Aspilia.'] Lxxiii. composite) (oliveb and hiern). 379 



long, pedunculate, in a lax leafy panicle ; peduncles ranging up to 1 in. 

 Outer involucral scales linear-oblong, obtuse, strigulose, not foliaceous, 

 shorter than the florets. Achenes turbinate, silky- villous, indistinctly 

 spotted, J in. long, truncate at apex with a narrow short cup-shaped 

 pappus and 2 rather short setae of about y^ i^- — Wirtgenia multiflora, 

 Fenzl in Flora, 1844, p. 312. 

 - mie band. Sennaar, Kotschy ! 



2. A. Scbimperl, 0. 8r -H". Erect, more or less branched annual, 

 1-3 ft. high. Stem and branches strigulose not hispid. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, acumina^^, connate at the base, denticulate, 

 strigulose, 1-5 by ^-2 in. ; petioles ranging up to | in. Capitula cam- 

 panulate in flower, hemispherical in fruit, ^^ in. long, pedunculate, 

 in lax open leafy cymes. Outer- involucral scales herbaceous obtuse 

 linear-oblong, not or scarcely foliaceous, equalling or rather exceeding 

 the florets, strigose. Peduncles ranging, up to 2 in. long, strigulose. 

 Ligule of the ray-florets oval, J in. long, yellowish. Achenes turbinate, 

 ^ in. long, silky- villous, spotted, cordate-truncate at apex with a short- 

 narrow cup-shaped pappus and 2 long setae of ^ in. — Wirtgenia Schim- 

 peri, Schultz Bip. in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 412. 



irile Ziand. Abyssinia, ScHviper ! Nubia, fide Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. 

 p. 287. 



Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. p. 490 in note unites this with the following 

 species. 



3. A. abyssinlca, 0. ^ H. An erect hispid annual, 1-1^ ft. 

 high, branched at least above. Leaves ovate, acuminate, acute, serru- 

 late, rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, strigose, 2-3 by 

 ^-1 in. ; petioles ^-^ in. Capitula campanulate in flower subglobose 

 in fruit, ^ in. long, pedunculate, in corymbose leafy cymes ; peduncles 

 slender, pubescent, usually short but ranging up to 1-^ in. Outer 

 involucral scales herbaceous above, not foliaceous, linear-lanceolate, 

 not or scarcely acute, strigose, equalling or rather exceeding the 

 flowers ; inner paleaceous obtuse or mucronate. Ligule of the ray- 

 florets yV^ ^- lo^g> bifid, yellow according to Schultz. Achenes 

 tnrbinate-oblong, obtuse at both ends, doubly convex, silky-villous, 

 spotted .with black blotches and minute reddish ones, \ in. long, trun- 

 cate-cordate at apex, with a narrow short cup-shaped laciniate pappus 

 and 2 smooth acicular setse tVtV ^°- ^^^S- — Wirtgenia abysainica, 

 Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 146. 



I?41e Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimperf 



^ 4. A. latlfolla, 0. ^ H. More or less hispid herb, 1^-4 ft. high. 

 Branches patently hairy at least above. Leaves ovate, acuminate or 

 subobtuse, serrulate, obtuse at or near the base, strigose or at least 

 scabrid above, 3-nerved near the base, 1^5 by ^-2^ in. ; petioles 

 J-| in., patently pubescent. Capitula hemispherical, about ^ in. long, 

 pedunculate, solitary at the ends or forks of the branches ; peduncles 

 ranging up to 8 in. Outer scales of the involucre ovate or lanceolate, 

 subacute, herbaceous, not foliaceous, strigose and often pubescent, 



