Coreopsis. } LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 389 
ture) somewhat pilose above, with a short laciniate annular pappus and 2 barbellate 
sete. Palez of the receptacle complicate-concave, embracing the disk-florets. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, among mountains at Dewari, at 7,000 ft. alt. 2nd Oct., 
1863, Schimper / 
_ This variety of Vatke appears to constitute a distinct species and indeed has the 
technical characters of Wedelia ; the general appearance of the plant is however quite 
that of Coreopsis. 
4. ©. prestinarieformis, Vatke in Linnea, xxxix. 499, excl. 
syn. A sparingly setulose annual, 4-2 ft. high, erect or ascending. 
Leaves ovate, pinnatifid, incise-dentate, mostly obtuse at apex and 
shortly narrowed at the base, sessile or subsessile, hispid at least on the 
veins beneath, 4-14 in. long. Involucres hemispherical, 3—§ in. diam., 
on rather slender bracteate or naked peduncles of 3-14 in., in lax 
cymes. Outer involucral bracts linear, glabrous, about as long as the 
broader inner ones which are hispid with compressed hairs. Ligules 
of the ray-florets large. Achenes } in. long, linear-oblong, com- 
pressed, somewhat silky on the faces, ciliate above, tipped with Z 
filiform acute ariste of 4 in. 
( Wile Land. Abyssinia, in meadows at Gaffat, alt. 8,200 ft. Schimper! 
Plowden ! 
_ 5. G. glaucescens, 0. & H. Erect perennial herb, about 4 ft. 
high, thinly pubescent above with weak spreading hairs. Leaves tri- 
partite, ovate, subsessile or petiolate, 1-4 in. long ; lobes more or less 
toothed, mostly lanceolate, the terminal one often deeply trifid, teeth 
with setaceous tips. Capitula hemispherical, about } in. diam., on 
peduncles of 14-4 in., solitary or few together, forming a lax open 
corymbose cyme. Outer involucral bracts linear, hispid-pubescent along 
the back, equalling or slightly exceeding the lanceolate equally hispid- 
pubescent inner ones. Achenes linear-oblong, compressed, setulose- 
margined, not winged, 2 in. long. Ariste filiform, short. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
6. GC. abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 163. Erect 
perennial herb, about 3 ft. high, glabrous below, usually scabrid-pubes- 
cent above. Leaves pinnatisect, usually scabrid-hispid below, ovate In 
outline, 14-42 in. long, sessile or petiolate, segments 3-4 on each side, 
Opposite, 4-24 in. long, lanceolate or linear, more or less toothed or sub- 
Pinnatipartite, the terminal one the greatest. Capitula hemispherical, 
about } in. diam., on pedicels of 4 to 44 in., in a lax corymbose cyme. 
Outer involucral bracts linear, glabrous, equal, }—? in. long, acute, mar- 
80s minutely scabrous; inner bracts broader, coloured, mostly hispid, 
sxceeding or about equalling the outer. ‘‘ Achenes compressed almost 
g In. long, convex on the back, flat and hairy on the face. Aristee fili- 
form, shorter than the achene.—Prestinaria (Steppia) abyssinica, 
Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. i, n. 332; Verbesina abyssinica, 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 409. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! ; 
Var. glabrior, Glabrous. Pinne of the leaves linear. 
Mand. Abyssinia, Petit ! 
