418 Lxxiii. cOMPOSiTiB (oLiVEE AND hiern). [Senecio. 



more or less white with a short woolly sometimes obsolete tomentum 

 especially on the lower surface of the leaves, 1-2 ft. high or more. 

 Leaves deeply pinnatifid, oblong or obovate in outline, petiolate or the 

 uppermost ones auriculate and sessile, f-3 in. long ; lobes oval ovate 

 or oblong, mostly toothed or again pinnatifid. Capitula broadly cam- 

 panulate slightly turbinate, f-J in. long, on peduncles of |--2 in., 

 solitary or subcymose. Calyculus of long linear bracts. Involucral 

 bracts 15-20, linear, mostly cottony, about equalling the yellow florets. 

 Ligule of the ray-florets oval or linear-oblong, about | in. long. Achenes 

 striate, setulose.— A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 443. 

 xrile ]band. Abyssinia, 12-13,500 ft. alt., Schimper .' 



27. S. clarenceana, Hooh.f. in Jowrn. Linn. 8oc. Lond. vi. p. 14. 

 Erect perennial herb, 1-5 ft. high, simple or branched, nearly glabrous 

 or inconspicuously pubescent, leafy. Leaves oval or oblong, sessile, 

 obtuse, auricled at the base, sinuously dentate or pinnately lobed with 

 dentate lobes, 1^-5 J by ^If in. Capitula campanulate, f-f in. long, 

 not radiate, on pedicels .ranging up to f in., in a dense corymbose 

 cyme. Calyculus of a few very small bracts. Involucral bracts about 

 13, linear, acuminate, glabrous or densely pubescent with curly hairs. 

 Florets red, 30-^0. Achenes glabrous. 



TTpper Guinea. Fernando Po, at 9,000 ft. alt., Mann ! Cameroon Mountains, 

 At 7-11,000 ft. alt., Mann! 



Much resembling 8. purpureus. Linn., from Table Mountain and other parts of 

 Cape Colony ; it may prove to be the same species. 



28. S. Mannli, Hooh. f. in Joum. Linn. Soc. Lond. vi. p. 14. A 

 shining nearly glabrous tree, 15-25 ft. high. Branches leafy at the 

 apex. Leaves narrowly oval, acuminate, taper-pointed, denticulate, 

 puberulous on the midrib beneath, attenuate to a shortly petiolate base, 

 membranous, 4-9 by 1-2 J in., besides petiole of ^1 in. Capitula ob- 

 long, J in. long, on short slender puberulous pedicels in dense panicled 

 cymes. Calyculus consisting of a few filiform bracts. Involucral 

 bracts 5, linear, somewhat cymbiform, glabrous, with an outcurving 

 lanceolate tip. Florets about 6, all tubular, yellow. Achenes minutely 

 hairy. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, alt. 2,500-7,500 ft. and Fernando Po, 

 alt. 6,000 ft., Mann ! 



29. S. erlgras, Yafkein Linnoea xx^xix.y 'p. 506 (1875). An erect 

 tree with the habit of a palm, leafless below for 15-20 ft., with a leafy 

 crown at top. Branches thick, pulverulent-tomentose towards the top. 

 Leaves oval, pinnatifid, membranous, puberulous above, more so and 

 paler beneath, 6-18 by 3J-9 in., base sessile or subsessile, usually 

 auriculate ; lobes ovate or oblong, serrate-denticulate and somewhat 

 lobed. Capitula campanulate-oblong, ^f in. long, on short bracteolate 

 pedicels in dense bracteate corymbose or rounded cymes. Calyculus 

 consisting of several narrowly linear pubescent bracts. Involucral 

 bracts 8, broadly linear, glabrous or nearly so, subobtuse, ^ in. long or 



