Conyza.] lxxiii. composite] (Oliver and hiern). 315 



volnoral scales in about 4 rows, more or less pubescent and scattered 

 with small glands at the back, linear-lanceolate, acute, narrow ; the 

 inner ones subscarious, the outer smaller, green. Ligule 0. Recep- 

 tacle depresso-convex, i in, diara., punctate, not alveolate. Achenes 

 glabrous. Pappus white or nearly so. — Sieber Fl. Seneg. Exsicc. n. 42 ; 

 Blumea senegalensiSy DC. Prodr. v. p. 449 ; B. guineensis, ft. foliolosa, 

 DC. I. c. ; B. auritay y. inossamhiquensis^ Steetz in Peters Mossamb. 

 Bot. p. 437. 



ITpper Guinea. Senegambia, Bousillon ! G. Bon ! Sieber ! 

 Mozaznb. Bistr. Sena, Teter& ! 



9. C. pectlnata, Schultz Bip. mss. in Hb. Berol. Branches terete, 

 obscurely sulcate, puberulous with fine spreading pale hairs, leafy. 

 Leaves (upper) lanceolate, acute, sessile, subamplexicaul at base, 

 incise-pinnatifid, with linear-lanceolate patent or arching teeth, thinly 

 hirsute or scabrid, midrib beneath prominent, 1^2 in. long by ^— J in. 

 wide. Capitula hemispherical, many-flowered, §— J in. diam., on pedi- 

 cels ^— I in. long, in lax corymbose terminal cymes. Scales of involucre 

 pauciseriate, linear-lanceolate, acute, glandular and hispid ulous, -j^ in. 

 wide or narrower. Receptacle glabrous, tuberculate, x&— f ^' "wide, 

 discoid, much constricted at base. Ray-florets filiform ; ligule obso- 

 lete ; tube thinly pilose above. Anther-base bidentate ; tip oblong- 

 lanceolate. Achenes compressed, thinly hairy, vdth ascending hairs, 

 oblique at apex. Pappus uniseriate, scabrid, sordid. — Erigeron pecti- 

 natusy Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. -^thiop. i. p. 147. 



xrile band. Abyssinia, 8,000 ft. alt.; Schimper/ 



10. C. nana, Schultz Bip. in Hh. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. n. 1170. 

 Perennial, ceespitose, dwarf herb, scarcely 1 in. above the ground. 

 Stems short, concealed by leaves, pilose-tomentose. Leaves crowded, 

 upper linear-oblong or -spathulate, denticulate or entire, scabrid- pubes- 

 cent, J-|in. long ; radical spathulate, elongate-attenuate at base, glabrous 

 or nearly so, f-lj in. long. Capitula campanulate, f in. wide, many- 

 flowered, solitary, subsessile, terminal. Scales of the involucre pauci- 

 seriate, lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent; margins and tips purple, 

 3-nerved. Receptacle depresso-convex, constricted at base, foveolate. 

 Ligule of ray-florets rudimentary, papillose-laciniate. Anther-base 

 minutely bidentate. Achenes (immature) compressed, pilose. Pappus 

 pale tawny. — Erigeron nanus, Sz. Bip. in Schweinf. et Asch. Enum. 

 284. 



Wile band. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



11. C. varlegrata, Schultz Bip. in Kb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. 

 n. 1385. Low often tufted herb of J-^ ft., from a perennial stock. 

 Stems simple from base, pubescent. Radical leaves elliptical or oblong- 

 elliptical, obtuse, long-petiolate, cauline from ovate-lanceolate to oblong 

 or narrow-oblanceolate, sessile, uppermost araplexicaul, all pauciden- 

 tate, broadly pointed or obtuse, mucronulate, thinly hispid ; lamina of 

 radical leaves 1 in. more or less long. Capitula campanulate, J in. 

 diam., many-flowered, on very short hairy pedicels, or sessile 3-8 tog©- 



