Senecio.] Lxxiii. composite (ouver ani» hiern). 417 



22. S. rresenll, ScTiuUz Blp. in Srhwelnf. Beitr. Fh JEtlnop. p. 

 160. Perennial, arachnoid, with the habit of >S'. paJndostis, Linn. Stems 

 herbaceous. Leaves elongate linear-lanceolate, sagittate, closely serru- 

 late. Capitula radiate, yellow, collected in a crowded corymb. Invo- 

 lucre glabrous. 



wile Xiand. Abyssinia, between Halei and Temben, liiippell. 

 "We have seen no specimen, 



23. S. Schultzll, Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, ii, n. 1278. 

 Erect hispid-pubescent perennial herb, 1-2 ft. high. Stem simple or 

 nearly so, leafy. Leaves linear-oblong, sessile, mostly obtuse, obtusely 

 dentate, 1-6 in. long, the upper ones dilated and somewhat auricled at 

 the base, the lower gradually narrowed downward to near the base. 

 Capitula hemispherical, about 1 in. diam., on bracteate peduncles or 

 pedicels ranging up to 3^ in., in a hemispherical cyme of 3-6 in. diam. 

 Calyculus of many lax narrowly linear bracts, some nearly equalling 

 the involucre. Involucral bracts 25-30, linear, with scarious margins, 

 a lanceolate acuminate apex and dark tip. Ligule of the ray- 

 florets ^1 in. long, linear. Achenes glabrous, costate, oblong. — A. 

 Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 444. 



irile £and. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



24. S. myriocephalus, SchuUz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, ii. 

 n. 837 and 1233. An erect leafy suffruticose perennial, 2 ft. or more 

 high. Stem terete, glabrate below, somewhat cottony above. Leaves 

 linear-oval, narrowed towards both ends, sessile, auriculate, denticulate, 

 dark and subglabrous above, white with an obsolete tomentum beneath, 

 1-4 by |-1 in. Capitula campanulate, ^-^ in. long, very numerous, on 

 pedicels ranging up to 1 in., in a dense much branched corymbose or 

 hemispherical cyme of 4-12 in. diam. Calyculus of a few short lan- 

 ceolate acuminate bracts. Involucral bracts about 13, linear, acute, 

 nearly glabrous with a ciliolate dark tip. Ligule of the ray-florets 

 oval, about J in. long, yellow. Disk-florets yellow. Achenes striate, 

 setulose. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 441. 



Xrile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimpcr ! Roth! Petit! 

 Used for expelling black ants {Roth). 



25. S. Bteudelioides, Sch. Bip. in Schivf. FL jFAhiop. p. 157. 

 Branches closely sulcate, thinly appressed, cottony above, glabrate be- 

 low. Leaves linear- oblong, coarsely dentate or unequally pinnately 

 toothed, the lower occasionally with a large median lobe on either side, 

 more or less whitish cottony especially beneath, at length glabrescent, 

 2-3 in. long. Capitula loosely cymose, discoid or ray inconspicuous, 

 yellow, broadly campanulate, |-| in. diam,, on peduncles varying to 

 1 in. or more. Calyculus of rather long linear or subulate bnicts. 

 Involucral bracts 15-20, oblong-lanceolate, more or less cottony. 

 Achenes setulose. 



Ifflle Iiand. Abyssinia, alt. 10,500 ft., Schimper ! 



26. S. farinaceus, SchulfzBip. in Hrb. Schimp. Abysi^. ii. n. 7-^1. 

 Erect or ascending, perennial, shrubby below, cajspitosely lu-anrhed, 



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