Emilia. ] LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 405 
81. EMILIA, Cass. ; Benth. et Hook f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 445. 
Capitula homogamous discoid, florets $ orange or scarlet. Invo- 
lncre cylindrical or campanulate; bracts 1-seriate equal without a 
calyculus. Receptacle naked. Anther-base unappendaged. Style- 
branches terminating in an acute appendix. Achenes d-angled or 
subterete ; pappus of copious fine white soft setee.—Herbs with radical 
or alternate cauline leaves and loosely cymose or subsolitary peduncu- 
late capitula. 
A small tropical genus scarcely distinguishable from Senecio. 
Stem-leaves at least the upper ones auriculate. 
Involucre equalling the florets. . . . . . . . . 1. £. sonchifolia. 
Involucre falling short of the florets. 
Stem branched, leafy. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Ev sagittata. 
Stem short, nearly simple; leaves subradical. . . 3. E. pumila. 
Leaves not auriculate . oe ee . . 4. E. cespitosa. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
Upper leaves cordate-amplexicaul . . . . 6. 2.2 gracilis. 
I. B. sonchifolia, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 302. Glabrous or puberu- 
lous, somewhat glaucous annual, 6-24 in. high or more, erect*or 
ffuse, more or less branched. Leaves lyrate- or cordate-amplexicaul, 
ore oF less toothed, 1-4 in. long, sessile or the lowest ones petiolate, 
© Upper ones auriculate. Capitula cylindrical, about 3 in. long, on 
slender pedicels ranging up to 2 in. long, in a rather lax cyme. Invo- 
lneral bracts glabrous or puberulous, linear, acute, equalling the purple 
bil orange-purple florets. —Cacalia sonchifolia, L. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 885; E. 
Purpurea, Cass. Dict. xxxiv. p. 393; E. rigidula, DC. 1c. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 
A ozamb. Distr. Quilimane, Kirk / ; ; 
very widely distributed tropical weed, reaching India, America, etc. 
2. B Sagittata, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 302. Erect glabrous or 
Puberulous annual, }-4 ft. high, usually glaucescent. Leaves sagit- 
b te-amplexicaul, oval-ovate or oblong, denticulate or subentire, 14 
y 4-24 in., sessile or the lowest ones narrowed at base into a petiole. 
~apitula 1-2 in, long, campanulate, on pedicels ranging up to 23 in., 
1® loose cyme or subsolitary. Involucral bracts linear, acute, gla- 
a or puberulous, falling short of the yellow red or orange florets. 
_ Cucalia sagittata, Vahl Symb. iii. p. 91; Emilia flammea, Cass. Dict. 
Nv. P. 406, alt. iii. t. 5 ;” H. sonchifolia, Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. 
P. 439, non DC. 
Nj Upper Guinea. Abbeokuta, Irving! Ambas Bay, Mann ! Old Calabar, Robb / 
er, Barter Gaboon, Jardin. 
Wien Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth ! 
Lower Guines Nt Monteiro ! (florets scarlet). . 
Cab ezemb. Distr. Zanzibar and Zungomero, Speke and Grant te and 
"ae Valt Peters ! Manganja-hills, Meller! Moramballa, Kirk! 3500 ft. alt. ; 
vane eee Zonzibar, Hildebrandt ! 
*76 1a. : 
from th humifusa, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 302, i.e., Cacalia humifusa, Boj. ex DC. Le., 
€ Island of Zanzibar, may be a decumbent state of this species. 
