Eelich-ysum.'] LXXiii. composite (oliver and hiern). 353 



oblong ; outer oval, woolly at base outside. Receptacle firabrilliferons. 

 Achenes glabrous. Fl. all § . Pappus barbate, slightly connate at 

 base into ring. — Sch. Bip. in Molil et Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii. p. 174 

 (1845). A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 425. Gnaphalium gerheruefolium^ 

 Sch. Bip. 1. c. 



Xile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



nsozamb. Sistr. Near Sotchi, alt. 3,500 ft.. Dr. Kirk ! Shire (form with dense 

 clusters of capitula and root-leaves about 7-nerved), Dr Stewart ! 



20. K. undatum, Le^-s. ; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 198. Erect appressed- 

 whitish-tomentose perennial herb ; stem simple, leafy below, 1^-4 ft. 

 high. Lower leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, narrowed 

 into the petiole, thinly scabrid above, 3-5-lierved and shortly appressed- 

 tomentose beneath ; upper linear-lanceolate or linear-acuminate, tip in 

 our specimens minutely revolute or cincinnate ; lower 3^5 in. long, 

 1-2 in. broad ; petiole varying to 2 in. Capitula about ^ in. diameter, 

 collected in dense subhemispherical or corymbose umbelliform cymes 

 1-6 in. diameter, terminating the leafless extremities. Inner involucral 

 scales loose or spreading, oblong or linear, obtuse, outer elliptical or 

 ovate, rose-coloured above, cottony beneath. Only 5 florets in our 

 specimens, inserted on an alveolate receptacle with conspicuous orange- 

 coloured fimbrillse. Achenes glabrous. — Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 Lond. xxix. t. 62. 



IVortb Central. Monbuttu-land, Br. Schivcivfurth ! 



Mozamb. Blstr. Hills of Chogwe, 6° 51' S.Lat., about 36^° E. Long., Spekc 

 and Grant/ {Antennaria, s-p. Speke, Jouni. App. 638); Moramballa, 3,000 ft. alt., 

 Dr. Kirk ! 



Occurs also in South Africa. 



21. K. ox3rphylluin, DC. Prodi', vi. p. 199. Stem straight, erect, 

 terete, thinly lanate, faintly striate, 2-^ ft. high or more, naked above, 

 ^ in. thick. Leaves linear-lanceolate, upper narrower, acutely acumi- 

 nate, acicular at apex, sessile, auriculate, pale-tomentellous beneath, 

 scaberulous and gi'een above, lower 3-nerved, ranging to 6 in. long by 

 -| in. wide or more. Capitula widely campanulate, ^ in, long, on short 

 unequal pedicels, crowded in a dense corymbose terminal umbel 4^ 

 in. diameter, the primary rays of which are about 17 in number, 1-1^ 

 in. long, * lanate, with linear acute bracts at base about J in. long. 

 Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, imbricate ; innermost linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, white-opaque above ; intermediate oblong, very obtuse, whit€- 

 opaque above ; outer oval, very obtuse, shorter, darker, woolly at base. 

 Receptacle with long fleshy fimbrillae. Fl. all hermaphrodite. Achenes 

 glabrous. 



Mozamb. Blstr. ^Manganja Hills, Dr. Mellcr! 



Occurs also south of tlit-. Tropic. 



The above descnption is based upon Dr. Meller's specimen, ■which differs from the 

 type by the remarkable umbelliferous inflorescence. 



22. Jl. cyrao&VLxa, Lesff . ; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 202. Snffruticose, 

 erect, much-branched, 1-4 ft. high ; branches \ ir^ate, terete, tomentose 

 above, glabrate below, leafy. Leaves lanceolate or linear, acute, sessile, 

 cordate-amplexicaul, woolly especially beneath, entire, niar)/ins often 



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