Coreopsis. | LXXIII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). 391 
hemispherical, 1-3 in. long, on peduncles of 2-7 in., in a lax open 
trichotomons cyme or solitary and terminating the branches. Outer 
scales of the involucre glabrous, narrowly linear, shorter and narrower 
than the inner ones which are sometimes not quite glabrous, suc- 
ceeded by a few similar bracts near the top of the peduncle. Ligules 
large. Achenes linear-oblong, compressed, about 4 in. long, winged, 
setulose or nearly glabrous, ciliate on the wings. Arist erect, filiform, 
shorter than the achene, barbellate. 
Upper Guinea. Niger, Nupe, Barter! Dr. Baikie! (cult.); Abbeokuta, Dr, 
Irving ! (said to be cultivated). 
12. G. macrantha, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 163. Pe- 
rennial, 1-3 ft. high, glabrous in most ‘parts. Stems several from a 
woody stock, often rooting below, ascending. Leaves bipinnatisect, 
sessile or subsessile, ovate in outline, 8-3 in. long, lobes linear ending 
m an acute callous point. Capitula hemispherical, }-? in. long, on 
peduncles of 1-6 in. solitary or forming a lax open corymbose cyme. 
uter involucral bracts linear 3-nerved green glabrous about equalling 
the oblong-lanceolate broader sometimes coloured inner ones, which are 
hispid-fimbriate on the mid-line of the back. Achenes winged, com- 
Pressed, puberulous or pilose ; wings in some cases very broad above, 
ciliate, 4 in. long. Ariste subulate, pectinate-ciliate, not quite as long 
as the achene.—Prestinaria macrantha, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. 
Abyss. ii. n. 1236 ; Verbesina macrantha, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 408 ; 
? C. macroptera, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Fl. Aithiop. 284. (We have 
seen achenes only in Hb. Schimp. ed. Buchinger No. 22, a.p. 1854.) 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
13. G. Prestinaria, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 163. 
Nearly glabrous annual, 8-24 in. high, branched from the base, 
Somewhat glaucous. Leaves ovate or lanceolate in outline, bipinnati- 
sect, $-2 in., subsessile, lobes linear or lanceolate, glabrous or some- 
what ciliate, with an acute terminal callus. Capitula }-} in. long, on 
slender pedicels of 4-24 in., ina lax open corymbose cyme. Involucral 
bracts glabrous, of nearly equal length, outer linear, 3-nerved ; inner 
wider. Achenes linear-oblong, compressed, glabrous or hairy on the 
8, winged, } in. long; wings broader upwards, ciliate with long 
ascending hairs. Ariste elongated, exceeding the tubular florets and 
cnger than the achene, rather wider below, ciliate—/? CO. setigera, 
hultz Bip. 1. c.; Prestiniaria bidentoides, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. 
Abyss. i. n. 62; Verbesina veris, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 407; V. 
lineata, A. Rich. l. c. p. 410. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! Q. Dillon! Hildebrandt. 
4. ¢. pachyloma, 0. § H. Puberulous erect or ascending herb, 
;Pparently annual, 14-2 ft. high or more. Leaves bipinnatipartite, ovate 
im outline, subsessile, 32 in. long, lobes ovate or lanceolate, entire or cut, 
postly acute. Capitula subglobose, 4-4 in. long, on peduncles of 
m., in a lax corymbose cyme. Outer involucral bracts linear, 
remotely ciliate otherwise nearly glabrous, about as long as the broader 
‘ner ones. Achenes turbinate-oblong, somewhat curved, not much 
