Senecio.] Lxxiii. composite: (Oliver and hiern). 413 



a petiole; upper leaves sessile, anriculate-amplexicaul, dentate or incise- 

 pinnatifid, oval or oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 1-3^ in. long. Capitula 

 widely campanulate, about ^ in. long, on pedicels of yV-1 in. long, in 

 a corymbose cyme. Calyculus of a few short subulate or filiform 

 bi*acts. Involucral bracts narrowly linear, acuminate, 2-1-nerved, 

 with scarious margins, equalling the florets. Ligule of ray-florets 5-^- 

 nerved, full or half the length of the involucre. Achenes costate, 

 minutely setulose on the ribs. — S. strictus, DC. 1. c. 



ITpper Ooinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! 



10. S. pioridlfbllus, DC, Prodr. vi. p. 386. Perennial herb, 

 simple or branched, 1-2^ ft. high or more ; stem terete, striate, shortly 

 pubescent. Leaves oval-oblong or ovate, acutely toothed, puberulous 

 or glabrous, sessile, auriculate or narrowed at base, 1^-4^ by |-1J in. 

 Capitula campanulate, with a broad truncate base, ^-J in. long, 1 or 

 few together, on peduncles of 3-6 in. Calyculus of several linear 

 ciliate or glabrate small bracts. Involucral bracts linear, puberulous 

 or glabrate, acute, with narrow thinner margins. Ray-florets none. 

 Achenes costate, glabrous on the ribs, minutely hairy between the ribs. 

 Pappus ultimately exceeding the involucre. — Harv. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 379. 

 — 8. acuUdentatus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 436. 8. papaverifolius, A. 

 Rich. 1. c. p. 437. 



irile Ziand. Abyssinia, Quartin Billon and Petit ! Schimper ! 

 Occurs also in Natal and the Transvaal republic of South Africa. 

 S. papaverifolius is a luxuriant state -with large auricles at the base of the leaves. 

 An aquatic form with more numerous and smaller heads and with a decximbent 

 habit was collected by Schweinfwrih ! by Geizelle River. 



11. S. macropappus, 8chuUz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 

 844. Perennial herb, puberulous or scabrid, 2-5 ft. high, branched. 

 Leaves ovate, closely irregularly and often unequally dentate, shortly 

 acuminate or apiculate, truncate or excavated at the base, l-2i by ^2 

 in. ; petioles ranging up to 1^ in., auricled at the base. Capitula 

 solitary or few together, campanulate, with a wide truncate base, ^— f 

 in. long, on peduncles or pedicels of 3-6 in., not radiate. Calyculus 

 consisting of several small linear ciliate bracts. Involucral bracts 

 linear, acute, subglabrous. Florets yellow. Achenes costate, setulose 

 between the ribs. Pappus exceeding the involucre. — A. Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. p. 436. 



irile ]band. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Q. Dillon, Petit ! 



12. S. tuberosus, 8chultz Bip. in Herb. 8chimp. Abyss, ii. n. 

 1361. Root tuberous, fleshy, w^ite, 1-3 in. diameter. Stems herba- 

 ceous, erect, glabrous 7-18 in. high, leafy at the base, simple or nearly 

 so. Lower leaves elliptical or ovate-elliptical, coarsely or sinuately 

 toothed or some 3-lobed, subglabrous or puberulous, obtuse, cuneate at 

 the base into a petiole of 1^-3 in., altogether 4-8 by 1^-4 in. ; upper " 

 leaves with shorter petioles or subsessile, more deeply toothed and 

 smaller. Capitula narrowly turbinate, i in. long, 4-6-flowered, not 



