; { alt, 4 4 
424 LXXUI. COMPOSITZ (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Triptens. 
undivided.” Achenes in our species conspicuously alate ; pappas 0u— 
Herbs or shrubs with alternate or opposite entire or toothed often 
glandular or scabrid leaves, and solitary or loosely panicled pedunculate 
yellow purplish (or blue?) capitula. 
A genus of 25-30 species, chiefly belonging to the Cape. 
Leaves all alternate. Heads rather numerous . . . . . . 1. Z. Vaillant. 
Lower leaves opposite. Heads few. 
Perennial. Leaves all sessile or subsessile . . . . . . 2 7. monocephala. 
Annual. Lower leaves on slender petioles. . . . . 8 TL. Lordit. 
Calendula arvensis, Linn. was found by Schweinfurth in the Great Oasis. 
Tripteris cuneifolia and T. Rueppellii, Schultz Bip. ex Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. 
p. 287, names only, from Abyssinia, are unknown to us. 
1. ©. Vaillantii, Decaisne in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. ii. vol. ii. p. 260 
(1834). Scabrous erect stiff herb, 1-2 ft. high or more. Branches 
striate, leafy below the inflorescence. Leaves all alternate, varying 
from linear to narrowly elliptical, dentate or subpinnatifid, 143 ™ 
long, the upper ones sessile and semiamplexicaul, the lower gradually 
narrowed into a short petiole. Capitula hemispherical, about # 1. 
diam. in flower, on pedicels of 3-7 in. in a lax open corymb. Invo- 
Incral bracts 9-11, } in. long, narrowly linear with a subulate tip, 
reflexed in old fruit. Ligule of the ray-flowers sometimes exceeding 
4 in.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 446; J. cheiranthifolia, Schultz Bip. 2 
Herb. Schimp. Abyss. i. n. 845 & iii. n. 1480. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Parkyns! Petit! Q. Dillon, Roth! alt. 
5,700 ft. ; Somali-land, alt. 6,000 ft., Hildebrandt! 
Occurs also at Mount Sinai. 
2. ‘%. monocephala, 0. § H. Erect subscabrid perennial, about 
2 ft. high. Stems simple or but little branched, terete. Lower leaves 
opposite, narrowly elliptical, sessile or subsessile, narrowed at both ond 
entire or distantly toothed, 14-2 by 1-1; upper leaves sessile, slighty 
amplexicaul, rather smaller, alternate. Capitula hemispherical, scarce'y 
3 in. diam. in flower, solitary, on peduncles of 6-12 in., which bear one 
or more narrow alternate bracts rather smaller than the leaves. Invo- 
lucral bracts linear-subulate, about } in. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Manganja Hills, Meller ! Zambesia, Stewurt / 
3. T. Lordii, O. § H. A decumbent or ascending scabrid-pe- 
bescent annual, 4-6 in. high, rather leafy below, but little branclo 
Lower leaves opposite, petiolate, oval or narrowly elliptical, distantly 
repand-denticulate, obtuse or apiculate, narrowed towards the base, 
14-2} in. long including the petiole of 41 in.; upper leaves alternate 
narrower sessile or shortly petiolate. Capitula campanulate in pag 
in. long, on slender pedicels of 1-24 in., solitary or few in @ ra 
cyme. Involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, 4 in, long, acute, 4/- 
gule of the ray-florets linear, about 2 in.. long. 
Wile Land. Upper Nubia, Hor Tamanib, J. K. Lord / (with label stating that 
the flower is blue). 
