334 Lxxiii. composite; (olivee and hiern). [Sphan-anthus. 



Occurs also in Egypt. 8. Kotschyi, Sch. Bip. based upon some of the specimens 

 distributed by Kotschy under No. 463 (Schw. Fl. iEthiop. p. 308) is knowi to us by 

 name only. 



4. S. hiitus, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 369. Erect or ascending, 

 branching, 2-3 ft. liigh, hoary-lanate-tomentose or hirsute ; lower 

 branches terete, striate, at length shining, upper alate ; wings spinulose- 

 denticulate. Leaves obovate ovate or lanceolate, acute or subacute, 

 mucronate, somewhat narrowed towards the sessile clasping base, de- 

 current, spinulose- denticulate, ^-1^ in. long by ^-f in. wide. Capitula 

 few-flowered, of which 2-3 are hermaphrodite in globose or subglobose 

 pedunculate terminal and lateral heads, J-^ in. diam. ; peduncles ^2^ 

 in. long, alate. Common receptacle globose. Corolla of 5 A- tubular. 

 Scales of partial involucre 8-10, linear, slightly dilated and. ciliate 

 above, acute or apiculate ; outer axial scales short, concealed at base of 

 head. Achenes thinly hairy. — S. senegalensis, DC. 1. c. p. 370. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Roger ! Brunner ! Sierra Leone, G. Bmi ! Afzeliits ! 

 IMCozaxub. Distr. {S. mossamhiquensis, Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 421.) 

 Mozambique island and mainland, Peters .' (a hirsute not hoary-cottony form). 

 Occurs also in India and Australia. 



5. S. polycephalus, 0. ^ H. ex Oliv. in Trans. lAnn. 8oc. 

 Lond. xxix. p. 95, t. 59. Much-branched, tufted, tomentose herb ; 

 branches faintly striate, alate above. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 subacute, setulose- dentate as are the wings, with wide sessile decurrent 

 base, ^-IJ in. long by ^— J in. wide or more. Capitula turbinate, with 

 1 hermaphrodite fl. only, crowded in globose terminal and lateral (pur- 

 plish) heads, \ in. diam., solitary, on naked pubescent peduncles ^1 

 in. long. Scales of partial involucre 7-8, membranous-scarious, ciliate, 

 lanceolate oblanceolate or oval, acute or acuminate, sub-1-nerved. 

 Outer axial scales short. Common receptacle ellipsoidal or ovoid, 

 ■^-^-^Q- in. long. Hermaphrodite floret solitary ; corolla tubular-infun- 

 di'buliform. Achenes slightly compressed or subterete, glabrous. — 8. 

 hirtus, T. Thorns, in Speke, Journ., App. p. 637, noii Willd. 



IWCozamb. Distr. Zungomero, Speke and Graiit ! 



6. S. Steetzii, 0. 8f H. Erect or ascending herb, from a branch- 

 ing base, glabrous below or nearly so, puberulous above, about 1-2 ft. 

 high. Branches subterete below, alate above. Leaves linear or nar- 

 rowly oval, acute, mucronate, somewhat or scarcely narrowed toM^ards 

 a sessile decurrent base, denticulate, 1-2-J in. long by ^^ in. wide. 

 Capitula about 5-flowered, of which 1 fl. (central) only is male, in 

 depressed ovoid-hemispherical heads, obtusely conical at apex, | in. 

 diam., terminating the stem and branches. Common receptacle hemi- 

 spherical or depressed-ovoid. Scales of partial involucre oblong or 

 linear-oblong ; outer dilated above, obtuse, apiculate ; outer axial scales 

 ovate or broadly elliptical, apiculate, puberulous, shortly ciliate, closely 

 appressed. Achenes thinly hairy. — S. anyustifolius , Schultz Bip. in 

 Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. n. 525, non DC. Oligolepis angustlfolia, 

 Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. p. 417. 



Uile l^and. Nubia, KotschyJ Abyssinia, Sckimper / 

 T Mozamb. X>i8tr. Zeimhesiei, Stewart ! 



