Laggera.] lxxiii. composite: (oliver and hiern). 325 



2. Zi. divaricata, 0. 8f H. Shrnbby, copiously divaricately 

 branched ; branches terete, striate, puberulous, alate, tawny pubesccnt- 

 tomentose. Leaves alternate (upper) oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 entire, scabrid-pubescent, broadly decurrent ; free portion scarcely 

 exceeding -J in. in length. Capitula broadly campannlate, ^'^.^ in. 

 diam., oo-flovrered, on pedicels varying to § in., in wide divaricate leafy 

 much -branched panicles. Scales of involucre multiseriate, linear, 

 acute ; inner glabrous, early subpatent, at length reflexed ; outer 

 pubescent, successively shorter, with recurved herbaceous tips. Re- 

 ceptacle flat, naked. Ray-florets filiform, ligule 0. Anther- base bi- 

 dentate ; tips ' ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Achenes hairy, with basal 

 callus. Pappus of 10-12 setae, uniseriate, subfulvous, shining. 

 Upper Cuinea. Gaboon, 1° N. Lat,, Mann ! 



3. Xi. sqnarrosa, 0. Sf H, A stout erect scabrous herb, 2-3 ft. 

 high or more. Branches terete, striate, thinly hoary-flocculose, alatc 

 with broad continuous wings. Leaves alternate (upper) elongate- 

 lanceolate, subacute, entire, broad at the base, sessile, widely decur- 

 rent, 3 in. long by nearly 1 in. wide. Capitula widely carapanulate or 

 hemispherical, many-flowered, 1-lJ in. diam., on recurved arching pe- 

 dicels ^1 in. long, on the (terminal and) axillary branches of an 

 elongate leafy panicle. Scales of the involucre very numerous, multi- 

 seriate, recurved, covered with whitish curly loose hairs, glandular, 

 narrowly linear-lanceolate, inner narrow-linear, acute. Receptacle 

 plano-concave, naked. Ray-florets filiform. Anther-basebidentateor 

 bhortly sagittate. Achenes thinly pilose. Pappus sordid. 



Mozamb. Btstr. Tette, Dr. Kirk! 



4. Jm, crassifolia, Schultz Bip. in Hh. Schimp. Abyss, sect i. 

 n. 154, iii. 1996. Fruticose, erect, branched, 2-3 ft. high. Branches 

 terete and glabrate below, pulverulent glandular-pubescent or setulose 

 and alate above. Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic or oblong, obtusely 

 pointed or acute, somewhat narrowed at base, sessile, denticulate, glan- 

 dulose-puberulous, venose, decurrent, ranging up to 2-3 in. long by 

 ^-1 in. wide. Capitula campannlate, many-flowered, ^-^ in. diam., 

 erect or subnutant, on unequal peduncles ranging up to f in. long, in 

 pyramidal or elongate terminal panicles, 2-5 in. wide. Scales of invo- 

 lucre multiseriate, acute, inner linear, glabrous; outer lanceolate, 

 puberulous, successively shorter, loosely appressed. Receptacle plano- 

 convex, naked, ^ in. diam. Ray-florets filiform, mouth dentate ; 

 ligule 0. Anther-base bidentate or shortly unequally sagittate, often 

 unequally so. Achenes thinly silky, hairs more or less in longitudinal 

 rows. Pappus sordid. — Pluchea (Laggera) crassifolia, Schultz Bip. in 

 Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. 939; Blumea crassi folia, A.Rich, Fl. 

 Abyss, i. p. 394. 



Abyssinian names Schoyschogo, Ham ad Debet. 

 K'ile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper .' Sennaar, Kotschy ! 



5. Za. tomentosa, Schultz Bip. i/n Hh. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. 

 236. Stiff", erect, freely-branching, shortly hoary-tomentose herb, 5-6 ft. 

 high. Stem subterete, narrowly alate, clothed with short hoary floe- 



