Orepis. | LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 449 
Capitula about 4 in. long, on pedicels ‘ranging up to 1 in., in rather 
dense cymes. Inner involucral bracts about 13, lanceolate, hispid 
with black and green hairs; outer bracts narrow, shorter. Achenes 
tin. long, costate, attenuate at apex into a beak. Pappus } in. long, 
sordid.— Barkhausia Schultzit, Hochst. 1. c.; A. Rich. FI. Abyss. i. p. 
a j Drackydercoa Schultzii, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Fl. Aithiop. 
Pp. . 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
2. G. carbonaria, Schultz Bip. in Flora xxii. 19 (1839), et in 
Mus. Senckenb. iii. 54 (1839). Slender shining puberulous perennial 
herb, 6-15 in. high. Radical leaves numerous, diffuse, obtuse, apiculate, 
runcinately toothed or pinnatifid, membranous, on petioles of 44 in., 
altogether abont double as long, terminal lobe $-14 in. wide, the other 
lobes small; stem-leaves very few, narrower. Capitula 4-2 in. long, 
solitary or few together, pedunculate. Inner involucral bracts 13, 
linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, thinly tomentose and hispid with black 
hairs ; outer bracts smaller. Achenes about ¢ in. long, attenuate at 
apex into a slender beak. Pappus subsordid, } in. long—Barkhausia 
carbonaria, A. Rich. FI. Abyss. 1. p. 465 ; C. tenerrima, Schultz Bip. in 
Herb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 677; B. tenerrima, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 
P. 464; Brachyderwa carbonaria and B. tenerrima, Schultz Bip. in 
Schweinf. FI. Adthiop. p. 283. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, alt. 10,500 ft., Schémper ! 
3. ©. Mewii, O.§ H. Perennial. Rootstock thick. Flowering 
stems Scabrous-hispid and puberulous, nearly leafless above the base, 
about 1} ft. high. Radical leaves obovate, cuspidate, dentate with 
acute backward teeth, attennate to the sessile base, hispid especially on- 
the midrib on both sides, 3-4 in. long, about 1 in. wide. Capitula 
2310. long, on pedicels of 14-8 in. long, about 5 in a lax corymbose 
‘yme. Inner involucral bracts 13, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, shortly 
pubescent and sparingly hispid along the back ; outer bracts smaller. 
‘ppus subsordid, 53, in. long. 
Mozamb. Distr, Kilima-njaro? Rev. C. New / 
_ 4. 6. Schimperi, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. 1. n. 295. 
Hispid annual, simple or branched from the base, 3-15 in. high. 
“ves oval or oblong, pinnatifid or dentate, hispid, obtuse or acute, 
~nging up to 34 by 14 in.; the radical ones several, attenuate at base 
ntoa short petiole; the stem-leaves fewer; the upper ones sessile, am- 
Plexicanl. Capitula 4-2 in. long., on pedicels of $44 in., na lax open 
‘yme. Inner involucral bracts 13, lanceolate, with strongly hispid 
eel and puberulous; outer bracts shorter. Achenes 3-3 in. long, 
> ®nuate at apex into a beak ; pappus }in. long, subsordid.—Schultz 
‘P- mn Schweinf. Fl. Althiop. p. 144; Barkhausia Schimperi, Schultz 
oe - lcs A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 446; ? Homalocline Schimper, 
chultz Bip. in Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p- 285. 
Wile Lana. ini ! 5,700-9,300 ft. alt., Q. Dillon, Petit. 
VOL, in Abyssinia, Schimper! 5,7 o@ 
