290 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND hiern). [Vemonia. 



F. Kotschyana ; setaa rather dilated towards tlie apex, obtnse, barbate. 

 — Ascaricida Buchingeri, Steetz, I.e. 



srue band. Abyssinia, Schimper/ (1853, No. 386.) 



56. V. firma, 0. ^ H. Brancbes softly tomentellons, snlcate. 

 Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends especially towards base, ser- 

 ra-te-dentate, thinly coriaceons, green and glabrons above, soft and 

 smooth beneath with an obsolete tomentnm, pale, tinged with red, 

 shortly petiolate, 2-5 by 1-2 in. Heads campanulate, many- (40-50)- 

 flowered, |— f in. diameter, on rigid pedicels of ^-2^ in., in a stiff 

 corymbose cyme leafy below of 6 in. diameter. Involacral bracts oblong 

 or linear or the outermost lanceolate, puberulons on exposed parts, 

 coriaceous, with a short mostly obtnse membranons apical appendage ; 

 innermost nearly ^ in. long. Corolla rose-bine, nearly J in. long. 

 Achenes y^ i^- ^^^g' closely setulose, 10-costate. Pappus slightly 

 reddish, f in. long. Receptacle nearly flat. 



irile Xiand. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth ! 



57. V. tlgrrenslSv 0. 8f H. A shrub ranging up to ^-^ ft. 

 high. Branches terete, striate, minutely hoary at length nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subacute, narrowed below into the 

 petiole, serrate or serrate-dentate, puberulous-scabrid above, tomentose 

 beneath, 2^-3^ in. long on flosvering shoot, |-1 in. broad; petiole 

 i— ^ in. Capitula 1 J in. diameter, on puberulons peduncles of J-IJ in. 

 m terminal corymbose cymes \ ft. diameter ; scales puberulons or 

 inner glabrous below, ascending ; intermediate linear-oblong with an 

 oblong- or linear -lanceolate subacute appendix separated by but a slight 

 constriction, innermost scales linear acute ; receptacle naked. Corolla 

 not seen (violet-coloured, fide Vatke). Achenes 20-striate, 10 red 

 alternating with 10 nearly black striaB, shortly hirsute with ascending 

 tawny hairs ; setae scabrous, outer very short.- — T. polymorphaj Vatke 

 in Linnaea xxxix. p. 476 (1875), var. y. accedens et ? var. (3. am- 

 higuay Vatke I.e. p. 477. 



Wile Iband. Abyssinia, Schimper! 1862, n. 817; Hildebrandt ! 



58. V. Tenoreana, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lmid. xxix. p. 92. 

 Attaining ^7 ft., branches sulcate, tomentose at first, at length 

 crisped-puberulous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate, or den- 

 tate-serrate with gland-mucronate teeth, narrowed into the petiole, 

 scabrid-puberulous above, tomentose beneath, 5-7 in. long, 1^2 in. 

 broad ; petiole winged nearly to the base. Capitula 1^ in. in expan- 

 sion, on peduncles ^| in., in terminal irregular cymes of 3-5, some- 

 times over- topped by lateral leafy branches ; involucre and peduncle 

 tomentose ; bracts ascending or appressed, appendix of intermedia.te 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate acute or apiculate, with a more or less distinct 

 midrib ; receptacle naked. Limb of corolla gradually narrowed into 

 tube. Anther-tails shortly produced, contiguous connate, together 

 obtuse. Achenes subequally 20-striate, striae often faint, shortly hispid 

 with ascending tawny hairs ; setae very slightly dilated towards apex. 



