326 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE) ("OLIVER AND hiern). [Laggera. 



cose tomentum. Leaves alternate, linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute 

 or subacute and callus-tipped, denticulate or subentire, sessile, decur- 

 rent, floccose, especially beneath, ranging to 2-|-3-J in. or more. Capi- 

 tula broadly campanulate, oo-flowered, J— | in. diam., on unequal 

 hoary pedicels, up to 1 in. long, in few-headed cymes terminating the 

 lateral branches, together forming a loose ample panicle. Scales of 

 involucre multiseriate, inner linear-lanceolate, with a fine acumen, 

 outer lanceolate, tomentose, lax or recurved at tip, often bristle- 

 pointed, much shorter than the inner. Receptacle naked, ^ in. broad. 

 Ray-florets filiform ; mouth 3-4-dentate. Anther-base bidentate. 

 Achenes pilpse. Pappus tawny, obscurely scabrid. — Schweinf. Beitr. 

 Fl. ^thiop. p. 285 ; Blumea tornentosa, A.' Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 394; B. 

 Petitianay A. Rich. 1. c. 395 ; L. Petitiana^ Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. et 

 Aschers JSnura. p. 285. 



xrile Ijand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Roth ! Q. Dillon and Petit ! 

 Abyssinian name Kasch-Kascho. 



6. Xi. alata, Schultz Bip. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. 

 p. 94. Stout, pubescent or tomentose, often glandular, erect, branched 

 herb, 1-6 ft. high. Stem and branches subterete, striate, pubescent, 

 alate, wings continuous, entire. Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptical 

 or elongate oblong, acute or obtuse, more or less narrowed at base 

 especially the lower, sessile or lower sometimes narrowed into winged 

 petiole, decuri'ent, more or less scabrous above, tomentoscrpubescent or 

 subscabrous beneath, dentate or denticulate ; lower, including petioles, 

 sometimes 10 in. long by 1^ in. wide. Capitula widely campanulate, 

 ■|-J in. diam., many-flowered, on spreading or arching pedicels 

 ;^-l in. long, in wide pyramidal terminal panicles. Scales of involucre 

 multiseriate ; inner linear, acute, glabrous or subglabrous, often pur- • 

 plish at tip ; intermediate ones shorter, subglandular-tomentose 

 with spreading or squarrose tips ; outer shortest, spreading, tomentose. 

 Receptacle flat, naked, ^ in. diam., tuberculate. Ray-florets filiform ; 

 mouth 3-4-dentate. Anther-base bidentate, often unequally so or 

 very shortly sagittate, the lobes appressed to filament. Achenes appres- 

 sedly pilose ; hairs in longitudinal rows. Pappus sordid or whitish. — 

 Blumea alata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 448 ; B. oloptera^ DC. I. c. ? 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Niger, Barter! Cameroon Mountains, Mann! 

 Ifile Ziand. Unyoro, Speke and Grant ! Darfertit, Schweinfurth ! (Specimen not 

 in flower, Uke this species but -mth subentire leaves). 

 ILower Cruinea. Congo, Burton! 



1 . Zi. Braunii, Vafke in Liymcea xxxix. p. 486 (1875). Stiff", 

 erect, simple herb, 2 ft. high. Stem terete, puberulous, alate, 

 wings ^-\ in. wide more or less. Leaves alternate, narrow-elliptical or 

 oblong, acute, serrulate, somewhat narrowed at the base, sessile, de- 

 current, scabrid-puberulous, ranging up to 5 in. long by 2 in. wide. 

 Capitula hemispherical, f-l^- in. diam., oo-flowered, subsessile or 

 shortly pedunculate in a terminal simple or slightly branched leafy 

 spike or raceme. Scales of involucre very numerous, multiseriate, 

 linear, acuminate, puberulous ; outer rather shorter, at length diverg- 



