420 LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Senecio. 
33. S. deltoideus?, Less. ; Syn. Gen. Comp. p. 392. A puberu- 
lous small climbing herb, of several feet, divaricately branched. 
Branches sulcate-striate, terete. Leaves ovate-lanceolate (or deltoid), 
broadly hastate, multidentate, 1-3 in. long ; petiole 4-1} in., auriculate 
at the base. Capitula (narrowly) campanulate, } in. long, on short 
pedicels, in axillary and terminal dense rounded corymbs. Calyculus 
consisting of afew short bracts. Involucral bracts broadly linear, (5-)8, 
subobtuse, 4 in. long, subglabrous. Florets about 16, all tubular, 
hermaphrodite. Achenes glabrescent. 
South Central?. Muata Manja, alt. 4,000 ft, in shady places by water 
courses, Kirk ! . 
Our specimen differs from the type of S. deltoideus, which occurs in many places n 
Natal and Eastern districts of Cape Colony, by more lanceolate leaves, by about 8 
instead of 5 involucral bracts, and by about 16 instead of 5-6 florets in each head ; it 
may not improbably prove to be a distinct species. 
34. S. Tedliei, 0. & H. Scandent, herbaceous above. Branches 
terete, striate, puberulous towards the extremities, glabrescent. Leaves 
secund, petiolate, ovate, acuminate, repand-angular below, glabrous, 
membranous, very obtuse or somewhat excavated at the base, about 
2 by 14 in., besides puberulous exauriculate petiole of 2 in. Capitula 
discoid, at length hemispherical, 3-2 in. long, on rather short pubes- 
cent pedicels in dense lateral and terminal cymes. Involucral bracts 
narrowly linear-lanceolate acute, about 12, about } in. long, glabrate 
except base. Calyculus scarcely present. Achenes black (in the dry 
state), glabrous. 
Upper Guinea. Ashantee, Tedlie! Vernacular name, “ Yangkompno.” See 
Bowdich, Mission to Ashantee, p. 372; the pounded leaves are said to be applied to 
cuts and contusions. 
35. S. Forbesii, 0. § H. Scandent with elongated wiry glabrous 
stem and branches. Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends, coarsely 
dentate, puberulous, 14-8 in. long ; petioles ranging up to 4 in., not 
auriculate at base. Capitula campanulate, £ in. long, discoid, on rather 
short slender and puberulous pedicels in few-headed pedunculate cymes. 
Calyculus consisting of unequal narrowly linear appressed bracts. 
Involucral bracts about 12, narrowly linear, acute, glabrous, nearly 
equalling the florets. Florets numerous. Achenes glabrous. 
Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes! 
_ 36. S. Biafree, 0. § H. A glabrous shining climbing herb, 8 ft. 
high, with patent mostly unilateral branches. Leaves ovate or Ov, 
mostly hastate, remotely dentate, sometimes pinnately tripartite with 
one large hastate lobe and two narrower lateral ones, acuminate, 1-3 
by 4-1} in. or larger; petiole 3-14 in. long, exauriculate (in oF 
specimen). Capitula narrowly campanulate, 4-3 in. long, on short 
slender pedicels in dense rounded terminal and subterminal cymes. 
Calyculus consisting of a few short filiform acute bracts. Involuc 
bracts 8, linear, acute, din. long. Florets all tubular, hermaphrodite, 
about 10. Achenes glabrous or very nearly so.— 9. Bojer, Hook. f. 0 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 202, non DC. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains, 2,500-7,500 ft. alt., Mann / 
