412 LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIEEN). [ScneClO. 



6. S. Scblmperl, SchuUz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, i. n. 144 

 et iii. n. 1880. Annnal, but; somewhat woody and often branched at 

 the base, erect, glabrous, 1-1^ ft. high. Leaves numerous, linear, 

 narrowed to a caUons tip, fleshy, entire or obscurely calloso-denticulate, 

 margins revolute, 2"^^, sessile. Capitula campanulate, ^— J in. long, 

 on pedicels of ^-2 in., in a corymbose cyme. Calyculus of 10-12 lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate bracts. Involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate acute, 

 3-nerved, with narrow scarious margins, rather falling short of the 

 florets. Ray-florets wanting. Achenes terete, costate, setulose on 

 the ribs ; setuleB very short. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 435. 



xrile &ancl. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Roth ! Q. Dillon, Petit. 

 According to Ascherson in Schweinfurth's Beitr. Fl. JEthiop. p. 168, this species 

 also occurs in Arabia. 



7. S. ooronopifollus, Vesf. Fl. Atl. ii. p. 273. Annual, 4-24 in. 

 high, erect, branched, glabrous in most parts. Leaves fleshy, sessile, 

 semi-amplexicaul, pinnately lobed or entire, ^2 in. long, lobes linear 

 and sometimes dentate or dentiform ; margins revolute. Capitula 

 campanulate, at length hemispherical, about \ in. long, 1 or few to- 

 gether, on peduncles or pedicels ranging up to 1^ in., forming a wide 

 corymbose cyme. Calyculus of 6-8 short lanceolate bracts. Involu- 

 cral bracts linear, sometimes broadly so, with a lanceolate tip, dark- 

 coloured at the apex, with narrow scarious margins, about equalling 

 the florets. Ligule of the marginal florets oblong, shorter than thB 

 involucre. Achenes costate, minutely setulose. — DC. Prodr. vi. p. 344. 

 8. Riippellii, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. .^Ethiop. p. 157, n. 

 812. 



srile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper f 



Occurs in the Oriental regions and extends to Afghanistan. 



'8. S. pinnatlpartltus, SchuUz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, iii. 

 n. 1873. Annual, glabrous or nearly so, erect, simple or but little 

 branched, 9-18 in. high. Lowest leaves subrotund or oval, ^1 in. 

 long, dentate, narrowed into a petiole of J-IJ in. ; lower leaves pinna- 

 tipartite, sublyrate, petiolate, l^— 2^ in. long, including the petiole ; 

 upper leaves rather smaller, sessile, pinnatipartite, with linear or ob- 

 long toothed or entire lobes. Capitula campanulate, about ^ in. long, 

 on pedicels of ^3 in., in rather small corymbose cymes of 1-2 in. 

 diameter. Calyculus of short lanceolate-acuminate bracts. Involucral 

 bracts linear, about 3-nerved, with a lanceolate tip and a narrow 

 scarious margin, equalling the florets. Ligule of the ray-florets 

 recurved, very short. Achenes costate, setulose on the ribs ; setulse 

 short, thick. 



irile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



A. Kichard in Fl. Abyss, i. p. 438, unites this -with 8. eegypUiis, Linn., regarding it 

 as a less luxuriant state of the latter, from which however it appears to differ by the 

 shape of the involucre and by the broader figure of the involucral bracts. 



9. S. Perrottetll, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 343. Annual, erect, gla- 

 brous, simple or branched, 1-2 ft. high. Lower leaves attenuate into 



