AchyrocUne.'] Lxxiii. cOMPOSiTiE (6liver and hiern). 341 



Leaves ovate or oval, acute, narrowed at the base, obscurely crenulate, 

 petiolate, 1^2 in. long by^-1^ in. wide, uppermost smaller. Capitula 

 campanulate-oblong, ^ in. long, 4-5.flowered, sessile, crowded in dense 

 corymbose or globose cymes terminating the stem and branches. 

 Scales of involucre pauciseriate, imbricated, scarious, shining, whitish ; 

 inner oval-oblong, subobtuse, glabrous, subherbaceous below ; outer 

 ovate, acute or subacute, woolly below, often purplish at base. Recep- 

 tacle narrow, naked. Achenes glabrous. — A. Rich^ Fl. Abyss, i. p. 428 ; 

 A. (Gnaphalium) adoensis^ Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. 

 n. 41 ; Gnaphaliiwi Schimperi, Schultz Bip. I.e. i. n. 393 ; Cfnaphaliimi, 

 sp., n. 1, Thoms. in Speke Journ., App. p. 638. 



Abyssinian name Suhhinaday. 



wrile X^and. Abyssinia, Sckimper ! Both ! Karagu6, Bpeke and Qrant / 



ASozaml). Bistr. Manganja Hills, Dr. Metier / 



6. A. sclerochlsBiia, Schultz Bip. mss. in Hb. Berol. Erect, 

 branched, lanate-tomentose, perennial herb 2^ ft. high ; branches terete 

 ascending. Leaves oval or oblong, subapiculate, sessile, scarcely nar- 

 rowed to the amplexicaul base, 1~2 in. long by f-j in. wide, densely 

 lanate beneath, less so above. Capitula oblong, ^ in. long, 8-9-flowered, 

 sessile, in dense subglobose branched terminal rounded cymes about 

 2 in. diameter. Scales of involucre about 12, of nearly equal length, 

 pauciseriate, loosely appressed, subacute, shining, of pale straw colour, 

 scarious above, more coriaceous below ; inner linear-oblong, glabrous ; 

 outer oval or ovate-oblong, woolly at base outside. Receptacle naked, 

 small. ? fl. 5-6 ; ^ fl. 3. Achenes glabrous, somewhat compressed. 

 Pappus scabrous, white. — Vatke in Linnsea xxxix. p. 489 (1875) ; 

 Gnaphalium sclerochlcenurriy Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. 

 ^thiop. p. 149, n. 778. 



xnie Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



37. GNAPHALIUM, L. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 305. 



Capitula heterogamous, discoid, outer florets ? 2-qo -seriate, disk- 

 florets fewer 1-15 § . Involucre campanulate or ovoid of 2-3-multi- 

 seriate more or less scarious imbricate white yellowish or brown 

 bracts, outer usually shorter. Receptacle naked or minutely fimbrilli- 

 ferous. Female florets filiform. Anther-base sagittalie, finely tailed. 

 Achenes subterete or slightly compressed, pappus uniseriate setaceous. 

 — Herbaceous (or frutescent) woolly or tomentose, with alternate entire 

 leaves, and clustered or variously cymose, rarely solitary, capitula. 

 A large widely dispersed genus, including some almost cosmopolitan species. 

 Leaves all sessile and more or less amplexicaul. 



Involucre of a dark brown colour 1. G. mdanosphanm. 



Involucre of a straw colour. 



Hermaphrodite florets 1-3 in each capitulum . . 2. G. Peiitianum. 

 Hermaphrodite florets 4-5 in each capitulimi. 



Leaves auriculate at the base 3. (r. auri^tUatum. 



Leaves semi-amplexicaul, not auriculate ... 4. G'. lutco-album. 

 Involucral scales white at the tip. 

 Leaves flattened, linear. 



