Notonia.'} Lxxiii. composite (Oliver and hiern). 407 



1. N. abysslnlca, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 444, t. 59. Glabrous, 

 glaucescent, fleshy. Stem erect, 2 ft. bigh or more, terete, somewhat 

 branched above, with scattered leaves. Radical leaves thick, elliptical, 

 narrowed at both ends, 2-3;^ in. long ; stem-leaves narrowly elliptical, 

 acute or obtuse, narrowed towards the base, sessile, 1-4 in. long, 

 repand. Capitula hemispherical, 1-2 in. diameter, very many-flowered, 

 few in a cyme, on bracteate peduncles or pedicels of 1-6 in., without 

 caly cuius. Involucral bracts 13-15, broadly linear, with narrow 

 scarious margins and lanceolate acute tip scarcely equalling the florets. 

 Florets scarlet. Achenes glabrous. — Gacalia abyssinica^ Br. in Salt 

 Abyss. App. p. Ixv. (name only) ; N. Hildehrandtii, Vatke in Oest. 

 Bot. Zeitschr. xxvii. 197. 



Xrile Xiand. Abyssinia, Q. Dillon .' Chelicut, Salt ! Schimper ! 

 Mozamb. Blstr. Zanzibar Coast, at Mombassa, in stony places, with red 

 flowers, March, 1876, Hildebrandt! 



2. N. coccinea, 0. Sf H. A glabrous fleshy glaucescent peren- 

 nial herb, 3-12 in. long, decumbent or ascending from a nodose or 

 tuberous root, leafy at the base, scapiform above. Leaves narrowly 

 fusiform, acute, narrowing towards both ends, sessile, 1-3 in. long. 

 Capitula broadly campanuiate, f-J in. long, 1-3 together ; peduncle 

 2-8 in. long ; pedicels l-lj in. long, bracteate. Calyculus wanting. 

 Involucral bracts 8-10, broadly linear, striate, rigid, terminating in a 

 long acumen, |— | in. long, glaucous. Florets all tubular, numerous, 

 very bright scarlet, hermaphrodite. Achenes glabrous, striate. Pappus 

 rather falling short of the corollas. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia, Both! 



3. N. G-rantil, 0. ^ H. Short fleshy glabrous glaucescent 

 perennial, 4 in. high, from a tuberous root. Stem scapiform, bearing 

 a few linear scale-like leaves and above about 2 stalked heads. Lower 

 or radical leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends or rounded and 

 refuse at the apex, sessile, ^| in. long. Capitula campanulate-hemi- 

 spherical, | in. long or rather more, discoid, 20-flowered or more, 

 rounded at base, without calyculus ; pedicels 1 in., more or less. Invo- 

 lucral bracts 10, broadly linear, rigid, striate, with scarious margins 

 and lanceolate coloured tip, |-| in. long, exceeding the pappus, rather 

 falling short of the blood-red or port- wine coloured corollas. Achenes 

 glabrous. — Kleinia ? sp., Speke, Nile Jonrn. App. 638. 



Mozamb. Blstr. M'biimi, 6° 66' 30" S. Lat, Col. Grant! 



4. N. Schweinforthii, 0. 8f H. A fleshy glabrous glaucescent 

 perennial, scarcely a foot high. Stems leafy below, simple or bifid, 

 nearly naked above. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acute, narrowed 

 towards the base, sessile, 1-2 in. long. Capitula campanuiate, 1-H m. 

 long, on bracteate peduncles of 6-8 in., solitary, many-flowered. In- 

 volucral bracts linear or oblong, of unequal breadth, faintly striate, 

 ^-^ in. long, with scarious margins and lanceolate or triangular tip, 

 falling short of the purple corollas, 8-10, sometimes with some long 



