Gynura.] | —“«LXXIII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). 403 
equalling or exceeding the pappus.—G. aurantiaca, Benth. 1. c. p. 437 ; 
Senecio vitellinus, Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aithiop. p. 286. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel! Mann! alt. 8,500 ft., Barter! Came- 
roons Mountains, Mann! alt. 7,000 ft. 
Worth Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth ! 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Roth / 
3. G. crepidioides, Benth. in Hook Niger Fl. p. 438. Erect 
. puberulous or glabrous simple or somewhat branched annual, 2-3 ft. 
high. Leaves deeply lyrate-pinnatifid, sometimes not lobed, mostly 
petiolate, 1-10 in. long; lobes acutely dentate. Capitula oblong, 
3 in. long, on slender pedicels of }-2 in.,in a dense or lax corym- 
bose cyme, rarely solitary. Disk hairy, with filiform bracts below. 
Involucral bracts linear-subulate, nearly or quite glabrous. Corollas 
yellow or with purple-tips, shorter than or nearly equalling the pappus. 
—@. polycephala, Benth. 1. c. p. 437; G. diversifolia, Schultz Bip. ex 
Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Athiop. p. 156; Senecio diversifolius, 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 437, non Dumort. nec Wall.; 8. crepidioides, 
Aschers. in Schweinf, Beitr. Fl. ZMthiop. p. 155 ; G. microcephala, Vatke 
in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift, 1875, p. 328. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! Vogel! Senegambia, Heudelot ! Sierra 
Leone, Afzelius! G. Don! Niger, Barter ! 
North Central. Monbuttuland, Schweinfurth ! 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Q. Dillon ! Parkyns ! Bogos-land, Steudner ! 
br ozamp. Distr. Zambesi-land, Expedition Island, Kirk! Zanzibar, Hilde- 
andt ! 
Occurs alsoat J ohanna. 
4. G. miniata, Welw. Apont. p. 586 (1859). A somewhat pu- 
bescent erect herb, with the habit of Emilia sonchifolia, 2-4 ft. high. 
Root tuberous. Stem somewhat branched. Leaves lyrate or deeply 
Pinnatifid, 3-6 in. long, musk-scented, margins repand, leaf-base (or 
petiole) often auriculate. Capitula 4 in. long, on rather slender pedi- 
cels which range up to 14 in., in corymbose pedunculate cymes, 
nner involucral bracts about 15, linear with lanceolate apex and sca- 
"ous Margins; outer bracts fewer, much smaller, narrower. Flowers 
of ® bright orange-red colour. , — 
wer . , near Oaghuy, at a waterfall, Ca- 
lunda, in flower, December ane. Wenvitoon (ne eal Teaves in October, 1856, at Puri- 
bola, Welwitsch 
5. @. amplexicaulis, 0. § H. Erect herb, 25-3 ft. high ; stem 
pubescent, rooting and dichotomous below, simple above, leafy in lower 
f, nearly naked in upper half. Leaves obovate-oblong, sessile, am- 
Plexican), acutely toothed and denticulate, acutely narrowed at the 
“Pex, obtuse at the base, puberulous or on the midrib pubescent, mostly 
. y 1-14 in., those near the base of the stem and also those by the 
inflorescence smaller. Capitula oblong, about 4 in. long or rather 
70Fe, on pedicels of 1-21 in., about 3-4 together in a small long-pe- 
ve ed cyme ; bracteoles filiform. Involucral bracts linear, tapering 
An © apex, puberulous. Corollas reddish-orange, exceeding the pappus. 
thers exserted. 
Mile Land. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth ! _ 
