Notonia. ] LXXIIl. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 407 
1. N. abyssinica, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 444, t. 59. Glabrous, 
glaucescent, fleshy. Stem erect, 2 ft. high or more, terete, somewhat 
branched above, with scattered leaves. Radical leaves thick, elliptical, 
narrowed at both ends, 2-3} in.long; stem-leaves narrowly elliptical, 
acute or obtuse, narrowed towards the base, sessile, 1-4 in. long, 
repand. Capitula hemispherical, 1-2 in. diameter, very many-flowered, 
few in a cyme, on bracteate peduncles or pedicels of 1-6 in., without 
calyculus. Involucral bracts 13-15, broadly linear, with narrow 
scarious margins and lanceolate acute tip scarcely equalling the florets. 
Florets scarlet. Achenes glabrous.—Cacalia abyssinica, Br. in Salt 
Abyss. App. p. Ixv. (name only); N. Hildebrandtii, Vatke in Oest. 
Bot. Zeitschr. xxvii. 197. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Q. Dillon! Chelicut, Salt! Schimper! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar Coast, at Mombassa, in stony places, with red 
flowers, March, 1876, Hildebrandt ! 
_ 2. N. coccinea, 0. § H. A glabrous fleshy glaucescent peren- 
nial herb, 3-12 in. long, decumbent or ascending from a nodose or 
berous root, leafy at the base, scapiform above. Leaves narrowly 
fusiform, acute, narrowing towards both ends, sessile, 1~3 in. long. 
Cap itula broadly campanulate, §—3 in. long, 1-3 together; peduncle 
2-8 in. long; pedicels 1-1} in. long, bracteate. Calyculus wanting. 
Tnvolucral bracts 8-10, broadly linear, striate, rigid, terminating in a 
ong acumen, 3-2 in. long, glaucous. Florets all tubular, numerous, 
very bright scarlet, hermaphrodite. Achenes glabrous, striate. Pappus 
rather falling short of the corollas. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Roth! 
3. N. Grantii, 0. & H. Short fleshy glabrous glaucescent 
Perennial, 4 in. high, from a tuberous root. Stem scapiform, bearing 
a few linear scale-like leaves and above about 2 stalked heads. Lower 
or radical leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends or rounded and 
retuse at the apex, sessile, }-3 in. long. Capitula campanulate-hem!- 
Spherical, # in. long or rather more, discoid, 20-flowered or more, 
ianded at base, without calyculus; pedicels 1 in., more or less. Invo- 
neral bracts 10, broadly linear, rigid, striate, with scarious margins 
and lanceolate coloured tip, 2-3 in. long, exceeding the pappus, rather 
Jahn short of the blood-red or port-wine coloured corollas. Achenes 
brous.—Kleinia ? sp., Speke, Nile Journ. App. 638. 
Mozamb. Distr. M’biimi, 6° 56/30” 8. Lat., Col. Grant! 
4. NN. Schweinfurthii, 0. § H. A fleshy glabrous glaucescent 
Perennial, Searcely a foot high. Stems leafy below, simple or bifid, 
pearly naked above. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acute, narrowed 
Wards the base, sessile, 1-2 in. long. Capitula campanulate, 1-14 in. 
vole” on bracteate peduncles of 6-8 in., solitary, many-flowered. . In- 
'ucral bracts linear or oblong, of unequal breadth, faintly striate, 
.\0. long, with scarions margins and lanceolate or triangular tip, 
g short of the purple corollas, 8-10, sometimes with some long 
