416 Lxxiii. cOMPOSiTiE (OLIVER AND hiern). [Smecio. 



Much resembling 8. confertus, Schultz Bip., but differing by broader not auricu- 

 late leaves, by the broader involucres with narrower more numerous bracts, and es- 

 pecially by the glabroiis achenes. 



19. S. Surtonl, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. 8oc. Lond. vii. p. 202. 

 A robust erect perennial herb, 3-4 ft. high, white-cottony above. 

 Stem striate. Stem-leaves ovate ovate-lanceolate or -oblong, acumi- 

 nate or acnte, sessile, amplexicaul, closely denticulate with callous tips, 

 white-tomentose beneath, thinly so above, 1^-12 by ^3 in. Capitula 

 campanulate, slightly turbinate, about ^ in. long, on pedicels of 

 ^1 in., in a corymbose or rounded cyme. Calyculus of a few unequal, 

 Sliform or linear bracts. Involacral bracts 15-20, linear, with lanceo- 

 late tip and scarious margins, about ^ in. long, thinly pilose. Liguleof 

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

 30-40. Achenes glabrous, costate, black, J in. long. 



ITpper Onlnea. Cameroon Mountains, alt., 8-12,000 ft., Mann! 



20. S. ochrocarpuB, 0. 8f H. An erect leafy pallid perennial 

 shrub-like herb, 4 ft. high or more, from a thickened root covered with 

 tomentose tubercles and giving ofi" elongated fibres. Stem simple or 

 nearly so, salcate and striate, puberulous. Stem-leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late oval or upper lanceolate, sessile, amplexicaul, subobtuse at the 

 apiculate apex, broad and somewhat or scarcely auriculate at the base, 

 denticulate with triangular apiculate teeth, 2^7 in. long. Capitula 

 campanulate, |-f in. long, on pedicels of i— IJ in., in a corymbose 

 thinly lanate cyme. Calyculus of a few filiform bracts, ^-\ of the 

 length of the involucre. Involucral bracts 13-16, linear, thinly pilose, 

 with a dark tip, ^-^ in. long, arising from a thickened disk which is 

 ultimately conspicuous. Ligule of the ray-florets orange, linear, about \ 

 in. long. Corolla of disk- florets with a conical base terminating upwards, 

 in a slender constriction. Achenes pale, glabrous, costate, ^ in. long. 



XSrile ]«aii<l. Abyssinia, Schimper ! by swamps at elevation of 8,500 ft. 



21. S. Steudelil, Schultz Bip. in Herh. Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 750. 

 Erect perennial herb, 2^ ft. high. Stem glabrous and soon naked 

 below, leafy and slightly cottony above, simple or but little branched. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, acute, denticulate, glabrate or 

 somewhat cottony when young, 2-8 in. long ; the upper ones cordate- 

 auriculate. Capituh^ campanulate, |— ^ in. long, on bracteate pedicels 

 ranging up to 4 in. in a corymbose cyme. Calyculus of a few lax 

 narrowly linear bracts like those on the pedicels. Involucral bracts 

 about 15, linear-lanceolate, somewhat pubescent, with scarious margin 

 and dark pointed tip, about equalling the disk-florets. Ligule of the 

 ray-florets |-f in. long. Achenes costate, oblong, glabrous. — A. Rich. 

 Fl. Abyss, i. p. 440. 



irile Xrtknd. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Petit ! (var. o. cUfndo-tomentosa, Eich. 1. c, a luxuriant state with upper part of 

 stem and leaves white-cottony and teeth of leaves irregular and obtuse). 



S. steudelioides, Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. -2Ethiop. 157, frona Abyssinia, 

 differs from S. Steicdelii, by sinuate-dentate pinnatifid cottony and hairy achenes, 

 and leaves with revolute margins. 



