Senecio. | LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 421 
37. S. subscandens, Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. iii. n. 1926. 
A glabrous shining apparently scandent herb, somewhat shrubby at 
ase. Branches striate, sulcate or angular, flagelliform. Leaves 
pinnatipartite, oval in outline, 14-4 by 1-2 in. including petiole, rang- 
ing up to 1} in., auriculate at base; lobes usually 3-5 on each side, 
oblong ovate or obovate, the terminal one the largest, repand or 
toothed. Capitula narrowly campanulate, 4-3 in. long, on short slen- 
der pedicels, in rounded dense cymes. Calyculus consisting of a few 
short lanceolate bracts. Involucral bracts 5, broadly linear, }4 in. 
long. Florets about 10-11, all tubular, hermaphrodite. Achenes cos- 
tate, setulose.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 434. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, at elevation of 7,400 ft., Schimper! Roth! 
Mozamb. Distr. Murchison Falls, local name, “ Fantra,” Meller / 
38. Ss. gabonicus, 0. § H. A glabrous shining climbing herb 
of several feet with slender habit. Leaves ovate or oval, pinnatisect, 
acute, patent, 11-41 by 4-2} in. including a petiole of 3-1 in. with 
arge auricles at base; lobes 2-5 on each side with a terminal one, 
. uear or sublinear, acute, patent or recurved, entire or repand, }-1} 
m., the terminal one erect, 2-11 in. long. Capitula narrowly cam- 
Panulate, 3-3 in, long, on short slender bracteolate pedicels, in rounded 
terminal and subterminal cymes. Calyculus consisting of a few 
narrow bracts. Involucral bracts 8, linear, acute, + in. long. Florets 
settler, 10, hermaphrodite. Achenes short, costate, minutely 
Ose. 
Upper Guinea. By River Gaboon, Mann ! 
39. 8, longifilorus, 0. § H. An erect glabrous fleshy rigid pe- 
‘ennial, shrubby, much-branched, 14-2 ft. high. Stem and branches 
angular, Leaves scale-like, distant, subulate, }-3 in. long. Capitula 
subcylindrical, 1-1} in. long, narrow, on stout peduncles of $-} in., 2-5 
gether terminating the branches and short lateral shoots. Calyculus 
yousisting of a few minute scales or obsolete. Involucral bracts 5-6, 
h “ar, tapering upwards, striate, 1? in. long. Florets all tubular, 
“rmaphrodite, 5-10, about double the length of the involucre. 
: chenes costate, subcylindrical, ranging up to } in. long, setulose be- 
Ween the ribs. Receptacle alveolate, fimbrillate ; fimbrille caducous, 
port—Kleinia longiflora, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 837; Harv. Fl. Cap. in. 
of 1000 aRa. Abyssinia, Roth! (fall of a resinous balsamic a ~_— 
ith ren, Central. i, Ho. inf at the junction of the © 
With the Shasha Tivers, ae Xgami, Hb. Dublin j 
ceurs also in the Kalahari region of South Africa. 
40. s, kleinioides, O. § H. Woody, quite glabrous. Branches 
robust, marked with the  remsinences at the tes of the leaves, crowded 
the lower part, distant above. Leaves fleshy, obovate-oblong, quite 
Sutire, subobtuse or acute, callous-mucronate, contracted at the quasi- 
Petiolate base. Heads cylindric-obconical, on short thick pedicels, 
