ns a tensnertons sn 
Senecio. ] LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 419 
rather more, with ciliolate tip and thinner margins. Florets all tubu- 
lar, about 22, yellow. Achenes glabrous, small, brown. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
30. S. Unionis, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 1272. 
Much branched and ceespitose perennial herb, 3-8 in. high; branches 
mostly glabrous. Leaves cauline, linear, obtuse, sessile, more or less 
toothed or pinnatifid, somewhat narrowing from the middle downwards, 
mostly erect, }-1} in. long, margins revolute. Capitula subhemisphe- 
neal, about 4 in diam. on bracteate peduncles of 4-1} in., terminating 
the branches. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, glabrous or nearly 
80, terminating in an elongated apiculus ciliolate at the very tip. Ca- 
lycnlus short, linear, acute, continuous with the upper bracts of the 
peduncle. Ligule of the ray-florets 4-4 in. long. Achenes costate, 
somewhat hairy.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 440. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
Much resembling some states of 8. inequidens, DC. Prodr. vi. 401, from Cape 
ony; 1t may possibly prove to be the same species. 
31. S. Petitianus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 442. Glabrous shining 
rampant perennial herb, 2-3 ft. high, corymbosely branched above. 
Branches terete. Stem-leaves elliptical, acute or subacute, abruptly 
narrowed at the base into a short flat haft, membranous, of the same 
brown colour on both sides, obsoletely denticulate, 1-4 by 3-1} in. 
apitula about 20-flowered, narrowly campanulate, 3-4 in. long, numer- 
ous, on slender bracteolate pedicels of 4-% in., in a rather dense 
corymbose or rounded cyme. Calyculus consisting of 3-5 short lan- 
ceolate bracts. Involucral bracts 8-9, linear, pointed at apex, with 
thinner margins, } in. long, subglabrous with ciliolate tips. Florets 
about 20. Ligule of the ray-florets oval-oblong, 3-} in. long, yellow. 
Achenes costate, scattered with short thick hairs. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Q. Dillon § Petit! Schimper! (In thickets reaching 
the top of high ! in Oecst Bot. 
. . gh trees) 7,400 ft. alt., Hildebrandt! fide Vatke in Oesterr. 
Zeitschrift, 1875, p. 329. 
32. S. clematoides, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 
870 more or less cottony-puberulous climbing perennial wiry herb 
Several feet. Branches terete, finely striate, glabrescent. Leaves 
ovate, deeply cordate, acute or acuminate, acutely dentate, rather paler 
neath, 1-33 in. long ; petiole 1-14 in., not auriculate. Capitula nar- 
towly campanulate, 4-3 in. long, on short slender cottony-pubescent 
cels in axillary and terminal rounded dense corymbs. Calyculus 
ynsisting of a few short narrowly linear ciliate bracts. Involucral 
racts 8.9, broadly linear, puberulous or glabrous, obtuse or subacute, 
sory Scarious margins, din. long. Florets about 14, all tubular, yel- 
Ow, the onter one female, the inner hermaphrodite. Achenes glabrous. 
—A. Rich. FI, Abyss. i. p. 442. 
inion U™BG. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! Roth! Mount Aper, Ferret and Ga- 
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