420 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND hiern). [Seuecio. 



33. S. deltoideus ?, Less.; Syn. Gen. Comp. p. 392. A puberu- 

 lous small climbing herb, of several feet, divaricately branched. 

 Branches sulcate-striate, terete. Leaves ovate-lanceolate (or deltoid), 

 broadly hastate, multidentate, 1-3 in. long ; petiole -^1;^ in., auriculate 

 at the base. Capitula (narrowly) campannlate, ^ in. long, on short 

 pedicels, in axillary and terminal dense rounded corymbs. Calycnlus 

 consisting of afew short bracts. Involucral bracts broadly linear, (5-)8, 

 sabobtuse, ^ in. long, subglabrons. Florets about 16, all tubular, 

 hermaphrodite. Achenes glabrescent. 



Soatb Central r. Muata Manja, alt. 4,000 ft., in shady places by water 

 courses. Kirk! 



Our specimen differs from the type of S. deltoideus, which occurs in many places in 

 Natal and Eastern districts of Cape Colony, by more lanceolate leaves, by about 8 

 instead of 5 involucral bracts, and by about 16 instead of 5-6 florets in each head ; it 

 may not improbably prove to be a distinct species. 



34. S. Tedliei, 0. 8f H. Scandent, herbaceous above. Branches 

 terete, striate, puberulous towards the extremities, glabrescent. Leaves 

 secund, petiolate, ovate, acuminate, repand-angular below, glabrous, 

 membranous, very obtuse or somewhat excavated at the base, about 

 2 by 1^ in., besides puberulous exauriculate petiole of | in. Capitula 

 discoid, at length hemispherical, f-f in. long, on rather short pubes- 

 cent pedicels in dense lateral and terminal cymes. Involucral bracts 

 narrowly linear-lanceolate acute, about 12, about ^ in. long, glabrate 

 except base. Calyculus scarcely present. Achenes black (in the dry 

 state), glabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Ashantee, Tedlie ! Vernacular name, " Yangkompno." See 

 Bowdich, Mission to Ashantee, p. 372 ; the pounded leaves are said to be applied to 

 cuts and contusions. 



35. S. Porbesii, 0. 8f H. Scandent with elongated wiry glabrous 

 stem and branches. Leaves elliptical, naiTowed at both ends, coarsely- 

 dentate, puberulous, 1^3 in. long ; petioles ranging up to ^ in., not 

 auriculate at base. Capitula campanulate, f in. long, discoid, on rather 

 short slender and puberulous pedicels in few-headed pedunculate cymes. 

 Calyculus consisting of unequal narrowly linear appressed bracts. 

 Involucral bracts about 12, narrowly linear, acute, glabrous, nearly 

 equalling the florets. Florets numerous. Achenes glabrous. 



KfKozamb. Bistr. Mozambique, Forbes! 



36. S. Biafrae, 0. Sf H. A glabrous shining climbing herb, 8 ft. 

 high, with patent mostly unilateral branches. Leaves ovate or oval, 

 mostly hastate, remotely dentate, sometimes pinnately tripartite with 

 one large hastate lobe and two narrower lateral ones, acuminate, 1-3J 

 by J-1 J in. or larger ; petiole :^1^ in. long, exauriculate (in our 

 specimen). Capitula narrowly campanulate, J-| in. long, on short 

 slender pedicels in dense rounded terminal and subterminal cymes. 

 Calyculus consisting of a few short filiform acute bracts. Involucral 

 bracts 8, linear, acute, ^ in. long. Florets all tubular, hermaphrodite, 

 about 10. Achenes glabrous or very nearly so. — S. Bojeri, Hook. f. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 202, non DC. 



Upper Cuinea. Cameroons Mountains, 2,500-7,500 ft. alt., Mann ! 



