414 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE} (OLIVER AND hiern). {^Seiiecio. 



radiate, on short pedicels, in a dense subumbelliform cyme 1-3 in. 

 diameter. Calycnlus of 2-3 small filiform bracts. Involncral bracts 

 usually 5, linear-oblong, obtuse, with scarious margins. Florets 5. 

 Achenes silky. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 434, tab. 58. Cacalia tuhe- 

 rosa, Delile in FeiTet and Galinier, Yoy. Abyss, iii. p. 142, non Nutt. - 

 C. abyssinica, Walp. Ann. ii. p. 908, nou Br. 



xrile ]band. Abyssinia, Sckimper .' Petit! Q. Dillon. Beccari! Gallabat, 

 Schweinfurth ! Ferret and Galinier. 



Eoot eaten. 



S. solanoides, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^aSthiop. p. 159, from Abyssinia, 

 differs from the above by " leaves large sinuate-dentate pinnatifid puberulous." 



These two species constitute the geniis Solanecio, Walp. Eep. vi. p. 273. 



13. S» Hocbstetterl, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, i. n. 

 268. Rootstock thick, not vertical. Stem erect, terete, striate, sub- 

 scabrid, 9-18 in. high. Radical leaves numerous, oval-spathulate, 

 obtuse, subscabrid, irregularly toothed or compound- dentate, narrowed 

 at the base into a petiole which is dilated and amplexicaul and about 

 equalling the lamina, altogether 4-13 in. long ; stem-leaves few, sessile, 

 linear, small, passing upwards into the bracts. Capitula campanulate, 

 |-J in. long, on pedicels of ^-3 in. long, in a rather lax corymb. Caly- 

 culus of few small lax linear bracts. Involucral bracts linear- lanceo- 

 late, glandular-puberulous, about 10. Florets all tubular, numerous. 

 Achenes slightly hairy. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 435. 



WUe Xiand. Abyssinia, Sckimper ! 



14. S. paucifolius, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 403. An erect glabrous 

 perennial herb, 1-2 ft. high. Root thickened. Stem leafy towards 

 the base, nearly naked above. Leaves oval or obovate, obtuse or api- 

 culate, with a few teeth or nearly entire, narrowed towards the 

 scarcely petiolate base, 1-3 by ^1 in. Capitula broadly campanulate, 

 ^-| in. long, on pedicels of f-2^ in., 3-13 together, in a lax corym- ■ 

 bose pedunculate cyme. Calyculus of very few short bracts. Involu- 

 cral bracts linear, about 12, nearly equalling the florets. Ligule of 

 the ray-florets oblong, about ^-^ in. long, yellow. Disk-florets very 

 numerous. Achenes glabrous. — Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 377. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Zambesi-land, Kirk! Moramballa, 1,500-3,000 ft., Kirk! 



Occurs also in southern and eastern districts of Cape Colony. 



Our specimens differ from the type in less scapiform inflorescence and in not quite 

 entire leaves ; they also differ from S. rhomboideus, Harv., by the presence of ray- 

 florets. 



15. S. bupleuroides, DO. Prodr. vi. p. 387. Erect glabrous 

 fleshy perennial herb, 2-2-^ ft. high, woolly at the crown of the root ; 

 stem leafy, not much branched, striate. Stem-leaves oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, sessile, cordate-amplexicaul, rigid, 2-5 hj ^-1^ in., margins 

 revolute, denticulate or subentire. Capitula turbinate, ^-| in. long, 

 about 15-20-flowered, on slender pedicels of ^-1^ in., in a repeatedly 

 branched corymbose cyme. Calyculus (in our specimens). Involu- 

 cral bracts 8-10, linear, with a ciliolate tip, ^ in. long. Ray-florets 



