340 Lxxiii. coMPOSiTiE (oLiVBR AND hiern). [AckyrocUne. 



quasi-petiolate) decurrent base, 1-3-nerved, subentire, 2-4 in. long by 

 -jL_l in. wide. Capitula campanulate-oblong, 5-6-flowered, ^ in. long 

 by -^ in. thick, golden yellow, sessile, crowded many together, in dense 

 branched terminal cymes 1^-6 in. diameter. Scales of involucre im- 

 bricated, obtuse, glabrous. Receptacle foveolate, fimbrilliferous. §, A- 

 1-2 ; $ fl. 3-4. Achenes oblong, obtusely angled, minutely glandular- 

 papillose. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 429; Gnaphalium Hochstetteri, 

 Schulfz Bip. I.e. 



Abyssinian names, Stihhinaday, Cascaso. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Fo, Clarence Peak, 8500 ft. alt., Mann / Cameroon 

 Mountains, 7000-8000 ft. alt, Mann ! 



Vile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Both / Q. Dillon and Petit ! Plowden f 



3. A, luzulofdes, Vathe in Oesierr. Bot. Zeitschrift^ 1875, p. 326. 

 Shrubby below ; stems slender, terete, white-lanate, at length glabrate, 

 leafy up to 3—4 in. from inflorescence. Leaves linear or linear-oblong, 

 subacute, slightly narrowed below to sessile subamplexicaul base, 

 white-lanate beneath, less so or glabrate above, entire, 1-2 J in. long 

 by ^-^ in. wide. Capitula oblong, ^ in. long by -^ in. diameter, 

 4-8-flowered, sessile or subsessile, crowded in dense hemispherical 

 terminal pedunculate cymes j-1 in. diameter. Scales of involucre 

 glabrous, white, shining ; inner linear-lanceolate, acute ; outer lanceo- 

 late or oval, successively shorter and less acute. Receptacle naked. 

 5 fl. 1-3, 9 fl. 3-5. Achenes sessile-glandular, otherwise glabrous. 

 — ^Vatke in Linneea xxxix. p. 489 (1875), ex parte ; Gna^haMum luzu- 

 loicfes, Sohultz Bip. in Hb. Schweinf. Nub. n. 347 ; and in Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. ^thiop. p. 149. 



xrile Ikand. Nubia, Soturba, Dr. Schweinf urth ! between Suakin and Berber, 

 Dr. Schweinf urth ! Abyssinia, HUdebrandtl (l|-2 ft. high), Beccari Jide Y&ike in 

 Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift I.e. 



4. A. g^lumacea, 0. ^ H, Erect, branched above, shrubby below, 

 J-2 ft. high. Upper branches terete, more or less hoary-lanate, gla- 

 brescent, leafy except near inflorescence, often virgate. Leaves narrow- 

 linear, acute, apiculate, somewhat narrowed below to the sessile base, 

 lanate beneath, less so or glabrate above, entire, 1-4 in. long by 

 Y^-i in. wide. Capitula campanulate-oblong or oblong, J in. long by 

 ^(^ -■ ^^2 ^^- w^^^» 5-8-flowered, sessile or on very short pedicels, crowded 

 many together in branched corymbose or globose cymes ^2^ in. dia- 

 meter. Scales of involucre glabrous shining, white or lower pale 

 yellowish, persistent; inner linear or linear-lanceolate, acute; outer 

 oval, subacute or obtuse, successively shorter. $ fl. 1-3. $ fl. 4-5. 

 Achenes glabrous. — A. luzuloides, Vatke in Linn86a xxxix. p. 489 

 (1875), ex parte ; Eelichrysum glumacenm (? DC. Prodr. vi. p. 197), 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 427. 



t Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottef. 



mie ILand. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! "Red Se&, Dr. Nimmo ! Lord! 



5. A. Sclilinperi, ScJiultz Bip. in Hh. Sehimp. Abyss, i. n. 393. 

 Loose straggling herb 2-6 ft. high, hoary-tomentose, branches terete. 



