336 Lxxiii. composite; (oliver and hiern). [Blepharlspermnm. 



2. B. zangruebarlcum, 0. 8f H. Branches terete striate, thinly 

 hispid-pubescent above, glabrescent below, leafy. Leaves ovate or 

 oval, shortly acuminate or pointed, apiculate, rounded or obtuse at 

 base, subrepand, subglabrescent, shortly petiolate, membranous, 2-4 

 by 1-2 in. ; petiole about ^ in., puberulous, from a thickened gibbous 

 not spinulose pulvinus. Clusters of heads globose, about ^ in. diam., 

 about 2 together, on peduncles of ^1 in. Capitula of 6 decussating 

 scales, the outermost and intermediate pairs subtending 2 female and 2 

 hermaphrodite florets respectively, the intermediate cymbiform, the 

 innermost smallest. Achenes of the female florets as in the previous 

 species ; of the hermaphrodite florets surmounted by about ^ten unequal 

 palese and stout setas. 



BSozamb. Bistr. Zanguebar, Mombasa, at 300 fh alt., Kirk! 

 Diflfers from the East Indian B. petiolare, DC, by shorter petioles and by the 

 presence of a pappus in the hermaphrodite florets. 



33. PILAGO, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. p. 299. 



Capitula heterogamous disciform, collected in sessile globose ter- 

 minal heads ; outer florets $ oo-seriate, central 5 usually few, fertile 

 or sterile. Involucre small, outer scales ovate-lanceolate, inner elliptic- 

 ovate, apiculate with broad membranous margins, outer more or less 

 cottony, singly subtending $ florets. Corolla tubular, of ? fl. filiform. 

 Anther-base tailed. Style-branches linear or oblong obtuse. Achenes 

 small, subterete or slightly compressed ; setae of pappus slende.r, equal- 

 ling the florets. — Annual herbs, usually cottony or tomentose. Leaves 

 alternate, entire. Heads of capitula cottony, usually involucrate, of 

 the primary axis overtopped by axillary branches originating im- 

 mediately below and terminating in similar heads. 



A small genus of Europe, Asia and North Africa, one or two being widely dif- 

 fused weeds. 



1. F. genuanica, L. ; DC. Prodr. vi. 247. Erect or ascending or 

 (in specimens from other countries) decumbent annual, ranging up to 

 1 ft. high (tropical African specimens slender, 3-5 in. only) ; whole 

 plant more or less lanate ; branches terete. Leaves linear or linear- 

 spathulate, acute, sessile, subamplexicaul, not decurrent, in our speci- 

 mens ^-| in. long by -re-fV ^- wide. Capitula campanula te, subpen- 

 tagonal, yV in. wide, sessile, many together, crowded in globose heads, 

 J— ^ in. diam. Outer $ florets only inserted singly in the axil of the 

 outer involucral scales. Receptacle narrow convex closely tuberculate. 

 — F. ajiiculata, Linn., and F. pyramidataj Linn. (Schweinf. & Aschers. 

 Enum. p. 285.). F. dbyssinlca^ SchultzBip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect, 

 iii. n. 1913 ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 432. Gnaphalium hwrdwaricum. Wall. 

 Cat. n. 2951. 



xrile &and. Abyssinia, Schimperf 

 Widely distributed in Europe and Asia. 



