832 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE (oLiyER AND hieen). [Epaltes. 



2. &. g'ariepina (garipina), Steetzin Peters Mossamh. Bot. p. 451. 

 Suffruticose, scabrid-puberulous or subglabrons and glaucescent, mnch- 

 branched, probably 1-3 ft. high or more ; branches more or less alate, 

 rather slender, subterete, striate. Leaves linear-oblong or -lanceolate, 

 acute or mucronate, somewhat or scarcely narrowed towards a decur- 

 rent sessile base, entire or callose- serrulate, 1-2^ in. long by ^-^ in. 

 wide or larger ; upper less. Capitula campanulate or campanulate-ob- 

 long, subturbinate at the base, ^ in. wide, on short pedicels, crowded 3-6 

 together, at the extremities. Scales of involucre multiseriate, ap- 

 pressed, imbricated, coriaceous ; innermost linear or oblong, acuminate, 

 often purplish-tipped ; outer lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, suc- 

 cessively shorter. Receptacle free, elevated, centre concave cupulif orm. 

 — E. alata, Steetz 1. c. p. 452. E. umhelliformis, Steetz 1, c. p. 452. t. 

 49. Ethulia ? gariefhm^ DC. Prodr. v. p. 13. Ethulia alata, Sond. in 

 Linnaea, xxiii. p. 60. Litogyne glabra^ Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. p. 35, t. 155. 

 L. scahra, Harv. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 48. 



wile Ziand. Cordofan, Kotschy ! (probably E. Kotschyi, Sz. Bip. in Schweiiif. 

 and Aschers. Enum. p. 284). 



nxozamb. Blstr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! Dr. Stewart ! Sena, Dr. Peters ! 

 Occurs also in South Africa and, according to Dr. F. W. Klatt, in Mauritius. 



31. SPHJERANTHUS, L. ; Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. PI. ii. 294. 



Capitula heterogamous few- (3-7 usually in Tropical African 

 species) flowered, collected on a plane convex ovoid or elongate com- 

 mon receptacle, in dense hemispherical ovoid or globose heads. Scales 

 of involucre few (3-10), subequal, often cymbiform or conduplicate, 

 subtended by a scale of common axis (axial scale). Pistillate florets 

 2-5 or more ; corolla tubular, often slightly narrowed to the minutely 

 3-dentate mouth ; hermaphrodite (or sterile) florets 1 or 2-3 ; corolla 

 tubular, 5-dentate. Anther-tails short, cohering in pairs, apical con- 

 nective ovate. Style strongly papillose, undivided or shortly bifid. 

 Achenes subterete or slightly compressed, oblong or narrowed below ; 

 pappus 0. — Herbs with alternate, lanceolate oblong or linear, dentate 

 or denticulate, decuri'ent leaves. Heads singly terminating the stem 

 and numerous branches ; capitula small, closely packed. 



A small genus of the Old World Tropics. 



8. nfricanuK, L. Sp. PI. 1314, remains obscure and doubtfully Tropical African. 

 8. angustifiiius, DC. is also doubtful. 



See SphsravthtLs, sp. nov. ? aif, 8. pednvculari, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 XV. p. 91 (1876). 

 Hermaphrodite florets 2-3 in each capitulum. 



Heads of capitula ovoid-oblong. Leaves not decurrent . . 1. 8. Kirkti. 

 Heads of capitula ovoid-oblong. Leaves decurrent . . . .2. 8. spheiwclcoides. 

 Heads of capitula subglobose. Leaves decurrent. 



Glabrous or nearly so Z. 8. suaveolens. 



Hirsute or hoary-tomentose 4:. 8. hirtiis. 



Hermaphrodite florets solitary, one in each capitulum {Oligo- 

 le^is). 



