358 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND hieen). [Inula. 



cymes 3-6 in. diameter. Scales of the involncre maltiseriate, imbri- 

 cate, of nearly equal length, acute, ciliate ; inner linear, shortly hairy ; 

 outer successively wider, more lanceolate and villous ; outermost folia- 

 ceous, densely villous. Receptacle flat, naked, ^ in. or more in dia- 

 meter. Outer fl. ligulate. Achenes oblong, -j^g^ in. long, costate, vrith 

 erect-patent short setae near top. Pappus tawny, uniseriate, barbellate. 

 — Del. in Ferr. et Galin. Voy. Abyss, iii. p. 147, t. xiv. ; I. JruticosUj 

 Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sec. ii. n. 664. 

 irile Xiand. Abyssinia, Ferret and Galinier, Schimper! 



3. Z. confertiflora, A. Eich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 399. Shrubby 

 below, much branched above ; branches terete, striate, albido-tomen- 

 tellous and leafy at extremities. Leaves elongate-lanceolate, acute, 

 narrowed at* the base, shortly petioled, denticulate, albido-tomentellous 

 beneath, nearly glabrous above, reticulate, submembranous, 1^-5 in. 

 long by ^-1^ in. wide ; denticulation gland-tipped. Capitula sub- 

 hemispherical, ^-| in. diameter, many-flowered, on unequal bracteate 

 pedicels ranging up to 1 in. long, in dense corymbose or rounded ter- 

 minal cymes 3-7 in. wide ; bracts foliaceous. Scales of the involucre 

 multiseriate, unequal, imbricate, ciliate ; inner linear acute ; outer suc- 

 cessively shorter, more obtuse lanceolate and hairy at the back. Re- 

 ceptacle flat, naked, J in. diameter. Outer fl. ligulate. Achenes 

 oblong, terete, about 10- costate, ^ in. long, with few short erect- 

 patent setee near apex. Pappus uniseriate, pale-fulvous, minutely 

 scabrid. 



srile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Q. Dillon and Petit ! Both ! 



4. S. macrophyUa, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. 

 pp. 285, 307, non Hort. (Stevd.) Robust erect perennial herb, 2^-5 ft. 

 high ; stem branched only above, somewhat snlcate and angular, more 

 or less pubescent. Leaves oval or ovate, obtuse or uppermost subacute, 

 submembranous, tawny- tomentose at least beneath, asper ulcus above, 

 denticulate ; upper cordate-auricled, amplexicaul, sessile ; lower and 

 radical narrowed at base and petioled, 1 ft. or more long. Capitula 

 campanulate, somewhat turbinate, J in. long, about 30-flowered, on 

 short unequal pedicels, in a dense branched corymbose teiminal cyme 

 4-8 in. wide. Scales of the involucre multiseriate, unequal, imbricate, 

 acute or subacute, tawny; innermost somewhat caducous, linear, 

 cUiate above, outer successively shorter, more lanceolate and more 

 hairy at the back. Receptacle foveolate, naked, y\^ in. diameter. 

 Florets all hermaphrodite, yellow. Achenes terete, oblong, about 12- 

 ribbed, with few minute setae on some of the ribs above, -^ in. long. 

 Pappus uniseriate, fulvous, scabrid. — Inulaster macrophyllus^ Schultz 

 Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sec. ii nn. 912, 938 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, 

 i. p. 599. 



Abyssinian name Temacha. 



zrile Ziand. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! 



5. Z. SZannil, Benth. et Book. f. Oen. PL ii. p. 331. Erect 

 robust herb, 2-10 ft, high ; stem and bnmchee an^lar, Rulcate, pubes- 



