Pegoleitia.] lxxiii. composite] (oliver and hiern). 361 



1. P. seneg'alensis, Cass.; DC. Prodr. v. p. 481. Annual, pa- 

 niculately branched, scaberulous, with short crisp hispid hairs, subglu- 

 tinoiis above, .\-2 ft. high ; branches snbterete, striate. Leaves linear 

 or oblanceolate, deltoid or subacute at apex, usually apiculate, gradu- 

 ally narrowed towards the base, sessile, entire or with a few irregular 

 remote teeth above, ^-l^ in. long by iV-fV i^- ^^i^e ; uppermost 

 smaller, bract- like, subulate. Capitula campanulate, 18-30-flowered, 

 ^— ^ in. long, sohtary at the ends of the numerous pedunculiform 

 branches. Scales of the involucre pauciseriate, acute, falling short of 

 the florets ; inner linear-lanceolate, with scarious margins ; outer 

 shorter, linear-subulate, often recurving. Receptacle alveolate ; mar- 

 gins of alveoli toothed. Florets at tirst j'ellow, at length purple. 

 Achenes oblong, ^ in. long, lO-12-costate, with scattered rather ligid 

 hairs. Pappus biseriate, subfulvous ; inner subplumose ; outer I as 

 long, subpaleaceous, multifid. — Jaub. et Spach, lllustr. PI. Orient, iv. 

 p. 03, t. 341 ; Kultnia arahica, Hochst et Steud. in Hb. Schimp. 

 Arab. Pel. n. 863 ! ; DC. Prodr. vii. 267. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Eager"! Pcrrottet. Bmnner ! 



Xrortb Central. Kouka, E. Vogel! 



Xifile Iiand. liiMhia,, Koischy ! ? Abyssinia, ^o^A. 



Occurs also in Tropical Arabia, Cape Verde Islands, Scinde, etc. 



2. P. mucronata, Benth. in Hooh. Niger Fl. p. 432. Herba- 

 ceous, 1^ ft. high or more, paniculately branched ; upper parts scaberu- 

 lous with short crisp hispid hairs, subglutinous ; branches terete, 

 striate, ascending. Leaves linear or linear-oblanceolate, usually obtuse, 

 mucronate, gradually narrowed towards the base, sessile, entire or 

 with 1-2 irregular remote teeth above ; upper ^-1 in. long by iV~8 ^"• 

 wide ; uppermost smaller, filiform, subulate, bract-like. Capitula widely 

 campanulate, ^-f in. long, solitary at the ends of the pedunculiform 

 branches. Scales of the involucre pauciseriate, acute, falling short of 

 the florets ; inner linear-lanceolate ; outer shorter, linear- or filiform- 

 subulate ; outermost recurving. Receptacle foveolate. Achenes oblong, 

 Y^g— 4 in. long, about 10-costate, pubescent. Pappus biseriate ; inner 

 subplumose, of the outer achenes turning greenish in drying; outer 

 pappus shorter, setaceo-multifid, subfulvous. 



Xiower Guinea. Elephant Bay, Eenguela, Curror ! 

 Scarcely a different species from the former. 



45. VICOA, Cass. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 334. 



Capitula hemispherical, heterogamous, radiate, many-flowered, roy- 

 florets narrow ligulate $ , sometimes wanting. Involucral bracts 

 pluriseriate, narrow, imbricate more or less, scarious, finely pointed. 

 Receptacle naked. Corolla of hermaphrodite florets tubular 5-toothed. 

 Anther-base sagittate with fine tails. Achenes (tblong or ellipsoidal, 

 pubescent or glabrous, not or scarcely costate. Pappus l-seriate, 

 setos few or indefinite. — Herbs with alternate entire or toothed leaves, 

 and yellow pedunculate solitary or cymosely panicled capitula. 



