Gonyzn.] Lxxiii. composure (Oliver and hiern). 313 



or ascending, ^2 ft. high, simple or somewhat branched, subterete, 

 striate, shortly hirsute (except in var. glabra). Leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 or narrowly elliptic, or lower ones oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, sessile, 

 clasping and auriculate-cordate or lower ones gradually narrowed into 

 a more or less winged clasping petiole, membranous, hirsute, dentate 

 or subentire, usually 1-2 in. long by ^—^ in. wide, ascending. Capitula 

 widely campanulate, at length hemispherical, ^ in. diam., shortly pedi- 

 cellate in dense globose terminal cymes about 1 in. diam. Scales of 

 involucre pauci seriate, narrowly linear-lanceolate, rather acute, green 

 and pubescent on the back, with scarious margins ; outer shorter. 

 Receptacle convex, constricted at base, -jVr vj ^^- wide, naked, at length 

 minutely tubercled. Ligule obsolete ; mouth papillose. Anther-tS,se 

 minutely bidentate. Achenes shortly and appressedly pilosulous. Pap- 

 pus minutely scabnd, nearly white. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 387 ; 

 Erigeron Hochstetteri^ Sz. B. ex Schweinf. Fl. ^thiop. p. 147. 



zrile Xiand. Ahyssima, Schimper ! Local name ^c/c?^. 



A. Richard, I. c, makes a plant from the province Ouodgerate, consisting of larger 

 and nearly glabrous specimens collected by Dr. Ant. Petit, into a var. glabra. 



Closely allied, as pointed out by Vatke in Linnaea xxxix. p. 618 (1875), to the 

 Indian C. veroniccpfolia, Wall., from which it differs by less coarsely toothed leaves. 



4. C. Steudelii, Schultz Bip . in Eh. Schimp. Abyss. Sect. ii. 561 

 and 1128. Erect sparingly branched annual of 1^3 ft. ; stem terete, 

 striate, thinly setulose pubescent or glabrate, leafy to the top. Leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate, acute, apiculate ; upper sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 

 base cordate and amplexicaul, lower narrowed below the middle or 

 suddenly contracted into a winged auricled and clasping petiole, mem- 

 branous, serrate-dentate, with mucronate teeth, scabrid or subglabrate, 

 1-4 in. long, ^1^ in. broad. Capitula at length hemispherical, ^— J in. 

 broad, in small dense rounded pedunculate or subsessile cymes, 1-2 in. 

 diam. Scales of involucre pauciseriate, linear- lanceolate, acute, 

 l-nerved, green, pilose, with scarious margins. Receptacle convex, 

 constricted at base, foveolate towards the centre, with toothed margins 

 to the pits. Ligule obsolete. Anther-base obtuse. Achenes thinly 

 very minutely appressed-pubescent. Pappus connate at base in minute 

 ring. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 388 ; Erigeron Steudelii^ Sz. B. ex Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. ^thiop. p. 148. 



Ulle Iiand. Abyssinia, 8-9,000 ft. alt., Sckimperf 



5. C. abyssinlca, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. Sect. i. 

 n. 195. Ascending branched herb, 2 ft. high. Branches teret-e, striate, 

 puberulous, leafy. Leaves narrow-oblanceolate or the upper linear, 

 apiculate, somewhat narrowed to an auricled-cordate sessile base, 

 coarsely and distantly toothed, scaberulous, 1-2^ in. loug by |~4 in- 

 wide ; teeth apiculate ; veined beneath. Inflorescence puberulous. 

 Capitula campanulate, ^— ^ in. diam., on short slender pedicels, in sub- 

 corymbose terminal panicles, 4-6 in. wide. Scales of involucre pauci- 

 seriate, linear-lanceolate, acute, puberulous and glandular on exposed 

 parts on back. Receptacle convex, tuberculate, glabrous. Hermaph- 

 rodite florets 2 or more. Anther-base obtuse. Female florets ; ligule 



