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exteriore squamiformi, interiore setaceo, setis circiter 10-15, barbellatis, basin versus 
attenuatis. 
Rami graciles, crassitie penne corvinæ. Folia 3-13 poll. longa, AA poll. lata. Pedunculi 1-3 poll. 
longi, егесі. Capitula 4 poll. diam. 
Hab. Ву the Nile, 16° N. lat., April 1868, Col. Grant ! 
Identified, perhaps incorrectly, with the plant called by Dr. Anderson, in his * Florula Adenensis,' 
р. 22, Varthemia arabica (non Boissier), under which name it occurs in App. Speke’s Journ. 688. 
[Found in seed, 16th April 1863, on the right bank of the Nile, at 169 N. lat., and at no other part 
of the journey.—J. А. б. 
Plate LXIV. А. fig. 1. Ray-floret ; fig. 2. Disk-floret; fig. 3. Stamens; fig. 4. Style- 
branches; fig. 5. Setæ of pappus. 
39. ANISOPAPPUS CHINENSIS, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. 196. Herba annua, erecta; 
caule, superne ramoso, costato, hirtello; foliis oblongo- v. lineari-ovalibus obtusis, obtuse 
dentatis, scabrido-puberulis, petiolatis; capitulis hemisphæricis, pedunculatis, laxe co- 
rymbosis ; involucri bracteis pubescentibus, ovalibus oblanceolatisve, obtusiusculis, exte- 
rioribus paucis brevioribus ; receptaculo convexo, glabro, paleis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, 
carinatis, rigidiusculis, floribus disci paulo brevioribus; acheniis parce setulosis.— Fer- 
besina chinensis, L.; DC. Prod. v. 618. | | | 
Herba pedalis, crispe pubescens. Folia 13-24 poll. longa, 4-4 poll. lata; petiolus 1-4 poll. longus. 
Capitula 4—4 poll. lata. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, in flower (Poloa? no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 638), Col. Grant ! 
Also in South China. | 
[Common at 3? N. lat., in December, on sandy soil near water. Erect; 1 foot high. Flowers yellow. 
АС 
Plate LXIV. В. fig. 1. Ray-floret; fig. 2. Disk-floret ; fig. 3. Stamens; fig. 4. Асһеле; 
fig. 5. Seale of pappus. 
34. AMBROSIA MARITIMA, L.; DC. Prod. v. 525; App. Speke's Journ. 698. 
Hab. Banks of the Nile, about 16° N. lat., Арг. 1863, Col. Grant ! Соттоп in North 
Africa, Mediterranean countries, and the Levant. 
[A bushy plant, covering the sloping clay banks of the Nile at lat. 16° М. Not in flower now (in April). 
TAG! 
35. ECLIPTA ALBA, Hassk.; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 536.—£. erecta, L., and A. prostrata, 
L.; DC. Prod. у. 490. Е. erecta, App. Speke's Journ. 638. 
Hab. 7280 S. lat., Col. Grant! А common tropical weed. 
[Weed, 1 to 2 feet high, with white flowers, growing at 717 5. lat., in October.—J. A. G.] 
36. WEDELIA MOSSAMBICENSIS, Oliv., sp. nov. Herba erecta, hirsuta, e basi lignosa ; 
caule gracili, striato, pilis setiformibus basi dilatatis subpatentibus parce hirsuto ; foliis 
ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, denticulatis, subappresse hirsutis, triplinerviis, subsessilibus, 
basi rotundatis euneatisve ; capitulis terminalibus peduneulatis; involucri bracteis exte- 
rioribus foliaceis, ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis, strigosis ; ligulis oblongo-ellipticis, involu- 
crum superantibus; pappo brevi, eupuliformi, laciniato, cum aristis 2 oppositis corollæ 
basin tubuliformem subæquantibus; acheniis appresse hirsutis.—? Menotriche strigosa, 
Steetz, in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 475. 
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