Guizotia. ] LXXIJI. COMPOSITZ (OLIVER AND HIERN). 385 
mostly cordate-amplexicaul at the sessile base, ranging up to 9 by 24 
in. Capitula 4-3 in. diameter, pedicelled, in a corymbose or densely 
pyramidal cyme. Outer involucral bracts ovate or ovate-oblong, 
appressed. Corolla-tube of the disk-florets with 1-2 tomentose rings 
at or near the base. Achenes glabrous. Pale of the receptacle gla- 
brous or nearly so.—G@. oleifera, DC. in Mem. Soc. Hist. Genév. vii. p. 
5, tt. 2-3. Polymnia abyssinica, Linn. £. Suppl. 383. Heliopsis platy- 
glossa, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxiv. 332. P. frondosa, Bruce, Travels, 
vii. t. 52. Partheniwm luteum, Spreng. Nov. Prov. 31. Tetragonotheca 
abyssinica, Ledeb. Ind. Hort. Dorp. Suppl. 1824, p. 7. Jégeria abys- 
sinica, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 590. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 
Much cultivated in Abyssinia and also in India for the extraction of oil. 
De Candolle gives the Indian synonymy in Prodr. vy. pp. 551-2, and divides the 
Species into the two following varieties. 
a. sativa. Leaves elongate-lanceolate, coarsely serrate, branchlets elongated, sub- 
corymbose. 
B. angustior. Leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat dentate, flowering axillary 
branches very short. 
On the roots of this species grows parasitically Orobanche abyssinica, A. Rich, Fl. 
Abyss. ii. p. 137 (1851). 
2. G. Schimperi, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 158. An 
erect annual, 2-3 ft. high, pubescent above. Leaves elliptic-ovate, 
subacute, denticulate, cordate-amplexicaul, sessile, 3-4 by 3-1} in. 
Capitula hemispherical, 4 in. diameter, in a divaricate cyme; pedicels 
ranging up to 1} in. Outer involucral bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
not exceeding the florets. Palew of the receptacle loosely pilose 
towards the tip. Corolla-tube of the disk-florets subglabrous or some- 
What hairy at base. Achenes glabrous, 75-75 in. long.—A. Rich. FI. 
8s. i. p. 406. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
3. G. Schultzii, Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. i. n. 350. An 
erect scabrous perennial herb, 2-4 ft. high. Leaves narrowly elliptical 
Or lanceolate-oblong, denticulate or serrate, sessile, usually wide near 
© base, sometimes attenuate, cordate-amplexicaul, often connate, 1-8 
by 4-22 in, Capitula campanulate or hemispherical, }-? in. diameter, 
cellate, in a lax or dense corymbose or oblong cyme; pedicels 
vanging up to 5 in. in some forms, usually shorter. Outer involucral 
bracts lanceolate, acute or subobtuse, exceeding the inner ones. Co- 
Tolla-tube of the disk-fiorets hairy. Achenes glabrous, yo} in. long.— 
Walp. Rep. vi. p. 407. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 407. Veslingia scabra, 
asian, Nuovi Saggi della Accademia di Scienze fisiche di Padova, v. 
_—_ a ini 1 Djur-land, Schweinfurth ! 
Sennaar, Kotschy ! Abyssinia, Petit! Schimper! Roth! Djur-lan if 
ee forms of this species may be noticed. 
7 Leaves acute ; internodes short. Cymes corymbose ; pedicels short. 
tien obtuse, about equalling the internodes. Cymes few-flowered ; peduncles 
8. Leaves acute, shining, scarcely scabrous ; internodes short. Cymes elongated, 
dense, pedicels short. _ y * 
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