Senecio. | LXXIII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). 415 
3-5; ligule about + in. long, yellow. Disk-florets 12-15, yellow. 
Achenes glabrous. Receptacle naked.—Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 
p. 378. 
Mozamb. Distr. Manganja Hills, Meller! Satshi, alt. 3,000 ft., Kirk / 
Occurs also in Natal and elsewhere in Eastern districts of the Cape. 
8. latifolius, DC. Harv. 1. c. 377, does not seem specifically to differ. 
16. S. lasiorhizus, DC. Prodr. vi. p- 387. Erect stout rigid 
perennial herb, 1-2 ft. high, from a thick woody and woolly rootstock. 
Stems several, striate, leafy and woolly below, with but few leaves and 
subglabrescent above. Lower leaves obovate, coriaceous, obtusely 
inted, narrowed at base into a petiole, minutely callous-crenate, 
loosely cobwebbed at least when young, rigid when old, 2-3 by 3-14 
m.; upper stem-leaves smaller, oblong or lanceolate, sessile, acute. 
Capitula broadly campanulate, 3-4 in. long, on naked pedicels of 1-24 
in., in a lax corymbose cyme. Calyculus of many long linear-subulate 
bracts. Involucral bracts about 20, linear, acute, somewhat woolly, 
nearly equalling the florets. Ligule of the ray-florets oblong, } in. 
long, yellow. Disk-florets yellow, very numerous. Achenes pubescent. 
—Cineraria coronata, Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap., pars post., p. 154; 
silk et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 369. 8. lasiorhizoides, Schultz Bip. ex 
arv. l.c. 
South Central. Makalaka, Baines / 
Oceurs also in Eastern districts of the Cape from Uitenhage to Natal. 
17. S$. confertus, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 864. 
A robust subglabrous perennial herb, 2-4 ft. high. Stem terete, striate, 
simple below, leafy. Leaves oval or lanceolate, sessile, acute, twice 
sharply dentate, auriculate at the base, 1-8 in. long, width not exceed- 
ing 2m. Capitula narrowly campanulate, 3-4 in. long, on puberulous 
pedicels ranging up to ]3 in., in a dense much-branched corymbose or 
younded cyme. Calyculus consisting of a few small linear bracts. 
Tnvolucral bracts 8-10, broadly linear, 3-3 in. long, puberulous outside, 
terminating in a tomentose tip. Ligule of the ray-florets yellow, ob- 
one 3-3 in. long. Achenes striate, hairy.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
. 18. S. subsessilis, 0. § H. A robust erect perennial herb, 4 ft. 
high or more, glabrous in most parts. Stem terete, striate, simple 
ow. Stem-leaves ovate or elliptical, subsessile, amplexicaul, sharply 
denticulate, 1-8 in. long, width ranging up to 4 in. Capitula cam- 
Panulate, §-+ in. long, on puberulous pedicels ranging up to 1 in., na 
“nse corymbose cyme. Calyculus consisting of several unequal gla- 
rous linear or lanceolate bracts. Involucral bracts 15-20, linear, with 
1 ick fleshy median portion and thinner paler margins, about } in. 
ong, glabrous except the ciliolate tips. Ligule of the ray-florets oval. 
oblong, yellow, 3-3 in. long. Achenes glabrous, costate, short, dark. 
Mile Zand. Abyssinia, Schimper! Gaffat at elevation of 8,100-8,500 ft. 
