Gynura.'] lxxiii. composite (Oliver and hiern). 403 



equalling or exceeding the pappus. — G. aurantiaca, Benth. I. c. p. 437 ; 

 Senecio vitellmus, Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^fcliiop. p. 286. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel ! Mann ! alt. 8,500 ft., Barter ! Came- 

 roons Mountains, Mann! alt. 7,000ft. 



XTortli Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth ! 



irile Aand. Abyssinia, Roth ! 



3. G-. crepidioides, Benth. in Hook Niger FL p. 438. Erect 

 puberulous or glabrous simple or somewhat branched annual, 2-3 ft. 

 high. Leaves deeply lyrate-pinnatifid, sometimes not lobed, mostly 

 petiolate, 1-10 in. long; lobes acutely dentate. Capitula oblong, 

 ^-^ in. long, on slender pedicels of ^2^ in., in a dense or lax corym- 

 bose cyme, rarely solitary. Disk hairy, with filiform bracts below. 

 Involucral bracts linear-subulate, nearly or quite glabrous. Corollas 

 yellow or with purple- tips, shorter than or nearly equalling the pappus. 

 — G. polycephala, Benth. I. c. p. 437; G. diver sifolia, Schultz Bip. ex 

 Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^thiop. p. 156 ; Senecio diversifolius, 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 437, non Dumort. nee Wall. ; S. crepidioides, 

 Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. JEthiop. p. 155 ; G. microcephala, Vatke 

 in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift, 1875, p. 328. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! Vogel ! Senegambia, Heudelot ! Sierra 

 Leone, Afzelius ! G. Don ! Niger, Barter ! 



XTortb Central. Monbuttiiland, Schweinfurth ! 



Utile Xiand. Abyssinia, Q. Dillon ! Parkyns ! Bogos-land, Steudner ! 



Mozamb. J>istr. Zambesi-land, Expedition Island, Kirk .' Zanzibar, Hilde- 

 brandt ! 



Occurs also at Johanna. 



4. G-. miniata, Welic. Apont. p. 586 (1859). A somewhat pu- 

 bescent erect herb, with the habit of Emilia sonchifoliay 2-4 ft. high. 

 Root tuberous. Stem somewhat branched. Leaves lyrate or deeply 

 pinnatifid, 3-6 in. long, musk-scented, margins repand, leaf-base (or 

 petiole) often auriculate. Capitula -^ in. long, on rather slender pedi- 

 cels which range up to 1^ in., in corymbose pedunculate cymes. 

 Inner involucral bracts about 15, linear with lanceolate apex and sca- 

 rious margins ; outer bracts fewer, much smaller, narrower. Flowers 

 of a bright orange-red colour. 



Jso-wer Guinea. Angola, Pungo Andongo, near Caghuy, at a waterfall, Ca- 

 lunda, in flower, December, 1856, Welwitsch ! radical leaves in October, 18o6, at Puri- 

 Cacarambola, Welvyitsch ! 



5. G. amplexicaulls, 0. ^ H. Erect herb, 2^3 ft. high ; stem 

 pubescent, rooting and dichotomous below, simple above, leafy in lower 

 half, nearly naked in upper half. Leaves obovate-oblong, sessile, am- 

 plexicaul, acutely toothed and denticulate, acutely narrowed at the 

 apex, obtuse at the base, puberulous or on the midrib pubescent, mostly 

 4-5 by 1-1-^ in., those near the base of the stem and also those by the 

 inflorescence smaller. Capitula oblong, about \ in. long or rather 

 more, on pedicels of ^-2 J in., about 3-4 together in a small long-pe- 

 duncled cyme ; bracteoles filiform. Involucral bracts linear, tapering 

 at the apex, puberulous. Corollas reddish-orange, exceeding the pappus. 

 Anthers exserted. 



xrile &and. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth ! 



