Vemotiia.] lxxiii. coMPOsiTiE (oliyee and hiern). 283 



38. V. pauolflora, Less.; DC. Prodr. v. p. 61. Animal, erect, 1-4 

 ft. high. Stem simple or branched, terete, striate, pubescent. Leaves 

 alternate, elongated, acutely attenuate at both ends, serrulate, mem- 

 branous, puberulous when young, slightly rough to the touch, ranging 

 up to 6 in. long by J in. wide, dull yellowish green. Capitula |-lj in. 

 wide, on pedicels up to 3 in. long, in a rather lax terminal forking 

 often leafy cyme, ^1 ft. long, ^^ ft. wide. Scales of the involucre 

 pluriseriate, linear, acute, 1-3-nerved, glandular and softly pubescent, 

 the lower ones filiform at apex, scabrid, and in fruit patent or recurved, 

 darker at tips. Receptacle naked, areolate. Corolla purple, gradually 

 and slightly narrowed, glandular. Anther-base scarcely produced. 

 Achenes covered with erect hairs, obscurely lO-costate, some of the 

 ribs occasionally obsolete, callus-based. Pappus whitish, duplex, bar- 

 bellate, persistent ; outer setse very short, inner ^ in. long. — Conyza 

 pauciflora^ Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1927. V. senegalemis, Desf. non Less, ex 

 DC. 1. c. F. Petitiana, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 373. Conf. V. Bojeri, Less ; DC. 1. c. 



Vpper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! Baikie ! Dahomey, Burton ! Senegambia, 

 Bidjem! Roger! 



xrortb Central. Middle Soudan, Beurmann,Me Schweinf. Ber. Beurm. Pfl. in 

 Zeitsehr. Allg. Erdk. xv. p. 300 (1863). 



ZTile ILand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Sect. iii. n. 1724, Q. Dillon and Petit! 

 Ehrenberg ! Hildehrandt ! ; Cordofan, Kotschy ! Eed Sea, Hakeko, Lord! 

 Mozamb. Dlstr. Bagomojo, Hildebrandt. 



39. V. pteropoda, 0. ^ H. Stem herbaceous, subterete or 

 slightly angular, striate, thinly pubescent- torn entose or glabrate, 2-3 

 ft. Leaves alternate, membranous, ovate or elliptical, acute or finely 

 acuminate, abruptly or gradually attenuate below into the petiole, in 

 the larger leaves acutely unequally incise-dentate or in smaller leaves 

 with short setiform teeth, nearly glabrous or thinly papillose-scabrid 

 above, especially on the reticulation beneath ; 5-7 in. long, 1^-4 in. 

 broad ; leaves of lateral shoots smaller lanceolate, finely narrowed to 

 each end ; petiole ^-J in., gradually dilating above. Capitula 12-15- 

 flowered, campanulate, ^ in. diam., on short slender pedicels in terminal 

 and smaller lateral leafy panicles, -^—1 ft. wide. Scales of involucre 

 pluriseriate, outer ovate or ovate-elliptical, inner oblong or lanceolate, 

 subacute, mucronate, glabrous or nearly so, pale with greenish tips. 

 Receptacle narrow, flat, areolate. Corolla gradually narrowed. An- 

 ther-base obtuse. Achenes glabrous or very minutely scabrid, 10- (8)- 

 costate, some of the ribs occasionally lost, callus-based. Pappus white, 

 duplex, scabrous ; inner setae caducous, outer very short. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mt. Chiradzura, Manganya Hills (Sept.), Dr. Meller ! 



40. V. seneg'alensls, Less. inLinncea, iv. 265; non Desf. Shortly 

 softly tomentose shrub of 10-15 ft. ; branches alternate terete striate. 

 Leaves alternate, more or less elliptical, usually narrowed at both ends, 

 broadly pointed or obtuse, nearly glabrous above, tawny-tomentose 

 sometimes subglabrescent beneath, subentire or sinuate, varying to 

 6 in. long, 3 in. wide, smaller above ; petiole up to 1^ in. or more. 

 Capitula ^-^ in. diam., on pedicels varying to | in. long, in terminal 

 divaricate panicles, ^1 ft. diam. Scales of subuvceolatc involucre 



