txxni. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND hiern). [Gnaphaliunt. 



Capitula in broad corymbose cymes. Leaves 



glabrate above 5. G. Steudelii. 



Capitula in subglobose clusters of ^1 in. diam. 



Leaves cottony on both sides 6. G'. Unionis. 



Leaves subterete, narrowly linear ...... 7- Cr. stenophyllum. 



Leaves attenuate at the base into the short petiole, or 

 only the upper leaves sessile. 



Capitula in subglobose clusters ^. G. jpidvinatv/m. 



Capitula in spike-like clusters. 



Branches numerous. Capitula ^ in. long ... 9. G^. niliacum. 

 Simple or simply branched from the cro\vn of the 



root. Capitula ^ in. long 10. G^. purpureum. 



1. Cr. melanosphaerum, Schultz Bvp, in Hh. Schimp. Abyss. 

 sect. ii. n. 1360. Annual, prostrate and branching at base, 3-6 in, 

 high. Branches decumbent, 4-9 in. long, terete, obscurely striate, 

 cottony. Leaves linear or spathulate, obtuse or sui)acute, sessile, more 

 or less amplexicaul, 1-2 in. long by J— 5 in. wide, tomentose on both 

 sides, entire or nearly so. Capitula campanulate, ^ in. long, subsessile 

 in dense, globose, terminal and subterminal, pedunculate or subsessile 

 clusters, f-f in. diameter. Scales of involucre 2-3-seriate, nearly 

 equal, oblong oblanceolate-oblong or oval-oblong, obtuse, dark brown ; 

 outer woolly at base. Receptacle naked, tubercled. 5 A- about 6. 

 Achenes microscopically papillose, otherwise glabrous. — A. Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. p. 431. 



Nile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



2. 6. Fetitianum, A. Bich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 429. Stout much- 

 branched herb, a few feet in height ; branches subterete, evanescent- 

 lanate below, lanate and more or less alate above. Leaves elongate- 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile, widely decurrent at the base, thinly 

 albido-tomentose or -lanate beneath, slightly scabrid above, vaguely 

 crenulate or subentire, ranging up to 4 in. long by -J in. wide or more. 

 Capitula campanulate, ^-J in. long, many-flowered, on short unequal 

 pedicels 'in dense corymbose often panicled cymes cottony beneath 

 2-3 in. diameter. Scales of involucre pauciseriate, falling short of the 

 florets, obtuse ; outer and intermediate woolly, elliptic- or obovate- 

 oblong ; innermost linear-oblanceolate or linear, scarious above coria- 

 ceous below. Receptacle rather prominent, shortly fimbrilliferous. 

 $ fl. 1-3. $ fl. numerous; mouth of corolla strongly toothed. 

 Achenes small somewhat obovoid, microscopically papillose, otherwise 

 glabrous. 



SJile Xand. Abyssinia, Petit ! Schimper ! 



3. Gt. aurlculatum, A. Bich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 430, non Thunh. 

 Herb with elongate simple terete striate branches, l-|-2 ft. long or 

 more, thinly lanate above, more or less glabrate below. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate acute, sessile, amplexicaul with ample obtuse auricles, thinly 

 hoary-lanate beneath, glabrescent above, lJ-3 in. long, ^-^ in. broad, 

 subentire. Capitula campanulate, many-flowered, l^—f in. long, sub- 

 sessile, in dense, many-headed, branched, corymbose, lanate cymes 



