406 LXXIII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Bmilia. 
3. B. pumila, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 302. Erect annual, 3} in. high, 
quite glabrous except the base. Stem nearly naked, bifid. Leaves 
subradical, subentire, the upper oval, sessile, amplexicaul 14 by } in., 
the lower narrowed at the base into a petiole. Bract linear, amplexi- 
caul, } in. long. Capitula campanulate, 4 in. long. Peduncles 13-2 
in. long. Involucral bracts linear, acuminate, falling short of the 
yellow florets.—Cacalia pumila, Bojer ex DC. 1.c. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar Island, Bojer / 
4. HE. cwespitosa, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 100. 
A puberulous annual, 1 ft. high, much branched at the base. Branches 
ascending, leafy below, nearly naked above, simple or nearly 80. 
Leaves linear-oval, the upper ones somewhat lanceolate, the uppermost 
linear, obtuse or with a callous tip, sessile, minutely or obsoletely den- 
ticulate, mostly glabrous or very nearly so, 4-24 by 4-4 in., not auri- 
culate at base. Capitula }-2 in. long, widely campanulate or nearly 
hemispherical, on pedicels of 4-2 in., 3 or 4 together terminating the 
branches. Involucral bracts narrowly linear, acute, more or less scat- 
tered with crisped hairs, falling short of the orange florets.—Emilia, 
n. 8, T. Thoms. in Speke, Journ., App. p. 638. 
Wile Land. Karagué, Speke and Grant! 
5. E.? gracilis, DO. Prodr. vi. p.303. An annual herb, about @ 
foot high. Stem herbaceous, erect, branched, sparingly lanate. Lower 
leaves ovate, acute, attenuate at the base into the petiole ; upper leaves 
sessile, cordate-amplexicaul, spathulate-lanceolate, all crenate, 7 he 
branous, reticulate-venose. Upper branches naked, bearing at t 's 
apex 2 pedicellate capitula. Capitula cylindrical, ecalyculate. Flore 
a yellow, the outer ones sterile ?, the central ones hermaphrodite. 
tyle-branches capillary, quite patent, almost like those of Gynwra.— 
Cacalia gracilis, Boj. mss. et ic. ex DC. lc. ; 7 CO. tenwissima, Boj. 12 
Rapp. Soc. Manr. vi. p. 27, ex DC. Le. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar Island, in sandy places near the sea shore, Bojer. 
82. NOTONIA, DC., Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 446. 
Characters of Senecio, with discoid capitula, with or without 
calyculus, differing in the continuous ovate or lanceolate papillose “th 
tremities of the style-branches.—Glabrous fleshy undershrubs wit 
succulent or rudimentary leaves and rather large solitary or Cy mose 
scarlet (or yellow) capitula, 
A small genus represented also in India. The following are endemic. 
Achenes glabrous. 
Involucral bracts 13-15 
Poe ee ee ee ee LW, abyssinica. 
Involucral bracts 8-10. . 
Leaves narrowly fusiform . . . . . , . . . . 2 WN, coccinea. 
Leaves flat but fleshy. 
Corollas exceeding the pappus. Heads in. long . 3. WN. Grantii. 
pert falling short of the Pappne. — 1-1 im. 4M. Boh weinfurthii. 
Achenes hairy 
5. N. trachycarp4- 
