390 Lxxiii. coMPOSiTJi (OLIVER AND hiern). [Coreopsis. 



7. C. Kirkii, 0. ^ H. A glabrous shining perennial, shrubby 

 and branched below. Branches terete. Leaves petiolate, mostly on 

 abbreviated branches, 1-3 in. long inclusive, tripartite, the divisions 

 again tripartite or undivided, lobes linear, ^1^ in, long. Capitula 

 solitary or subsolitary, on peduncles 1^ l '| in. long. Involucre sub- 

 globose, ^ in. diam. ; outer bracts narrowly linear, about as long as the 

 broader inner ones. Ray-florets neuter ; ligule | in. long. Setae of 

 the pappus slender. Ripe fruit not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Moramballa, alt., 3,000 ft., Kirk/ 



8. C monticola, 0. ^ H. A nearly simple erect rigid quite 

 glabrous herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves ovate in outline, including the 

 petiole of ^| in. about 2 by 1^ in., tripartite with the middle partition 

 deeply 3-5-fid, lobes ovate, incise-dentate, acute. Capitula hemisphe- 

 rical, j-f in. diam., on peduncles ^3 in., in a corymbose cyme. In- 

 volucral bracts glabrous, shining ; outer rather longer, linear, rather 

 obtuse but with a callous tip ; inner oval-oblong, rounded at apex. 

 Achenes compressed, linear- oblong, setulose on the margin and apex, 

 not winged, \ in. long. Ai'istae rigid, filiform, shorter than the achene, 

 scabrid. — Verbesina (Prestinaria) monticola, Hook. f. in Jo urn. Linn. 

 Soc. Lond. vii. p. 200. 



Vpper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, Mann I 



9. C Barter!, 0. ^ H. Ascending glabrous shining perennial 

 herb, 1-3 ft. high. Branches terete striate. Leaves opposite or occa- 

 sionally 3 in a whorl, oval or lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed into the 

 sessile or subsessile base, serrulate or toothed, undivided, ^2 by 

 ^-j in. Capitula subglobose, f—^ in. diam., on peduncles of 1-4 in., in 

 a lax corymbose cyme. Involucral bracts glabrous, onter narrowly 

 linear, rather exceeding or nearly equalling the broader inner ones. 

 Achenes linear or linear-oval, ciliate, compressed, not winged, mar- 

 gined, ^-^ in. long. Aristae filiform setaceous, scabrous, shorter than 

 the achene. 



XJTpper Guinea. Borgu, Barter! Baikie ! 



10. C linearlfolla, 0. ^ H. Erect nearly glabrous perennial 

 herb, 4-5 feet high, from a woody stock, simple or nearly so. Leaves 

 linear, undivided, denticulate-scabrous on the margins, acute at both 

 ends, sessile, 2-6 by ^— ^ in. Capitula hemispherical, f— ^ in. long, 

 1-3 together, on peduncles ranging up to 5 in., in a terminal cyme. 

 Outer involucral bracts linear-lanceolate equalling the inner, glabrous 

 except the hispid-scabrous base ; inner glabrous, broader. Achenes 

 (immature) linear-oblong, compressed, hispid on margins, not 

 winged ? Aristee filiform, short. 



XSTile Iwand. Djur-land, Steppes near Agada, ^chwebifurth .' 



11. C. g'uineensis, 0. 8f H. Nearly glabrous annual, erect, 2 ft. 

 high or more. Leaves tripartite bilobed or undivided, remotely den- 

 ticulate ; divisions (or the whole leaf ) linear, narrowed at both ends, 

 subsessile, 1-7 by ^^5-|in., margins subscabro us. Capitula campanulate- 



