356 Lxxtii. COMPOSITE (OLIYER AND hiern). [Athrixia. 



exceeding the fl., outer successively shorter and more lanceolate and 

 woolly. Receptacle areolate, narrow. Fl. pink. Achenes thinly and 

 shortly pubescent when young, at length glabrate except at base where 

 is a ring of erect hairs, 6-M-costate. Pappus laiseriate ; outer very 

 short. — Klenzea rosmarinifolia, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sec. 

 i. n. 265, and in Walp. Repert. ii. p. 973. 



Xrile Kand. Abyssinia, Schimpcr I Ruth ! Petit / 



XMtozaxnb. Blstr. Manganja range, Mount Chiradzura, Dr. Meller .' 10,000 ft. 

 or little less to summit. 



41. ANTITHRIXIA, DC. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 329. 



Capitula heterogamous radiate; ray-florets ligul'ato, 1-seriate In- 

 volucre campanulate or turbinate, scales multiseriate, imbricate 

 scarious, outer gradually shorter. Receptacle plane paleaceous. 

 Anther- base sagittate, auricles tailed. Achenes subterete. Pappus 

 copious setose ; setae sub-2-seriate unequal. — Low slender shrubs with 

 alternate (or opposite) narrow entire leaves and solitary terminal 

 yellow capitula. 



A small African genus, one species being peculiar to the Cape. 



Leaves linear hoary beneath, not oA'ertupping the capitula . 1. A. uhyssialca. 



Leaves acicular or nearly so, overtopping the capitula . . . 2. A. avyustij'olia. 



1. A. abyssinica, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 329. Wiry 

 diffuse undershrub, about 1 ft. high ; branches terete, hoary and leafy 

 above, glabrate and marked by the crowded scars of fallen leaves 

 below, at length smooth. Leaves linear, acute, apiculate, sessile, not 

 narrowed at the base, closely hoary-tomentose at least beneath, some- 

 times glabrous above, :J— J in. long by t{^o~to i^- wide, coriaceous, 

 entire, nearly flat. Capitula turbinate ^-^ in. long, subsessile, solitary,, 

 terminal, not overtopped by the upper leaves. Scales of the involucre 

 obtuse or subacute, glabrous or nearly so, straight, straw-coloured ; 

 inner linear, caducous ; outer successively shorter and more lanceolate- 

 oblong. Receptacle somewhat elevated, flat, naked. Achenes gla- 

 brous (?) (terete, elongate, albido-sericeous, according to Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. 398). — Klenzea ahi/ssiidca, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. 

 Abyss, sec. i. n. 227, and in Walp. Repert. ii. p. 973. 



Wile land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Pulle7i.' alt. 8000 ft. 



2. A. ang'ustifolia, 0. ^' H. Suffruticose, more than 1 ft. high ; 

 branches terete, leafy and faintly puberulous towards the extremities, 

 early glabrescent and marked by the crowded scars of the fallen leaves. 

 Leaves acicular or narrowly linear, patent or erect-patent, firmly pointed, 

 sessile, not narrowed at the base, glabrous, entire, coriaceous, nearly flat, 

 ^-1^ in. long by 4^, in. wide. Capitula r-^ in. long, campanulate, some- 

 what turbinate, manj-floweied, subsessile, terminal at ends of numerous 

 branches, solitary, overtopped by upper leaves. Scales of the invo- 

 lucre glabrous ; innermost linear, subacute ; outer obtuse, mucronulate, 

 successively shorter and more oblong and outermost more lanceolate. 

 Receptacle shortly alveolate, very shoi-tly dentate. Achenes thinly 



