388 Lxxiii. COMPOSTTJE (OLIVER AND hiern). [Goreopsts, 



1. C< G-rantil, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 98, t. 65. 

 Softly pu)3escent erect herb, 2-4 ft. high, purplish below. Leaves 

 ovate, bipinnatifid, 1-2 in. long ; lobes mostly ovate, rather obtuse, 

 mucronate, entire or with a few teeth. Capitnla hemispherical, ^ in. 

 diam., on peduncles of ^-1^ in., few together, cymose. Outer involu- 

 cral bracts hispid-pubescent, linear, about as long as the inner pubes- 

 cent broader ones. Achenes compressed, not winged, setulose on the 

 margins and face, linear, J in. long. Aristss short, filiform. — Verbesinaf 

 Nos. 2, 3, T. Thoms. in Speke, Joum., App. p. 638. 



Wile &and. Xaragu^, Speke and Grant ! 



2. C. Steppia, Steetz in Peters Mossamh. Bot. p. 496. Erect 

 sparingly hispid herb, 3 ft. high or more. Leaves pinnatisect, ovate in 

 outline, 2-6 in. long, subsessile ; lobes 1-2 on each side, oblong lan- 

 ceolate or linear, more or less toothed or subpinnatipartite, ciliate- 

 scabrous, 1^-3^ in. long, the terminal one longer than the lateral ones. 

 Capitula hemispherical, -^1 in. diam., on peduncles of ^6 in., sub- 

 solitary or in a panicled cyme. Outer involucral bracts hispid-pu- 

 bescent, linear, \-\ in. long, more or less exceeding the inner. Achenes 

 compressed, linear-oblong, scarcely winged, ciliate, J-J^ in. long. AristsB 

 strong, filiform, y^j-^ in. long. 



Mozamb. SUtr. Eios de Sena, Peters! Zambesi-land, iUTe//^ / Manganja hills, 

 alt. 3,000 ft. Kirk ! 



3. C. chrysantha, Vafke m Linncea xxxix. p. 499, (1875) ; 

 non alior. Erect perennial pallid herb, 2^ ft. high. Stems from a 

 woody stock, striate, glabrous below. Leaves tripartite or (in the 

 variety) not lobed ; lobes lanceolate or linear, acutely narrowed at both 

 ends, shortly petiolate, quite entire near both ends, sharply or deeply 

 serrate on other parts of the margin, scabrid above, shortly hispid- . 

 pubescent below, J-S^ by ^1 in. ; petioles ranging up to 1 J in. Ca- 

 pitula hemispherical, ^-f in. long, on hispid peduncles of lf-4 in. in a 

 lax open corymbose cyme. Outer involucral bracts linear, puberulous, 

 rather falling short of the inner which are broader and more pubescent. 

 Achenes oblong, ^ in. long, slightly hairy upwards, not winged, com- 

 pressed. Aristae filiform, shorter than the achene, inconspicuously 

 ciliate. — G. B^ippellii, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 163, i. e. 

 Verhesina Buppellii, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 410 ( V. BueppelUiy ex 

 Vatke) is doubtfully referred by Vatke I. c. to this species ; it is 

 unknown to us. 



Xrile Kand. Abyssinia, Petit! Schimper ! (in the Eepp Valley at Dewari, 

 7,000 ft. alt., 2nd Oct., 1863). 



The barren radical shoots sometimes have alternate elliptical entire leaves. 



? var. j8. simplicifolia, Vatke, I. c. p. 500. Erect, rigid, glaucescent, slightly scabrid, 

 nearly glabrous, perennial herb, 4 ft. high, branched above. Leaves ovate or narrowly 

 elliptical, acutely apiculate, serrate or those of the inflorescence nearly entire, nar- 

 rowed at the base, subsessile, ranging up to 6 by 1^ in. Capitula hemispherical, . 

 involucre | in. diam., in a corymbose lax cyme ; pedicels ranging up to 2 in. long. 

 Outer involucral bracts herbaceous, about 7, lanceolate or linear-acuminate, |-| in. 

 long. Ligule of the ray-floreta narrowly elliptical, about ^ in. long. Achenes (imma- 



