Schim- 
peri, Schultz Bip. in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 412. 
‘ 07 Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Nubia, fide Schweinf. et Aschers, Enum. 
ep Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. p. 490 in note unites this with the following 
ecies, 
_ 3. A. abyssinica, 0. § H. An erect hispid annual, 1-14 ft. 
high, branched at least above. Leaves ovate, acuminate, acute, serru- 
ate, rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, strigose, 2-3 by 
2-l in. ; petioles i-+in. Capitula campanulate in flower subglobose 
in fruit, 3 In. long, pedunculate, in corymbose leafy cymes ; peduncles 
slender, pubescent, usually short but ranging up to 14 in. Outer 
involucral scales herbaceous above, not foliaceous, linear-lanceolate, 
Rot or scarcely acute, strigose, equalling or rather exceeding the 
flowers ; inner paleaceous obtuse or mucronate. Ligule of the ray- 
florets to-@ in. long, bifid, yellow according to Schultz. Achenes 
‘arbinate-oblong, obtuse at both ends, doubly convex, silky-villous, 
‘potted with black blotches and minute reddish ones, } in. long, tran- 
Cate-cordate at apex, with a narrow short cup-shaped laciniate pappus 
rey 2 smooth acicular sete yp in. long.—Wirtgenia abyssinica, 
chultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p, 146. 
Nile Lana, Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
B 4. A, latifolia, O. § H. More or less hispid herb, 134 ft. high. 
ranches patently hairy at least above. Leaves ovate, acuminate or 
Subobtuse, serrulate, obtuse at or near the base, strigose or at least 
Scabrid above, 3-nerved near the base, 14-5 by $-2} in.; petioles 
in.) patently pubescent. Capitula hemispherical, about 3 in. long, 
Maunculate, solitary at the ends or forks of the branches; peduncles 
8ing up to 8 in. Onter scales of the involucre ovate or lanceolate, 
Pabacute, herbaceous, not foliaceous, strigose and often pubescent, 
