Phagnalon.] lxxiii. compositj; (oliver and hiern). 339 



panulate, oo-flowered, ^ in. diameter, solitary on short axillary 

 peduncles ^-^ in. long, forming narrow leafy racemes. Scales of 

 involucre multiserlate, much imbricated ; inner narrowly linear- lan- 

 ceolate, finely pointed, outer successively broader and shorter, snbpatent 

 or slightly recurved above. Receptacle plano-convex, naked. Ray-fl, 

 fihform ; mouth 4-5-dentate. Anther-base translucent-papillose. 

 Achenes thinly pilose. Pappus sparse, tawny. — Fluchea (Lagrjera) 

 phagnaloides, Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. 685 ; Blumea 

 phagnaloides, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 393. 

 Xrile Iiand. Abyssinia, Sckimper. 



36. ACHYROCLINE, Less. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 305. 

 Capitula heterogamous, disciform, few-flowered, outer florets 2 , cen- 

 tral 1-3, ^ . Involucre oblong or narrow-ellipsoidal (subcampanulate in 

 A. Hochstetteri), scales pluriseriate, closely imbricate, scarious, coloured, 

 glabrous or nearly so. Receptacle narrow, naked (or paleaceous). Corolla 

 of ^ fl. filiform, of 9 fl. tubular 5-toothed. Anther-base tailed, tails 

 cohering in pairs. Style-branches truncate papillose. Achenes " ob- 

 long slightly compressed ; " pappus-setas slender. — More or less frn- 

 tescent, erect or loosely diffuse, hoary tomentose lanate or glabrescent. 

 Leaves alternate, linear or ovate. Capitula small, yellowish whitish or 

 pearly, in dense terminal rounded solitary or laxly panicled cymes. 

 A small genus chiefly of the New World. 



Leaves linear strongly re volute I. A. hatocana. 



Leaves flat or but slightly revolute. 



Involucres golden or yellow 2. A. Hochstetttri. 



Involucres white or tawny. 

 Leaves linear. 



Achenes sessile-glandular. Leaves subacute . . , Z. A. luzvloides. 



Achenes glabrous. Leaves acuminate ^. A. glumacea. 



Leaves ovate or oval. 



Leaves petiolate. Straggling shrub 5. A. Schimperi, 



Leaves sessile. Erect herb Q. A. sclerochl(pna. 



1. A. batocana, 0. ^ H. Shrubby; branches subvirgate terete 

 closely tomentose and leafy above. Leaves scattered, narrowly linear, 

 acute, sessile, not narrowed at the base, pale- tomentose beneath, 

 glabrous and shining above, 1-nerved, ^-1 in. long, margin revolute. 

 Capitula oblong, slender, about 5-flowered, ^^ in. long, subsessile in 

 dense corymbose cymes 1^ in. diameter. Scales of involucre multi- 

 seriate, imbricate, yellowish, shining, glabrous, obtuse ; innermost 

 ovate-oblong or -lanceolate, scarious ; outer successively shorter. 



South Central. Batoka Country, Br. Kirk! 



A specimen from Inhambane, Mozamb. Distr., collected by Dr. Peters, may belong 

 to this species ; it differs, however, by a more branched more widely spread and less 

 dense corymbose inflorescence. {A. Steetzii, Vatke in Oest. Bot. Zoitschr. xwii. 104 

 (1877).) 



2. A. Kochstetteri, SchuUz Bip. hi Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. 

 n. 237. Erect, branched fi^om the base, 1^-4^ ft. high, more or less 

 whitish-lanate throughout ; branches virgate, subalate. Leaves linear 

 or oval-linear, very acute, more or less narrowed to sessile (or lower 



