364 LxxiTi. coMPOSiTiE (OLIVER AND hiern). [PuUcaria, 



1. p. petiolaris, Jauh. et Spach, Illustr. PI. Orient, iv. p. 69, t. 

 344. SuSriiticose, 1-1^ ft. high ; upper parts herbaceous glandular- 

 puberulous and shortly and appressedly pubescent ; branches irregu- 

 larly divaricate, terete and leafless below, striate-angular and leafy 

 above. Leaves alternate, oval or lanceolate, acute or subacute, cuneate • 

 or truncate at base into narrowly winged petiole, membranous, dentate, 

 flat, i-2 in. long by ;^|- in. wide ; uppermost smaller ; petioles more 

 or less dilated at base, amplexicaul ?-l in. long, uppermost shorter. 

 Capitula subhemispherical, many-flowered, |— | in. diameter, solitary 

 on pedicels ^4 in. long, loosely corymbose, radiate. Scales of the 

 involucre pauciseriate, unequal, imbricate, thinly glandular-pubescent, 

 linear-acute or -subulate ; outer successively shorter Receptacle 

 punctate flat, -^^ in. diameter. Achenes subfasiform, contracted at the 

 apex below the pappus, thinly pubescent. Outer pappus short, connate 

 at the base ; inner of about 4 deciduous setae, barbellate above. — Kiliana 

 chrysopdoides, Schultz Bip. in Flora xxiv. i. Intell. B1. p. 21) (184.1) ; P. 

 chrysopsioides, Schultz- Bip. ex Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p. 286 ; 

 Allagopappus chrysopsioides, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. 

 ^thiop. 153. 



Wile Xiand. Abyssinia, Salt! Schimper I 3500-9000 ft. alt. ; Nubia and Sennaar 

 (Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p. 286). 



A specimen from Somali-land, HiJdehrandt ! seems to belong to this species. 



2. P. Xtuppellii, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. n. 

 1041. Erect annual 2^-9 in. high, more or less albido-lanate ; 

 branches few terete. Leaves obovate-spathulate, obtuse, sessile, 

 auricled and amplexicaul or lower narrowed at the base into a short 

 alate petiole, denticulat-e, flat, more or less arachnoid-tomentose, espe- 

 cially beneath, ^-2^ in. long by ilr-l in. wide. Capitula hemispherical, 

 many-flowered, ^— J in. diameter, solitary on terminal and subterminal 

 peduncles ^-2 in. long, radiate. Scales of the involucre pauciseriate, , 

 more or less densely wooll}^ ; inner linear, acute, with a long tail-like 

 apiculus ; outer linear-oval, acute or obtuse, apiculate, scarcely or not 

 shorter, herbaceous. Receptacle j\ in. diameter, flat, naked. Ligule 

 long, tridentate. Achenes terete, slightly sericeous or glabrate ; outer 

 pappus cup-shaped, dentate ; inner of about 7 white seta) barbellate 

 towards the tip. — A. Rich. Fl. Abj^ss. i. p. 401 ; P. mvohicrata, R. Br. 

 in Salt Voy. Abyss. App. p. Ixv. (name only) (1814). 



Zarile Xiand. Abyssinia, Salt/ Sckhnfa' ! Ehrenberg I shores of Red Sea, be- 

 tween 11° and 12° N. Lat, Lord! 



3. P. ILurtziana, Vathe in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 187.5, p. 327. . 

 A small shrub, 1^ ft. high, densely glandular and slightly pilose on 

 the herbaceous parts. Leaves oblong-linear, coarsely pinnati fid-dentate 

 towards the apex, somewhat fleshy ?, callous-mucvonate, 1^ by -j^ in. 

 Peduncles 1-headed. Capitula many-flowered, radiate. Involucre 

 broadly campanulate ; bracts numerous, ovate-lanceolate, unequal, the 

 outer ones gradually smaller, dark brown at the apex, rather acute, 

 nearly glabrous, keeled. Ray-florets scarcely one- third longer than 



