388 LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Coreopsis. 
1. C. Grantii, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 98, t. 65. 
Softly pubescent erect herb, 2-4 ft. high, purplish below. Leaves 
ovate, bipinnatifid, 1-2 in. long ; lobes mostly ovate, rather obtuse, 
mucronate, entire or with a few teeth. Capitula hemispherical, } in. 
diam., on peduncles of 4-11 in., few together, cymose. Outer involu- 
cral bracts hispid-pubescent, linear, about as long as the inner pubes- 
cent broader ones. Achenes compressed, not winged, setulose on the 
margins and face, linear, }in.long. Aristee short, filiform.—Verbesina, 
Nos. 2, 3, T. Thoms. in Speke, Journ., App. p. 638. 
Mile Land. Karagué, Speke and Grant! 
2. ©. Steppia, Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. p. 496. Erect 
sparingly hispid herb, 3 ft. high or more. Leaves pinnatisect, ovate in 
outline, 2-6 in. long, subsessile; lobes 1-2 on each side, oblong lan- 
ceolate or linear, more or less toothed or subpinnatipartite, ciliate- 
scabrous, 14-34 in. long, the terminal one longer than the lateral ones. 
Capitula hemispherical, 1-1 in. diam., on peduncles of 3-6 in., sub- 
solitary or in a panicled cyme. Outer involucral bracts hispid-pu- 
bescent, linear, 4-3 in. long, more or less exceeding the inner. Achenes 
compressed, linear-oblong, scarcely winged, ciliate, }-} in. long. Arist 
strong, filiform, ;4,-} in. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rios de Sena, Peters! Zambesi-land, Meller / Manganja hills, 
alt. 3,000 ft. Kirk! 
3. G. chrysantha, Vatke in Linnea xxxix. p. 499, (1875) ; 
non alior. Erect perennial pallid herb, 2-4 ft. high. Stems from 4 
woody stock, striate, glabrous below. Leaves tripartite or (in the 
variety) not lobed ; lobes lanceolate or linear, acutely narrowed at both 
ends, shortly petiolate, quite entire near both ends, sharply or deeply 
serrate on other parts of the margin, scabrid above, shortly hispid- 
pubescent below, $-3} by 1-1 in.; petioles ranging up to 1} in. Ca- 
pitula hemispherical, }-? in. long, on hispid peduncles of 14-4 in. 4 
lax open corymbose cyme. Onter involucral bracts linear, puberulous, 
rather falling short of the inner which are broader and more pubescent. 
Achenes oblong, $ in. long, slightly hairy upwards, not winged, com- 
pressed. Ariste filiform, shorter than the achene, inconspicuously 
ciliate.—C. Riippellii, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 163, 1. & 
Verbesina Ruppellii, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 410 ( V. Rueppellit, ex 
Vatke) is doubtfully referred by Vatke J. c. to this species; it 18 
unknown to us. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Petits ; 1G Valley at Dewar', 
7,000 ft. alt., 2nd Oct. 1863), Schimper ! (in the Repp Valley 
The barren radical shoots sometimes have alternate elliptical entire leaves. _ 
? var. B. simplicifolia, Vatke, l. c. p.500. Erect, rigid, glaucescent, slightly scabrid, 
nearly glabrous, perennial herb, 4 ft. high, branched above. Leaves ovate or narrow 
elliptical, acutely apiculate, serrate or those of the inflorescence nearly entire, Da 
rowed at the base, subsessile, ranging up to 6 by 14 in. Capitula hemispherical, 
involucre 3 in. diam., in a corymbose lax cyme ; pedicels ranging up to 2 in. long: 
Outer involucral bracts herbaceous, about 7, lanceolate or linear-acuminate, 4 we 
long. Ligule of the ray-florets narrowly elliptical, about 4 in. long. Achenes (imma- 
