450 LXXII. COMPOSITZ (OLIVER AND HIERN). [Crepis. 
5. ©. Rueppellii, Schultz Bip. in Flora xxii. p. 20 (1839), et in 
Mus. Senck. iii. p. 57 (1839). A dwarf perennial, shining, puberulous, 
14-8 in. high. Radical leaves numerous, forming a rosette, oblanceo- 
late, mostly rounded at the apex, denticulate, attenuate at the base, 
subpetiolate, 3-4 in. long. Capitula 4-2 in. long, on pedicels ranging 
up to 3 in. in pedunculate lax open cymes. Inner involucral bracts 8, 
narrowly lanceolate, puberulous with small gland-tipped hairs, hispi- 
dulous on the keel which is thickened in fruit ; outer narrower, shorter. 
Achenes } in. long, costate, attenuate at the apex into a beak. Pappus 
2 in. long, nearly white.—C. adenothriz, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. 
Abyss. i.n. 217; Brachyderea Riippellii, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Fi. 
AAthiop. p. 283; Barkhausia adenothrix, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 465. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Riippell. ves 
Crepis abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Flora, 1839, p. 20, et in Mus. Senck. iii. p. 56, 
ie. Brachyderea abyssinica, Schultz Bip. ex Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p. 283, ap- 
pears from the description to be only a variety of the above, with a divided root, more 
pubescent, scapes, and rather longer ligules; it was also gathered by Riippell m 
Abyssinia. 
6. ©. achyrophoroides, Vatke in Linnea, xxxix. p. 514 (1875). 
An erect pallid subscabrous perennial herb, about 4 ft. high. Stem 
simple or nearly so, terete, striate. Radical leaves obovate, obtuse oF 
cuspidate, erect, attenuate to a scarcely petiolate clasping base, about 
5 together, 9-11 by 13-24 in., denticulate. Stem-leaves few, smaller, 
ovate or lanceolate, sessile, clasping. Capitula campanulate, about i 
in. long, few. Inner inyolucral bracts 13, subobtuse, puberulous; 
outer pale outside, narrowly elliptical, flat. Ripe achenes not seen; 
pappus subsordid, 4 in. long. , 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
7. GC. Hookeriana, 0. § H. Hispidulous perennial herb, 1-2 
ft. high. Stems erect or ascending, somewhat angular, striate-sulcate, 
leafy at base, with few leaves above. Subradical leaves oblanceolate, 
rounded at the apex, attenuate at the base into a short petiole, re- 
trorsely denticulate, 6-8 in. long; upper leaves lanceolate, sessile, 
amplexicaul, acute, smaller. Capitula 2-3 in. long, on bracteolate 
pedicels of 2-8 in., in a very lax open 2-4-headed cyme. Inner ivo- 
lucral bracts 13, linear-lanceolate, flat, puberulous; midrib black 07 
the back ; outer bracts smaller. Achenes 4 in. long or rather more, 
attenuate at apex into a beak. Pappus sordid, scarcely + in. long. 
Receptacle shortly fimbrilliferous.—Anisoramphus hypocheroides, Hook. 
f,in Journ. Linn. Soe. Lond. vii. p. 204; vix DO. ~ 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 7,000-13,500 ft. alt., Mann ! 
112. LACTUCA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 524 
Capitula homogamous, ligulate. Involucre cylindrical, usually 
narrow in flower, broader in fruit ; bracts in few rows, imbricated, wit 
scarious margins; the innermost elongated, subequal. Receptacle 
flat, naked. Ligule truncate, 5-dentate at the apex. Anther-base 
