100 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
47. EMILIA CÆSPITOSA, Oliv., sp. nov. Caulibus numerosis, adscendentibus, sæpius 
1-2-ramosis, basin versus obsolete pubescentibus, superne teretibus glabris, glaucescenti- 
bus; foliis lineari- v. oblongo-lanceolatis, caulinis 1-2 amplexicaulibus, integris, glabris, 
glaucescentibus; pedunculis erectis, gracilibus; capitulis mediocribus, aurantiacis, homo- 
gamis ; involucri bracteis 10-14, uniserialibus, æquilongis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, extus 
pilosulis, disco brevioribus, margini receptaculi subturbinati glabri insertis; acheniis 
angustis, subeequaliter 5-angulatis, glabris v. obsolete setulosis; pappo albo, scabrido, 
deciduo. 
Caules cæspitosi, 2-1 ped. alti. Folia inferiora 2-3-poll. longa. Capitula å poll. lata; floribus herma- 
phroditis v. nonnullis sterilibus. Anthere basi obtuse. Styli rami lineares, apice in appendicem longius- 
culam producti. e 
Hab. Karagué, Feb. 1862 (Emilia no. 8, App. Speke's Journ. 638), Col. Grant ! 
[9 inches high, а bushy plant with а fibrous root and round smooth slender stems, found in 
cultivated ground. Flowers orange. Karagué, March.—J. А. С.) 
48. SENECIO DISCIFOLIUS, Oliv., sp. nov. Annua; caule erecto у. adscendente parce 
ramoso, pilosulo; foliis orbieularibus, apice depressis v. retusis, repando-dentatis, in 
petiolum alatum longiusculum repente angustatis, glabris v. nervo medio parce pilosulis ; 
peduneulis longis, gracilibus, glabris, monocephalis, apice turbinatim dilatatis ; capitulis 
mediocribus, radiatis, ecalyculatis; involucri bracteis uniseriatis, æquilongis, oblongis, 
apice triangulari-aeutatis, glabris; ligulis flavis, recurvis patentibusve, involucro brevi- 
oribus ; ovariis pilosulis ; pappo albo, tenuissimo ; acheniis .... 
Herba l-2-pedalis. Folia cum basi contracta petioliformi ad 3 poll. longa, lamina ad 2 poll. lata. 
Pedunculi 5-4 poll.longi. Capitula 1 poll. lata. 
Hab. Uganda, July 1862 ( Emilia no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 638), Col. Grant ! 
I think, nearly allied to S. bellidifolius, A. Rich., FI. Abyss. i. 439 ; differing in its long peduncles and 
much larger heads. 
[Grows at 1? N.lat., in the plantain-groves. Flowers (July) orange-coloured ; stems often found 
leafless.—J. A. G.] 
A9. SENECIO, sp. 
An annual glabrous herb, with the lower leaves wanting. The specimens, so far as they go, agree 
nearly with S. abyssimicus, Schultz Bip.; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 488. 
Hab. Unyoro, Nov. 1862 (Senecio no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 638), Col. Grant ! 
[ Weed in the fields of Unyoro, November.—J. A. G.] 
50. GAZANIA, 8р. ? 
А single small seedling specimen, with slender leafy stem 1 foot long, terminating in a single radiate 
capitulum. I should not be justified in describing the species from such imperfect material. 
Hab. 5° 5 8. lat., alt. 3900 feet (Cullumia no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 638), Col. Grant ! 
( Diminutive plant at 5° 5' S. lat., alt. 3900 feet. Т.А. G.] 
51. BERKHEYA SPEKEANA, Oliv., sp. nov.  Erecta, ramosa; caule subtereti, puberulo, 
deinde glabrato ; foliis lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve, acutiusculis, remote spinoso-dentatis, 
sessilibus, semiamplexicaulibus, haud decurrentibus, supra appresse setosis, subtus tomento 
albo denso canis ; capitulis majusculis, ramulos terminantibus ; involucri bracteis nume- 
rosis, laxis, linearibus v. lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, spinosis, floribus radii brevioribus : 
receptaculo profunde alveolato, alveolis irregulariter fimbrilliferis ; antheris basi acute 
зас айв, pappi squamulis circiter 15-90, ovario æquilongis, oblanceolatis, erectis. 
