Inula.'] Lxxiii. COMPOSITE (oliver and hiern). 3r)9 



cent above, hairs arising from a glandular base. Radical leaves 

 2-3 ft. long by 7-8 in. wide, membranous, narrowly elliptical, narrowed 

 towards the acute apex, attenuate at base into a short petiole, denticu- 

 late, few scattered appressed hairs on both sides. Stem-leaves lanceolate 

 narrowed towards the obtuse mncronulate apex, cordate-auriculate, 

 sessile, amplexicaul, membranous, denticulate, whitish-woolly beneath, 

 nearly glabrate and asperulous above, increasing downwards to 0-10 in. 

 long by l^-Si in. wide or more. Capitula campanulate, ^ in. long, 

 30--40-flowered, on short unequal pedicels, in dense corymbose cymes at 

 ends of branches. Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, imbricate, un- 

 equal, puberulous or pubescent outside, ciliate, obtuse or subacute ; 

 innermost linear; outer successively shorter and more lanceolate. 

 Receptacle areolate, ultimately smooth, flat, ^ in. diam. Achenes gla- 

 brous, obscurely 8-ribbed. Florets all hermaphrodite. Setae of the 

 pappus about 25 somewhat unequal, 1-2-seriate. — Ve^monia {?) 

 Mannii, Hook. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 198 ; Laggera heierro- 

 malla, Vatke in Linnsea xxxix. p. 487. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 7000 ft. alt., Mann .' 



Utile Iband. Abyssinia, Schimper/ a. 1863, n. 1528. 



6, Z. grlomerata, 0. ^ H. Robust herb, 4 ft. high; branches 

 fulvo-puberulous, somewhat angular. Leaves oval or ovate, denticu- 

 late ; upper ovate, obtuse or subacute, subauriculate, sessile, amplexi- 

 caul, tomentcse ; the ludical ones obtuse, narrowed at base into petiole, 

 membranous, asperulous above, tomentose beneath, 1-^ ft. long by 8 in. 

 wide ; petioles 9 in. long. Capitula pyramidal, ^-| in. long, many- 

 flowered, sessile, collected in dense subglobose clusters 1-2 in. diam. 

 with leafy bracts at base, terminal and in interrupted heads at ends of 

 short axillary branches. Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, unequal, 

 imbricate ; inner linear, acute, ciliate, somewhat caducous ; outer 

 successively shorter more obtuse oblong and hairy at the back. Recep- 

 tacle sabfoveolate naked. Florets all hermaphrodite. Achenes oblong, 

 5-6-costate, y^g. in. long, with few minute seta? near top. Pappus uni- 

 seriate, tawny, minutely scabrid. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Manganja hills, Soche, 3000 ft. alt., Dr. Kirk.' 

 A solitary radical leaf from Mntebele country collected by T. Baincf> ! resembles 

 those of this species. 



43. IPHIONA, Cass. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 333. 



Capitula homogamous, discoid, the florets usually all tubular and 

 hermaphrodite. Involucre campanulate or ovoid, bracts multiseriate, 

 imbricate, dry more or less scarious ; receptacle narrow naked. Anther- 

 base sagittate with slender tails. Achenes subterete (hirsute in the 

 following) 8-10-costate. Pappus 1- oc-seriate, setae copious. — Branch- 

 ing more or less glabrous or scabrid shrubs, with alternate entire or 

 toothed leaves and yellowish white capitula, either solitary or cymose. 

 A small genuS; chiefly Mediterranean and Mascarene. 



Leaves subulate pungent. Pappus multiseriate . ... 1. I. scahra. 



Leaves obovate. Pappus uniseriate 2. /. rotundijolia. 



Leaves oval-oblong, minute ...,...».. 3. / ,? microphi/lla, 



