Coreopsis.'] Lxxiii. composite; (oliver and hiern). 391 



hemispherical, ^J in. long, on peduncles of 2-7 in., in a lax open 

 trichotomoas cyme or solitary and terminating the branches. Outer 

 scales of the involucre glabrous, narrowly linear, shorter and narrower 

 than the inner ones which are sometimes not quite glabrous, suc- 

 ceeded by a few similar bracts near the top of the peduncle. Ligules 

 large. ' Achenes linear-oblong, compressed, about \ in. long, winged, 

 setulose or nearly glabrous, ciliate on the wings. Arist89 erect, filiform, 

 shorter than the achene, barbellate. 



XTpper Guinea. Niger, Nupe, Barter! Dr. Baikie! {c.\x\t.) ; Abbeokuta, Z>r. 

 Irving! (said to be cultivated). 



12. C. macrantha, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 1G3. Pe- 

 rennial, 1-3 ft. high, glabrous in most parts. Stems several from a 

 woody stock, often rooting below, ascending. Leaves bipinnatisect, 

 sessile or subsessile, ovate in outline, f- 3 in. long, lobes linear ending 

 in an acute callous point. Capitula hemispherical, ^— J in. long, on 

 peduncles of 1-6 in. solitary or forming a lax open corymbose cyme. 

 Outer involucral bracts linear 3-nerved green glabrous about equalling 

 the oblong-lanceolate broader sometimes coloured inner ones, which are 

 hispid-fimbriate on the mid-line of the back. Achenes winged, com- 

 pressed, puberulous or pilose ; wings in some cases very broad above, 

 ciliate, J in. long. Aristae subulate, pectinate-ciliate, not quite as long 

 as the achene. — Prestinaria macrantha, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. 

 x\byss. ii. n. 1236 ; Verbesina macrantha, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 408 ; 

 ? G. riiacroptera, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Fl. ^thiop. 284. (We have 

 seen achenes only in Hb. Schimp. ed. Buchinger No. 22, A.i>. 1854.) 



SS'ile Xiand. AbysiAma,, Schimpcr ! 



13. C. Pi'estinaria, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Hep. vi. p. 163. 

 Nearly glabrous annual, 8-24 in. high, branched from the base, 

 somewhat glaucous. Leaves ovate or lanceolate in outline, bipinnati- 

 sect, ^-2 in., subsessile, lobes linear or lanceolate, glabrous or some- 

 what ciliate, with an acute terminal callus. Capitula ^— | in. long, on 

 slender pedicels of ^-2^ in., in a lax open corymbose cyme. Involucral 

 bracts glabrous, of nearly equal length, outer linear, 3-nerved ; inner 

 wider. Achenes linear-oblong, compressed, glabrous or hairy on tlie 

 faces, winged, \ in. long ; wings broader upwards, ciliate with long 

 ascending hairs. Aristae elongated, exceeding the tubular florets and 

 longer than the achene, rather wider below, ciliate — ? G. setigera^ 

 Schultz Bip. I. c. ; Prestiniaria bidoUoides, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. 

 Abyss, i. n. 62 ; Verbesina veris, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 407 ; V. 

 lineata, A. Rich. I. c. p. 410. 



MTile Xiand. AhysamieL, Schimpcr! Petit! Q.Dillon! Hildehrandt. 



14. C. pacbyloma, 0. c^if. Puberulous erect or ascending herb, 

 apparently annual, 1^2 ft. high or more. Leaves bipinnatipartite, ovate 

 in outline, subsessile, |-2 in. long, lobes ovate or lanceolate, entire or cut, 

 mostly acute. Capitula subglobose, ^\ in. long, on peduncles of 

 2-4 in., in a lax corymbose cyme. Outer involucral bracts linear, 

 remotely ciliat -j otherwise nearly glabrous, about as long as the broader 

 inner ones. Achenes turbinate-oblong, somewhat curved, not much 



