94 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
19. NIDORELLA MICROCEPHALA, Steetz, in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 406. 
Hab. 7° 20’ S. lat., 38° E. long. (Nidorella no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 687), Col. 
Grant! Occurs in Zambesia. Nearly allied to М. auriculata, DC., of the Cape. 
[Erect plant, 1-2 feet high, found everywhere near moisture, at 72 20' S. lat. Flowers orange-yellow, 
in October.—J. А. С.) 
90. CoNYZA ÆGYPTIACA, Ait.; DC. Prod. v. 382.— C. echioides, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
i. 888. Í 
Hab. Unyoro, Oct. 1862, Col. Grant! 
A widespread weed in Tropical Africa, extending eastward to India, China, and Australia. 
[Three feet high, with tapering тоо, found in flower, October, in Unyoro. Stem lined with green, 
and waved at its extremity. Flowers greenish yellow.—J. А. б.) 
21. BLUMEA LACERA, DC. Prod. у. 436.— В. Perrottetiana, DC. l. с. 448. В. Wightiana, 
DC. 1. с. 495. В. thyrsoidea, Schultz Bip. in Bot. Zeit. 1866, 166. В. runcinata, App. 
Speke’s Journ. 637. 
Hab. Unyoro, Oct. 1862, Col. Grant! Widely spread in Tropical Africa and Asia, 
_ reaching to Australia. 
[Field-weed, 4 feet high, by cultivation, Unyoro, October. Stem erect; flowers mauve, bell-shaped 
and drooping gracefully ; outer calyx green, with purple tips. The mauve florets bloom all at one time.— 
J.A: Gi] 
22. LAGGERA PTERODONTA, Schultz Bip.— Blumea pterodonta, DC. Prod. v. 448. Lag- 
gera (Blumea) purpurascens, Schultz Bip. in hb. ; Schimp. Abyss. Serratula polygyna, 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 457, tab. 62. Conyza ctenoptera, Kunth, Walp. Rep. vi. 133. 
Hab. Unyoro, Oct. 1862, and Karagué, Feb. 1862 (Blumea nos. 3 & 4, App. Speke's 
Journ. 637), Col. Grant ! 
[Hundreds of young flowerless plants of this, resembling lettuce in growth, are by the Unyoro huts, 
15th October. Our men do not know its use. 3 to 6 feet high, with an herbaceous stem, smelling 
between mint and celery. Тһе whole plant makes the hands sticky. Leaves attaining 7 inches by 4. 
Found also at Karagué; in flower February, at an altitude of 4500 feet.—J. A. G,] 
23. LAGGERA ALATA, Schultz Bip.— Blumea, alata, DC. Prod. v. 448. 
Hab. Unyoro, not in flower, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
In the absence of inflorescence, this may possibly prove a misidentification. Тһе species is widely 
spread m Africa. / 
[Similar in aspect to L. pterodonta ; but this plant 18 not so stieky to the touch, neither does it smell іп 
the same way. Its leaves are quite different, those of the stem quite entire. One specimen only found, 
not in flower. Іп dense vegetation on river-banks, Unyoro.—J. А. G.] 
24. PLUCHEA DIOSCORIDIS, DC. Prod. v. 450. 
Hab. 6° 24 S. lat., 542 E. long., alt. 2900 feet (Pluchea no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 687), 
Col. Grant ! ; | 
[Bush, 5 feet high, growing in a brackish-water country. Flowers (November) pink or lilac. "The 
whole plant has a peculiar smell. Found only at Ugogo on the bank of a dry nullah. The people 
extract salt from its ashes; and nasty bitter stuff their salt is.—J. A. G.] 
25. SPHÆRANTHUS SUAVEOLENS, DC. Prod. v. 370, var. angustifolia.—S. indicus, Gert. 
Fruct. ii. 413, tab. 164. fig. 5 (non Linn.). 8. abyssinicus, Steetz, in Peters, Mossamb. 
Bot. 411. 8. angustifolius, Schultz Bip., in Kotschy, hb. Nub. no. 463. 
