Erythrocephalum ] LXxxt1l. COMPOSITH# (OLIVER AND HIERN). 441 
and shorter bipartite inner lip. Anther-base produced in oblong fim- 
briate or ciliolate appendices connate in pairs. Style-branches re- 
curved, apices truncate or shortly conical. Achene thick, ellipsoidal, 
5-angled ; pappus of few (4-5) caducous narrow-linear Bette. -Btect 
herbs (in one species at least tuberous-rooted), with alternate entien- 
late or entire leaves, hoary beneath, and terminal solitary pedunculate 
scarlet capitula. 
: Confined to Eastern Africa. 
eeth of the leaves acute. ; 
Leaves narrowly oval. Heads erect. 2. 2 ee ew ee : - sanaesiancin. 
Sarai broadly oval Heads drooping ae ew ew we BEM . 
eeth 0. € leaves Obtuse or near . . . 
Leaves 4-74 in. long... ” a rr 5: 7 long folium. 
Leaves 1-2in.long . 2... etter e 4 . 
1. E. zambesianum, 0. §- H. Stem white-cottony, apparently 
simple, leafy. Leaves oval or linear-elliptical, acute, nerows tone s 
the sessile semi-amplexicaul base, acutely serrulate, waite-00 ony 
beneath, glabrescent above, 13-5 by 3-1 in. Capitula so itary, re 
minal, erect, 2-3 in. long. Peduncle 1-1} in. Tnvolueral, “ 
lanceolate, outer about 2 in. long, margins reddish, fimbriate- en tie 
a Ligule 3-4 in. long; inner lip bipartite, partitions linear, }-} in. 
ong. Ovary puberulous. 
Mecano R. Shire Valley, Wadler! Manganja country, alt. 3,000 ft., 
Kirk! (flowers scarlet). 
2. E. nutans, Benth. ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn, Soc. Lond. i P. 
102, t. 69, Thinly white-arachnoid on the stem underside 0 a 
and involucre, nearly 1 ft. long. Stem striate simple be ow, a rs 
6-leaved. Leaves broadly oval, obtuse or cuspidate, narrowed ° 
Sessile or subsessile amplexicaul base, acutely and unequal y lenticn- 
late, 2-7 by 1-34 in. Capitula solitary, terminal, drooping, | in. ong 
exclusive of the rays). Peduncles about 6 in. long. 1 ne ae 
racts -lanceolate, outer 4 in. long, margins fimbriate- entio _ . 
Ligule about 1 in. long ; inner lip of 2 lanceolate teeth about F i. : g: 
scenes scabrid, obsoletely pubescent.—Aretotis ??, n. 1, T. Thoms. 
eke, Journ. . p. 638. 
"mt and, oe Pe ose E. Long, alt. 3800 ft., Speke and Grant! (flowers 
bright Scarlet), oe 
3. E. longifolium, Benth.; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. peeil A eres 
Xxix. p- 102. Root tuberous. Stem thinly white-cottony, ra ee 
than a foot high, somewhat branched, leafy. Leaves obova yreenare te 
obtuse or apiculate, obtusely or subobsoletely dentin a ning 
the sessile base, whitish-cottony beneath, glabrescent he ne pa ae 
pe to 73 by 23 in. Capitula solitary, terminal, erect, abou 4a at tho 
edancle about 4 in. Involucral bracts i aeeerbigint or he baceow. 
tip. Ligule about 4 in. long; inner lip bipartite, pe " + Thome 
near, about 3 in. long. Ovary pubescent.—Aretotis //, n. 4, +. 
n Speke, Journ., App. p. 638. 
scarlet, 
Wile Lana, East Equatorial Africa, Speke and Grant! (flowers deep scarle 
‘ommon), 
