Senedo.'] lxxiii. compositje (oliybr and hiern). 419 



rather more, with ciliolate tip and thinner margins. Florets all tnbn- 

 lar, about 22, yellow. Achenes glabrous, small, brown. 

 irile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



30. S. Unionis, Schultz Bip. in Herh. Schwip. Abyss, ii. n. 1272. 

 Much branched and csespitose perennial herb, 3-8 in. high ; branches 

 mostly glabrous. Leaves cauline, linear, obtuse, sessile, more or less 

 toothed or pinnatifid, somewhat narrowing from the middle downwards 

 mostly erect, ^-1^ in. long, margins revolute. Capitula subhemisphe- 

 rical, aboul; J in diam. on bracteate peduncles of ^\^ in., terminating 

 the branches. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, glabrous or nearly 

 so, terminating in an elongated apiculus ciliolate at the very tip. Ca- 

 lyculus short, linear, acute, continuous with the upper bracts of the 

 peduncle. Ligule of the ray-florets ^-^ in. long. Achenes costate, 

 somewhat hairy. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 440. 



irile Iband. Abyssinia, Schimperf 



MxichTesemhlmg some Bta,t6B of 8. ineequidens, DC. Prodr. vi, 401, from Cape 

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



31. S. Petitlanus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 442. Glabrous shining 

 rampant perennial herb, 2-3 ft. high, corymbosely branched above. 

 Branches terete. Stem-leaves elliptical, acute or subacute, abruptly 

 narrowed at the base into a short flat haft, membranous, of the same 

 brown colour on both sides, obsoletely denticulate, 1-4 by ^-If in. 

 Capitula about 20-flowered, narrowly campanulate, |-^ in. long, numer- 

 ous, on slender bracteolate pedicels of j— | in., in a rather dense 

 corymbose or rounded cynje. Calyculus consisting of 3-5 short lan- 

 ceolate bracts. Involucral bracts 8-9, linear, pointed at apex, with 

 thinner margins, | in. long, subglabrous with ciliolate tips. Florete 

 about 20. Ligule of the ray-florets oval-oblong, ^^ in. long, yellow. 

 Achenes costate, scattered with short thick hairs. 



Wile Ziand. Abyssinia, Q. Dillon Sf Petit / Schimper ! (In thickets reaching 

 the top of high trees) 7,400 ft. alt., Hildehrandt ! fide Vatke ih Oesterr. Bot 

 Zeitschrift, 1875, p. 329. 



32. S. clematoldes, Schultz Bvp. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 

 870. A more or less cottony-puberulous climbing perennial wiry herb 

 of several feet. Branches terete, finely striate, glabrescent. Leaves 

 ovate, deeply cordate, acute or acuminate, acutely dentate, rather paler 

 beneath, 1-3^ in. long ; petiole ^-1^ in., not auriculate. Capitula nar- 

 rowly campanulate, ^-f in. long, on short slender cottony-pubescent 

 pedicels in axillary and terminal rounded dense corymbs. Calyculus 

 consisting of a few short narrowly linear ciliate bracts Involncral 

 bracts 8-9, broadly linear, puberulous or glabrous, obtuse or subacute, 

 with scarious margins, ^ in. long. Florets about 14, all tubular, yel- 

 low, the outer one female, the inner hermaphrodite. Achenes glabrous. 

 —A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 442. 



srile ]Land. Abyssinia, Schimper/ Petit/ Both/ Mount /.per, Ferret and Ga- 

 linier. 



