316 Lxxiii. coMPOSiTiE (oLivER AND hieen). ICmyza. 



ther, forming close terminal clnsters. Involucral scales appressed, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, pubescent, usually purple towards 

 the apex and margin. Receptacle foveolate, with obtusely lobed mar- 

 gins to the pits. Ligule of ray-florets obsolete ; mouth papillose. 

 Achenes sparsely shortly pilose. Pappus pale tawny. — A. Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. p. 388 ; Erigeron variegatus, Sch. Bip. in Schweinf. et Asch. 

 Enum. p. 285 ; C. Hochstetteri, Schultz Bip. h. montana^ Vatke in Lin- 

 neeaxxxix. p. 518 (1875). 



xrile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



12. C. Gouanl, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 380. Erect or ascend- 

 ing herb, ^2 ft. high. Stem striate, shortly pubescent or glabrate, 

 branched above. Leaves linear- or oblong- lanceolate narrow- elliptical or 

 oblanceolate, more or less acute, rounded and amplexicaul at the base, 

 sessile, serrulate or subentire, subglabrous, ^-4 in. long, ^— ^ in. broad. 

 Capitula hemispherical, f in. diam., many-flowered, on unequal pedicels, 

 sometimes 1 in. long, in terminal corymbose cymes. Scales of invo- 

 lucre sub-biseriate oblong or narrow-elliptical, obtuse, shortly pube- 

 scent; margins and apex broadly scarious. Receptacle convex, at 

 length constricted at base, closely tuberculate. Ligule obsolete. 

 Achenes glabrous. Pappus iawnj.— Erigeron Gouani, L. C. gnapha- 

 lioides, Sch. Bip. in HId. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. n. 342 ; A. Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. p. 389. 



xrile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Abyssinian name Kasch Kascho. 

 Also in the Canary Islands. 



13. C. clarenceana, 0. ^ H. Herbaceous, erect, stiff, 1-2 ft. 

 high. Branches subterete, hispid. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 apiculate, rounded and amplexicaul at the sessile base, distantly 

 apiculate- serrulate, hispid, 1-4 in. long by J— | in. wide. Capitula 

 hemispherical, ^ in. wide, many- flowered, on unequal pilose-tomentose 

 short pedicels, in congested about 12-headed globose terminal cymes 

 1-2 in. diam. Scales of the involucre oblong or lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, with wide membranous purple margins, pubescent on the 

 back ; outer rather shorter. Receptacle depresso-convex, constricted 

 at base, naked. Ligule of ray- florets obsolete. Achenes . glabrous or 

 with few minute hairs, shining, pale. Pappus pale tawny. — Vernoiiia 

 clarenceana^ Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 11. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, 7500-8500 ft. alt,, Mann ! 



Var. ? abyssinica. Leaves broader towards the base, dentate-serrate, 



Nile Xiand. Abyssinia, iScAi^wpgr/ 



14. C. tig-rensls, 0. ^H. Erect, often slender, herb, unbranched 

 or with weak ascending branches above, 1-3 ft. high. Stem striate, 

 thinly pubescent or setulose. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong or lanceo- 

 late, obtuse or acute, upper sessile, broad and amplexicaul at base, lower 

 petiolate, broadly dentate or subentire, thinly hispid or glabrate, with 

 pale midrib and veins beneath, ^-IJ in. long, or 3 times larger in 

 luxuriant specimens. Capitula ^-^ in. wide, shortly pedicellate, in pe- 

 dunculate loosely panicled clusters or congested heads. Scales of 

 involucre lax or divergent, elliptic- or lanceolate- oblong, obtuse often 



