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and pedunculate. Bracts of the involucre acuminate, setose-ciliate, 
sparingly tuberculate-scabrous on the back, more or less callous at the 
base ; the outer ones ovate-oblong, shorter; the inner ones oblong- 
lanceolate. Achenes straw-coloured, obovate, angular-subcompressed, 
altogether without pappus, +/, in. long. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia (cultivated in the Berlin Garden in 1859). 
109. TOLPIS, Adans.; Benth et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 508. 
Capitula homogamons, florets all ligulate. Involucre more or less 
campanulate, bracts pauciseriate, inner linear-lanceolate subequal acute 
with pale margins, outer laxer shorter and narrower. Receptacle 
alveolate. Achenes subterete, longitudinally costate, not narrowed 
above, glabrous ; pappus of about 12 slender 1-seriate sete, simple, ex- 
ceeding the achene, usually with intermediate short or rudimentary 
sete.—Herb with toothed radical leaves and laxly cymosely-branched 
glabrous stem. 
This description applies only to one species, which differs from the more typical 
ones in the pappus. The genus is chiefly confined to the Mediterranean region and 
the Atlantic Islands, 
1. T. abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. i.n. 1. 
Erect alternately branched perennial or biennial, 2-3 ft. high. Stems 
several from the pubescent-tomentose crown of the root, slightly hairy 
at base, glabrousabove. Radical leaves oblanceolate pinnatifidly den- 
te, narrowed at the base, more or less petiolate, sparingly hairy, 
4-8 in. long; stem-leaves few, linear, smaller. Capitula 3-2 in. diam., 
©n pedicels ranging up to 3 in. or more, in a lax open paniculate 
¢yme. Achenes 4}, in. long, ribbed, dark brown.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
1p. 459; Schmidtia abyssinica, Schultz. Bip. J. c. 
Nile Land. ini y ! 
This is probably Sohwuftia amber Cass. (Tolpis altissima, Pers.) a name which 
Was, according to Fresenius in Mus. Senckenb. iii. p- 60, given by Schultz Bip. to a 
specimen collected by Riippell in Abyssinia, Boissier Fl. Orient. iti. p. 725, unites 
orpis abyssinica, Schultz Bip. with 7: altissima, Pers., and gives at the same time 
urther synonymy ; this combination would extend the range of the species to Greece 
and the Levant, 
110. PICRIs, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 511. 
Capitula homogamons, florets all ligulate. Involucre campanulate ; 
ner bracts 1-seriate imbricate subequal linear-lanceolate with a few 
outer much shorter and lax. Receptacle naked or setose. Achenes 
oblong slightly narrowed at each end, more or less longitudinally cos- 
} Pappus setaceous, inner sete plumose, outer very short scabrid. 
~-Acaulescent herb with toothed radical leaves and 1- or few-headed 
Scapes. Capitula yellow. ; 
is mane eoVe description is based upon the only Tropical African species. The genus 
Mainly restricted to Europe, Temp. Asia and North Africa. 
P.t humilis, DO. Prodr. vii. p. 130, described from imperfect material, from Sene- 
1s Unknown to us, 
