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Негба erecta, verisimiliter 2—4-pedalis, foliosa ; caule longitudinaliter striato, ultimis pubescenti-pube- 
rulis. Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 1-3 poll. lata. Capitula 8 poll. lata; involucri bracteæ nervosæ, spinosæ, 
subtus cano-tomentosæ. Corolle pilosulæ; ligule subtus valide nervosæ. 
Hab. Unyoro, August, and Madi, December 1862 (Cullumia no. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 
638), Col. Grant ! 
[А very handsome plant, with yellow flowers. Found in the forest and near cultivation at 2°-8° N, lat., 
in August and December.—J. А. б.) 
Plate LXVI. fig. 1. Ray-floret ; fig. 2. Style of the same; fig. 3. Disk-floret; fig. 4. 
Stamens ; fig. 5. Style; fig. 6. Achene; fig. 7. Scale of pappus. 
52. ECHINOPS LONGIFOLIUS, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 452, tab. 61.— Echinops no. 2, App. 
Speke's Journ. 688. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant ! Also in Abyssinia and elsewhere in the Upper 
Nile region. 
[Thistle, with elegant leaves and branches, round blue flower, root firmly set in the soil. Found in open 
ground at Madi, 3° N. lat., іп December.—J. А. G.] 
58. ECHINOPS AMPLEXICAULIS, Oliv., sp.nov. Caule erecto, folioso, sulcato, arachnoideo- 
tomentoso; foliis ovatis v. ovato-ellipticis, acutis, spinoso-lobatis, supra tenuiter arach- 
noideis deinde glabratis, subtus cano-tomentosis, reticulatis, sessilibus, amplexicaulibus, 
glomerulo (homomorpho ?) breviter pedunculato terminali; receptaculo communi 
setoso, tandem glabrato; involucri bracteis 20-25, coriaceis, subnitentibus, glabris, mar- 
gine superne dense spinulosis, extimis brevioribus lineari-spathulatis, intermediis lineari- 
ovalibus lanceolatisve longe acuminatis, 5 intimis fere ad medium connatis; antherarum 
caudis linearibus complanatis, obtusis, barbellatis; ovario dense piloso; pappi setis oo 
brevibus linearibus barbellatis, basi in eupulam brevem connatis. 
Herba erecta, 4 ped. alta. Folia superiora conferta, 3-4 poll. longa, 13-21 poll. lata. Pedunculus 
terminalis, pollicem longus v. brevior. Involucrum commune bracteis paucis brevibus arcte deflexis, ob- 
lanceolatis, glabris, apicem versus spinuloso-dentatis, 1 poll. longis. Capitula involucro 1-11 poll. longo, 
bracteis sæpius leviter falcato-curvatis, rigidiusculis, margine setuloso-dentatis, setulis brevibus adscen- 
dentibus. Corolla glabra, profunde 5-partita. Ovarium subturbinatum, dense pilosum. 
Hab. Usui, alt. 4200 feet (Echinops no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 638), Nov. 1861, 
Col. Grant ! 
[Erect, 4 feet high, with prickly leaves, white underneath, and a very handsome head. Flowers pink. 
Found amongst bushes, in a rocky country, altitude 4200 feet, Usui, November, and at Ukidi in the 
November of the following year.—J. A. G.] : | 
Plate LXVII. fig. 1. Receptacle, with setæ and common involucre; fig. 2, Involuere 
and floret; fig. 3. Scale of Involucre ; fig. 4. Stamens; fig. 5. Style; fig. 6. Ovary and 
pappus. 
54. CENTAUREA САГСТТВАРА, L. ; DC. Prod. vi. 597. 2 Зоо 
Hab. By the Nile, about 26° N. lat., Col. Grant! А widespread weed іп South 
Europe and the East. ' 
[Plentiful on the desert-ground near Thebes and Carnac, at 26° N. lat. I saw а camel carrying a load 
of it, probably as fodder. . This thistle (pink flower) is delicately scented. Flowers in May.—J. А. G.J 
55. CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS, L.; DC. Prod. vi. 612. 
Hab. Cultivated at Khartoum, Feb. 1868, Col. Grant ! 
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