390 LXXIII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Coreopsis, 
7. ©. Kirkii, O. § H. A glabrous shining perennial, shrubby 
and branched below. Branches terete. Leaves petiolate, mostly on 
abbreviated branches, 1-3 in. long inclusive, tripartite, the divisions 
again tripartite or undivided, lobes linear, 4-14 in, long. Capitula 
solitary or subsolitary, on peduncles 14-44 in. long. Involucre sub- 
globose, 4 in. diam.; outer bracts narrowly linear, about as long as the 
broader inner ones. Ray-florets neuter; ligule $ in. long. Setw of 
the pappus slender. Ripe fruit not seen. 
Mozamb. Distr. Moramballa, alt., 3,000 ft., Kirk / 
8. ©. monticola, 0. § H. A nearly simple erect rigid quite 
glabrous herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves ovate in outline, including the 
petiole of 1-$ in. about 2 by 14 in., tripartite with the middle partition 
deeply 3-5-fid, lobes ovate, incise-dentate, acute. Capitula hemisphe- 
riecal, 3-8 in. diam., on peduncles 4-3 in., in a corymbosecyme. In- 
volucral bracts glabrous, shining ; outer rather longer, linear, rather 
obtuse but with a callous tip; inner oval-oblong, rounded at apex. 
Achenes compressed, linear-oblong, setulose on the margin and apex, 
not winged, } in. long. Ariste rigid, filiform, shorter than the achene, 
scabrid.—Verbesina (Prestinaria) monticola, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Lond. vii. p. 200. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, Mann! 
9. GC. Barteri, 0.§ H. Ascending glabrous shining perennial 
herb, 1-3 ft. high. Branches terete striate. Leaves opposite or occa 
sionally 3 in a whorl, oval or lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed into the 
sessile or subsessile base, serrulate or toothed, undivided, 4-2 by 
2-3 in. Capitula subglobose, 2-4 in. diam., on peduncles of 1-4 in., 12 
a lax corymbose cyme. Involucral bracts glabrous, outer narrowly 
linear, rather exceeding or nearly equalling the broader inner ones. 
Achenes linear or linear-oval, ciliate, compressed, not winged, mar- 
gined, 4-} in. long. Arriste filiform setaceous, scabrous, shorter than 
the achene. 
Upper Guinea. Borgu, Barter! Baikic! 
10. G. linearifolia, 0. & H. Erect nearly glabrous perennial 
herb, 4-5 feet high, from a wood stock, simple > early so. Leaves 
linear, undivided, denticulate-scabrous on the margins, acute at bot 
ends, sessile, 2-6 by 22 in. Capitula hemispherical, g-4 in. long, 
1-8 together, on peduncles ranging up to 5 in,, ina terminal cymé. 
Outer involucral bracts linear-lanceolate equalling the inner, glabrous 
except the hispid-scabrous base; inner glabrous, broader. Achenet 
(immature) linear-oblong, compressed, hispid on margins, 2° 
winged ? Arist filiform, short. 
Wile Land, Djur-land, Steppes near Agada, Schweinfurth ! 
_ il. CG. guineensis, 0. § H. Nearly glabrous annual, erect, } oa 
high or more. Leaves tripartite bilobed or undivided, remotely “ 
ticulate; divisions (or the whole leaf ) linear, narrowed at both ends, 
subsessile, 1-7 by y';—}in., margins subscabrous. Capitula campan 
