968 Compositae. 
but slightly compressed, with or without a distinct cartilaginous 
apex, equalling or narrower than the ovary in diameter, bordered 
by the minute free subpaleaceous teeth of the pappus. — Erect or 
ecumbent more or less hairy herb. Leaves alternate pinnatifid. 
Capitula yellow of medium-size, terminal or leaf-opposed. 
A small genus widely distributed through Egypt, parts of Asia and 
tropical Africa. 
1329. Grangea maderaspatana Poir. Encyclop., Supplem. I 
(1811) p.825. — Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p. 176. — Aschers.-Schweinf. 
Ill. Flor. @Eg., p.85 no.512. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 244. — Cotula Sphaeranthus Link Enum. Plant. Hort. Berol. I, 
p. 344. — Grangea Sphaeranthus C. Koch in Bot. Zeitg. I (1843), 
p.41. — Grangea aegyptiaca DC. Prodrom.V, p. 373 (only a form 
with thickened apex of the achene more or less constricted). — 
Grangea procumbens DC. Prodrom. V, p. 373 (a form with which the 
apex of the achene is not or but slightly thickened, and ray-flowers 
are 2-seriate). — Grangea Adansonii Cass. Dict. XIX, p. 304. — 
Procumbent, or ascending, branching, often freely from the crown, 
hirsute herb, varying from a few cm to 30 cm or more. Leaves 
obovate pinnatifid winged to the sessile base, 1—8 cm long, lobes 
oblong or obovate obtuse entire or toothed. Capitula 5—7 mm 
diameter, solitary or 2—3 together, terminal or leaf-opposed on 
peduncles of 5mm to 2,5em. Involueral scales oval obtuse pubescent 
or hirsute. — Flow. February to April. 
N. d. Alexandria; Damietta; Mehallet-el-Kebir; Fakus; Cairo; 
Shubra. — N.f. Medinet-el-Fayiam; Tamia; Sentris. — O. Great 
Oasis. 
Also known from Tropical Africa. 
548. (8.) Ceruana Forsk. 
Capitula heterogamous disciform many-flowered; outer florets 
female, 2—3-seriate, disk-ones bisexual. Involucre hemispherical, 
scales 2—3-seriate, ‘herbaceous, outer often leafy. Receptacle flat, 
tubercled, paleaceous, paleae coriaceous linear exceeding the ovaries. 
Corolla of the female flowers narrow-tubular, mouth obliquely toothed 
or with a rudimentary ligule; of the bisexual flowers campanulate 
narrowed into tube. Anther-base obtuse entire. Style-branches with 
lanceolate acute papillose appendices. Achenes compressed or ob- 
scurely angled, crowned with a minute papillose-setiform annulus. 
— Krect rigid herb. Leaves alternate toothed or pinnatifid. Capitula 
erect, cymose, yellow. 
Based upon the following species; occurs in Egypt and Tropical Africa, 
