2i)6 Lxxiii. COMPOSIT.E (OLIVER AND hiern). [Vemonta. 



panicle. Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, lax ; outer ovate ; inner nar- 

 rowly elliptical, blunt or subapiculate, nearly glabrous, but puberulouB 

 or ciliate towards tip, inner caducous. Receptacle narrow, glabrous. 

 Corolla gradually narrowed. Anther-base produced. Achenes 4-6- 

 sided, glabrous, sessile-glandular. Pappus brittle and caducous, 

 biseriate, barbellate, v^hite ; outer setse shorter, exceedingly caducous, 

 perhaps sometimes altogether wanting, 



Kozamb. Distr. Manganja Hill.s, Mdler .' Shire, Dr. Stewart ! 



75. V. myriocephala, Rich. FZ. Abyss, i. p. 374. Shrubby ; shoots 

 terete, striate, glabrate, puberulous at extremities. Leaves (upper) 

 narrowly oblong or elliptical, acute, sessile, auriculate at the base, 

 membranous, glabrous above, pale-tomentose below, 1-3^ in. long by 

 \-^ in. broad. Capitula turbinate-campanulate, about 10- flowered, 

 J-| in. long, subsessile in small clusters on the divaricate scorpioid 

 branches of dichotomous terminal panicles 5 in. wide. Scales of invo- 

 lucre pluriseriate, elliptical, subglabrate, obtuse, mucronulate; inner 

 deciduous. Corolla gradually narrowed, glabrous. Anther-base short. 

 Achenes densely setulose, lO-costat^e, costse concealed by hairs. Pap- 

 pus biseriate, sordid, setiform, scabrous ; outer sotw shorter. 



lOTile Iband. Abyssinia, Gondar. Q. Billon and Petit 



76. V. podocoma, Sclmltz Bip. ; Schweinf. etAsch. Enum.y-p. 287. 

 Shrub of 2-3 ft. or more ; branches terete, striate ; extremities and leaves 

 beneath hoary-tomentose. Leaves alternate, narrow-elliptic or ovate- 

 elliptic, acute, narrowed to an obtuse or subcordate-base, denticulate- 

 serrate, pubeiTiious, glabrescent above ; upper 2-5 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad; petiole ^1 in.,tomentose. Capitula few-(4-5-) flowered, ^ in. 

 long, sessile or subsessile, in dense spreading terminal and axillary 

 tomentose panicles, ^-1 ft. broad. Scales of involucre pluriseriate, gla- ■ 

 brate or puberulous above, outer smaller, ovate-rotundate, inner at 

 length divergent, caducous, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, mucronate or mu- 

 ticous, darker above. Receptacle glabrous, very narrow. Corolla 

 gradually narrowed. Anther- base acutely produced ; apex of connec- 

 tive lanceolate. Achenes 10-costate, thinly pilose when ripe, with small 

 glandular points visible between the ridges. Pappus duplex, scabrid, 

 pale-tawny ; outer setae much shorter. — F. cylindricay Rich. Fl. Abyss. 

 i. 374, non Schultz Bip. fide Yatke in Linnaea, xxxix. p. 476 (1875). 



irile Itand. Abyssinia, Petit! 



IVIozaxnb. Bistr. Zambesia, Manganja Hills, il/e/^er/ natire name Foutra; fl. 

 in September. 



"77. V. FrancaTillana, 0. ^ H. Shrubby ; shoots subterete, 

 closely and shortly tawny-velvety as well as the petioles and peduncles. 

 Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptical, acuminate, attenuate at the base 

 into tlie petiole, denticulate or subentire, firmly submembranous, sub- 

 glabrous, 3-4 J in. long by 1 in. wide ; petioles patent, about 1 in. long. 

 Capitula campanulate-oblong, 5-flowered, ^— J in. long, subsessile, in a 

 dense terminal corymbose panicle 6 in. wide. Scales of the involucre 

 pluriseriate, pale, shining, subglabrate, outer small, not appressed, 



