Sphmranthus.'] Lxxiii. coMPOSiTiE (Oliver and hiern). 333 



Heads of capitula distinctly stalked. Outer axial scales 

 short. 



Tomentose or pubescent b. 8. polycqjhalxis. 



Glabrous or puberulous 6. iS. Steetzii. 



Heads of capitula subsessile or shortly stalked. Outer ax- 

 ial scales nearly equalling the heads 1. S. nuhicus. 



1. S. ILlrkli, 0. ^ H. Glabrous herb, probably of 1 ffc. more or 

 less, diffuse or ascending, branching from the base ; branches exalate. 

 Leaves linear, acute, slightly narrowed below, sessile not decurrent or 

 only with an obscure raised line, denticulate, punctate, 1-3 in. long, ^— ^ 

 in. broad. Capitula with 2 hermaphrodite and about 4 pistillate florets, 

 densely crowded, ea^ch in the axil of closely appressed purple coriaceous 

 scales, deltoid and apiculate above, in ovoid-oblong obtusely pointed 

 sessile or shortly pedunculate lateral and terminal heads J in. long, 

 ^— ^ in. diam. Involncral scales conduplicate, subacute, subscarious 

 with membranous margins. Coinmon receptacle elongate, narrow, 

 ^ in. long, ^ in. broad. Corolla of § fl. tubular, subcoriaceous, ob- 

 scurely contracted immediately below the 6 teeth. Achenes obscurely 

 angular, pubescent. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Bagamoyo, Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk/ 



Nearly allied to S. amarantkoides, Burm. of India, in which the axial scales are 

 much more strongly apiculate. 



2. S. sphenocleoldea, 0. ^ H. A nearly glabrous herb, 6-12 

 in. high. Branches winged by the decurrent leaves. Leaves ob- 

 long, obtuse or apiculate, minutely denticulate, sessile, |-2 in. long. 

 Heads of capitula ovoid-oblong, ^ in. long. Peduncles solitary, ^-| 

 in. long, winged by the decurrent bracts at the top. Hermaphro- 

 dite florets 2 together in each capitulum. Achenes minutely glandular. 

 — 8. miGTOceplialus^ Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift, 1875, p. 326 ; 

 nee Willd. 



Moxamb. Bistr. Zanzibar, in marshy places, HUdehrandt ! 



3. S. auaveolens, BO. Frodr, v. 370. Erect or ascending herb, 

 1-2 ft. high, branched, glabrous or extremities puberulous ; stem and 

 branches alate. Leaves narrow-elliptic oblong or linear, acute or sub- 

 acute, usually narrowed to the decurrent base, dentate or denticulate, 

 2-5 in. long, -np'li i^- Inroad. Capitula few-flowered, densely crowded 

 in ovoid-globose shortly pedunculate terminal and lateral heads i— | 

 in. diam., solitary or occasionally 2-3 approximated ; peduncles ^5 in. 

 alate. Scales of partial involucre 5-7 obovate- or linear-oblong or 

 linear, obtuse, apiculat«, ciliate above. Outer axial scales short, pu- 

 berulous, ciliate. Common receptacle ovoid. Flowers white or rose- 

 coloured. Hermaphrodite fl. 2-3 in each capitulum. Achenes thinly 

 pilose. — S. i7idicus, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 413, t. 164, f. 5 (non Linn,). 6\ 

 abyssinicus, Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 411. 8. angustifuliics, Sch. 

 Bip. in Kotschy, Hb. Nub. no. 463. 



wrile land. Sennaar, Kotschy! Abyssinia, Schimper! Q. Dillon and Petit! 

 Yzx. angustifolia (leaves linear), Kotschy! (Hb. no. 600) Madi (flowers blue), 

 Speke and Grant ! Bongo-land, Mittu-land and Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth ! 



