VerTwnia.l lxxiti. composite (oliver and hiern). 2>^9 



oblong, outer mnch shorter, lanceolate, narrowed rather abruptly into 

 a lanceolate appendix, yellowish, obscurely 5-7-nerved, glabrous ; 

 outer herbaceous-tipped, tips ultimately spreading. Receptacle 

 glabrous. Corolla gradually narrowed, glabrous, slender below. 

 Anther-base acutely produced. Achenes 20-striate, pubescent with 

 ascending hairs. Pappus 3-4-seriate, reddish-brown, shining, barbel- 

 late ; outer setes shorter. — Walp. Rep. ii. 947 ; Stevgelia controversa, 

 Sch. Bip. ex Walp. I.e. (Teichostemma fruticosum, R. Br. Salt, App. 

 65) ; F. polymorpha, Vatke in Linnaea xxxix. p. 476 (1875), var. micro- 

 cep/ictZa, Vatke I.e., p. 477. 



xrile ^Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Q. Dillon ajid Petit; Tigre-name, Zddn- 

 Kurna, Ferret and Galinier (with whitish pappus and less dentate Itaves). 



54. V. Kotschyana, Sch. Bip. ex Walp. Rep. ii. p. 947, Stem 

 erect terete striate puberulous glabrescent, probably several feet in 

 height. Leaves oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate 

 or denticulate, narrowed into petiole, glabrous or sparsely papil- 

 lose-scabrid above, nearly glabrous or obsoletely tomentose beneath, 

 3-6 in. long on flowering branches |-2^ in. broad, sessile or petiole 

 varying to ^ in. Capitula 1^-2 in. diameter, on puberulous pedun- 

 cles ^2 in. long, in lax terminal somewhat forking cymes ; scales 

 lax erect puberulous or glabrate wavy linear-lanceolate acuminate, 

 the outer continuous from and consolidated with the turbinate di- 

 lated base of the receptacle, the intermediate slightly constricted 

 near the base, 1 in. long, more or less, innermost linear with terminal 

 appendix ; receptacle concave, naked. Corolla gradually narrowed 

 into a long slender tube. Achenes equally 20-striate, shortly pilose 

 with ascending hairs ; setss 3-4-8eriate, finely pointed barbate. — V. poly- 

 morpha, Vatke in Linneea, xxxix. p. 477, /3. amhigun, Vatke I.e. (1875) ; 

 Stengelia Kotschy ana, Jlochst, in Hb. Kotsch. Nub. n. 290; Ascari- 

 cida Kotschyana, Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 359, adnot. 



Xrile Xiand. Petherick! Sennaar and Cordofan, Kotschy ! Abyssinia, Schimper .' 



V. Kotschyi, Schultz. Bip., ex Schweinf. Fl. ^thiop. p. 287, n. 2654 is probably 

 meant for the above species. 



Var. latifolia. Heads few together; pedicels ^-J in. long, not thickened at the 

 apex. Eeceptacle somewhat convex, * in. diameter. Leaves oval, ranging up to 10 

 by 4 in., narrowed at the base into tne short petiole, serrate-dentate, raembranoud, 

 glabrous above, thinly pubescent or obsoletely tomentose beneath. Pappus rufous. 

 Achenes the same as in the species. 



Wile &and. Bongo-land, Schweinfurth ! on rocks near Addai. 



55. V. Buohing'erl, Sch. Bip. ex Steetz in Peters Mosaamh. Bot. 

 p. 359, adnot. Stem erect 1^ ft. from a woody stock, sulcate with thinly 

 scattered pubescence, glabrate. Leaves sessile, almost concealing the 

 stem, oblong-lanceolate, acute, denticulate-serrate with thinly scat- 

 tered minute crisped hairs on both sides. Capitula resembling those 

 of F. Kotschyana in size, in few-headed terminal cymes : appendix of 

 median scales ovate- lanceolate subacute (not acuminate) glabrous or 

 nearly so. CoroUa-tubc gradually narrowed. Achenes jirobahly as in 



VOL. Tll. L 



