398 LXXIII. COMPOSITZ (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Cotula, 
Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 1825; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 
p. 419. Pleiogyne anthemodes, C. Koch in Bot. Zeit. i. p. 40 (1848). 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrotiet (nearly glabrous). 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Sennaar, Kotschy ! Upper Egypt, Bromfield! 
Schweinfurth! Ehrenberg. , 
South Central? Without precise locality, Baines! (nearly glabrous, shining.) 
Extends to Egypt and, according to some authors, to the Cape of Good Hope and 
N.W. India, ete. 
2. G. cinerea, Delile Fl. Egypte, p. 131, t. 47, £. 4. Densely 
villous pale green herb, sometimes suffruticose at the base, 1-6 in. high. 
Leaves pinnatifid, alternate, obovate or spathulate in outline, narrow 
below, 3-3 in. long ; lobes oblong, obtuse. Capitula 14 in. diameter, 
pedunculate, terminal ; peduncles 4-1 in. long, exceeding the leaves. 
Involucral bracts linear. Female florets few or usually wanting. 
Achenes not winged. Pappus 0. Receptacle convex, nearly naked.— 
Brocchia cinerea, Vis. Pl. Aigypt. et Nub. p. 35. Tanacetum ecmerewm, 
DC. Prodr. vi. p. 181. Cenocline cinerea, C. Koch in Bot. Zeit. 1. Pp. 
41 (1843). Grangea cinerea, Link Enum. Pl. ii. p. 344. Cotula minor, 
Caruel Pl. Kg. exs. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. p. 358. 
Mile Land. Cordofan, Kotschy! 
Extends to Egypt. 
Klatt in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. v. vol. xviii. p. 372, mentions a specimen collected by 
Leprieur at Dagana in Senegambia as belonging to this species. 
3. ©. Kotschyi, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 429. Hoary- 
pilose, suffruticose below, 1-12 in. high, much-branched from the 
crown of the root, Leaves alternate, obovate,. pinnatipartite, a mM, 
long; lobes oblong, obtuse, sometimes toothed. Capitula ¢—4 ™ 
diameter, pedunculate, terminal; peduncles }-1 in. long, usually ex- 
ceeding the leaves. Female florets few. Achenes obovoid, minutely 
hairy above, crowned with a ring of filiform sete, somewhat com- 
pressed, obscurely 4sided. Receptacle hemispherical. — Brocchia 
on Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p. 283 (name 
only). 
Wile Land. Sennaar, Kotschy! White Nile, Schweinfurth! 
4. G. abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. i. 2- 137. 
A pilose annual, usually much-branched near the base, ranging up 1? 
a foot high, Branches ascending, procumbent at base. Leaves alter- 
nate, bipinnatipartite, ranging up to 1} in. including the petiole ; lobes 
linear acute. Petioles half-clasping or shortly sheathing, short °° 
nearly as long as the lamina of the leaves. Capitula ranging up to 
in. diameter; peduncles to 6 in. Involucral bracts oblong, obtuse, 
with. scarious margins, nearly or quite glabrous. Female florets 1D one 
row. Achenes oblong, somewhat compressed, concavo-convex, those 
of the ray narrowly winged ; pappus 0. Receptacle convex, tuber- 
culate.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 419. 
jae Zand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 4-14,000 ft. alt., Roth! Upper Nile, Speke 
an ant ! 
This is probably the same species as the Cape dwarf C. pusilla, Thunb. Prodr. Pt. 
