410 LXXIII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Senecio. 
Leaves coarsely dentate or pin- 
nately toothed. Achenes 
setulose . . . . . . 25. S. steudelioides. 
Leaves deeply pinnatifid . . 26. S. farinaceus. 
Floretsred . 2. 2... we we ee 27. 8, clarenceana. 
Trees. 
Leaves undivided. Capitula about 6-flowered 28. 8S. Mannit. 
Leaves pinnatifid. Capitula about 22-flowered 29. 8S. gigas. 
Habit cespitose . woe ee ew ww ee 680, 8 Unionis. 
Habit scandent or rampant. 
Leaves all undivided, glabrous, obsoletely denti- 
culate. Florets about 20. Involucral 
bracts 8-9 . . .. . . 1. « « ~ «681. 8, Petitianus. 
Leaves all undivided, puberulous, multidentate. 
Florets 14-16. Involucral bracts (5-) 8=9. 
Petioles not auriculate at the base. Outer ; 
florets female . . . . . . . . . 82. 8 clematoides. 
Petioles auriculate at the base. Florets all 
hermaphrodite... .....- 
Leaves undivided, repand-angular. Florets . 
numerous. Involucral bracts about 12 . 34. S. Tedliet. 
Leaves undivided, coarsely dentate. Florets . 
numerous. Involucral bracts about 12 . 35. S. Forbesit. 
Leaves undivided or some pinnately tripartite, . 
remotely dentate. Florets10 . . . . 36. S. Biafre. 
Leaves pinnately lobed. 
Leaf-lobes oblong ovate or obovate. Involu- 
eral bracts... we we ee 87. 8, subscandens. 
Leaf-lobes sublinear. Involucral bracts 8 . 38. S. gabonicus. 
Stem and leaves fleshy . 
Florets 5-10 2 2 1. ww ee eee 89, 8. longiflorus. 
Florets 13-22. 2... 1 we 40. S. kleinioides. 
1. S. abyssinicus, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. 1. B. 67. 
Annual, erect, simple or branched, 3-16 in. high. Stem striate, 
angular, scattered with crisped hairs. Leaves spathulate or spathu- 
late-orbicular, obtuse, the upper ones sessile, the lower suddenly nar- 
rowed into a petiolar half, more or less toothed in upper part, scatter 
with crisped hairs sometimes but sparsely, }-14-24 by 1:-3- 1g mm 
Bracteoles filiform, sometimes minute. Capitula 4-4 in. long, cam- 
panulate-oblong, on slender glabrous often bracteolate pedicels ranging 
up to 14 in. long, 4-12 together or more in a rather close cyme. Caly- 
culus absent. Involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, striate, 
glabrous, equalling the florets, with narrow scarious margins. Onter 
florets with a small yellow ray. Achenes costate, setulose ; _setulee 
short, thick. —A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 438; S. bellidifolius, Rich. FF 
Abyss. i. p. 439, non H. B. K.3 8. Quartinianus, Aschers. in Schweim™ 
Beitr. Fl. Aithiop. p. 158. 
North Central. Monbuttu-la i ! 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Chins @. Dito ie Schimper! Hildebrandt! 
A specimen 28 in. high, much branched and with many heads, collected by Spe 
and Grant at Unyoro, in fields, may be a large state of this species. 
33. S. deltoideus. 
2. S. discifolius, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. P- a: 
Annual, erect, 12-15 in. high, with few branches. Stem and asce? 
