288 Lxxm. COMPOSITE (oliver and hiern). iVemonia, 



lucre, brown, the outer ones the shorter. — Linzia vernonioides^ 

 Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. n. 5 et iii. n. 1995. 

 zrile ILand. Abyssinia, Sckimper ! Pullen ! Parkyns ! Plowden ! 



51. V. nlgritiana, 0. ^ H. Stem erect, woody, 1-2:J- ft. high, 

 simple or branched above ; stem terete, slightly sulcate, scabrid. 

 Leaves alternate, oblong or elliptic, snbcoriaceous, very scabrous on 

 both sides, acute or broadly pointed, cuneately narrowed at base into 

 short petiolp, rather distantly serrulate, 3-7 in. long by 1-8 in. wide, 

 but the upper ones smaller, passing into bracts. Capitula 1^3 in. 

 diameter, many-flowered, on bracteate scabrid peduncles j— -J in. long, 

 arranged in few or several-headed terminal corymbs, rarely solitary. 

 Scales of the involucre lax linear scabrid, in many rows, outer continu- 

 ous with the upper bracts of the pedicel, inner elongate-linear, about 

 twice exceeding the pappus, spreading, tips recurved linear-spathulate, 

 crimson inside. Receptacle narrow, areolate, glabrous. Corolla 

 gradually narrowed, glabrous. Anther-base shortly and acutely pro- 

 duced. Achenes lO-nerved, densely hispid with erect setae. Pappus 



oo-seriate, scabrid, persistent, red-brown, rigid ; outer setae short, inner 

 successively longer. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter i Abbeokuta, Irving ! 



52. V. fillgrera, 0. ^ H. Stem herbaceous, stout, erect, densely 

 leafy, terete, striate, minutely ashen-tomentose. Leaves alternate, 

 petiolate, membranous, ovate-oblong -elliptical or lanceolate, acute 

 base narrowed into the petiole, unequally acutely dentate serrate, 

 nearly glabrous above, paler and thinly tomentose or at length glabrate 

 beneath, 3-6 in. long, 1^-2^ in. broad ; petiole 1 in. or less, dilated at 

 base. Capitula hemispherical, about J in. diameter, on short unequal 

 pedicels, in corymbose terminal panicles ^ ft. wide more or less. Scales 

 of involucre multiseriate, outer herbaceous, linear-subulate, inner 

 oblong or lanceolate, all finely attenuate at apex, terminating in a long 

 filiform tail, loose patent or inner at length recurved, pubescent- tomen- 

 tose externally. Receptacle flat, areolate, glabrous. Corolla-tube 

 slightly but distinctly dilated above. Anther- tips lanceolate, base 

 shortly and obtusely produced. Achenes 10-ribbed, not setulose, with 

 glandular-papillose intervals, callus-based. Pappus uniseriate bar- 

 bellate tawny caducous. — V. hymenolepis^ Vatke in Linneea xxxix. p. 

 477 (1875), non Rich. 



xrile Aand. Abyssinia, 6-10 ft. high ; by banks of rivulets at Gaffat, alt. 

 8100-8200 ft., 10th December, 1863, and Gondar, alt. 6800 ft., 6th November, 1863, 

 Sckimper ! 



53. V. abyssinlca, Sch. Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. n. 

 389. Stem erect, branched, terete, conspicuously striate, softly puberu- 

 lous, early glabrate, 1^2 ft. high. Leaves alternate membranous, 

 lanceolate or narrowly elliptical, acute at both ends, serrate, glabrous or 

 glabrescent, varying up to 2 in. long, J in. broad, subsessile. Capitula 

 campanulate, ^-J in. diameter, on pedicels varying to 1 in. in length, 

 in terminal corymbose panicles. Scales of involucre plunseriate oval- 



