426 Lxxiii. coMPOSiTiE (OLIVEE AND hieen). [Ur^ma. 



mens) with acnte apical callus. Capitula snbglobose, J-§ in. diam., 

 solitary, terminal, on naked peduncles of 1-3 in. exceeding the leaves. 

 Outer involucral bracts ovate, obtuse or subacute, mostly with dark 

 edges. — Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 152 (U. nana and U. indecora^ 

 DC. Prodr. v. p. 690) ; U. ahyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. 

 Abyss, ii. n. 1238 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 417. 



Xrile Xiand. Abyssinia', Schimper ! Roth ! Q. Dillon ! Petit ! 

 Occurs also in both Eastern and Western districts of Cape Colony, etc. 



90. LANDTIA, Less. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 457. 



Capitula heterogamous radiate, ray-florets ligulate $ . Involucre 

 campanulate, bracts loosely pluriseriate, the inner scarious above. 

 Receptacle alveolate with or without fimbrillsa. Style ultimately 

 2-lobulate. Achenes obovoid or turbiuate, glabrous, angled or costate 

 on the face (and transversely rugose in Jj. ScM'mperi)^ pappus minute 

 of 1-seriate squamellsB. — Acaulescent herbs with entire or pinnatifid 

 radical leaves and sessile or shortly peduncled yeUow capitula. 

 A small genus of Tropical and Southern Africa. 

 Leaves undivided. Corolla-tube-glabrous. Achenes smooth. 



Receptacle naked . • 1. L. Buppellii. 



Leaves shortly pinnatifid. CoroUa-tube cottony. Achenes 



transversely wrinkled. Receptacle fimbrillate 2. L. 



1. Xi. aiippeUii, Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 457. Rootstock 

 thick with numerous thick elongated fibres, not creeping. Leaves 

 radical, oval, numerous, rounded at the 'apex, gradually or abruptly 

 narrowed at the base, coarsely or repandly crenate- dentate, petiolate, 

 rather fleshy, coriaceous when 'dry, nearly glabrous above, shortly 

 white- tomentose beneath, 1^-2^ by |-l^in., besides dilated petiole of 

 1:J— 2^ in. Capitula turbinate-hemispherical, ^— | in. diam., solitary, on- 

 peduncles of 1-3 in. which are thickened towards the apex. Involucral 

 bracts linear- oblong ; outer ones somewhat woolly. Ligule of the 

 ray-florets linear-oblong, f by ^ in. Corolla- tube of the disk-florets 

 glabrous. Achenes obovoid, ^ in. long, smooth. Style cylindrical. Re- 

 ceptacle flat, naked. — Schnittspahnia lUippelUif Schultz Bip. in Flora, 

 1842, p. 439 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 446. 



Wile Xiandi. Abyssinia, Schimper! JRiippell! 



2. Xi. Schlmperi, Benth. et Hooh.f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 457. Rootstock 

 elongated, creeprug. Leaves radical oblanceolate, numerous, obtuse or 

 mucronate, attenuate at the base into the petiole, sinuous-pinnatifid 

 or subentire, shortly silvery- velvety or -cottony beneath, glabrous or 

 obsoletely velvety above, 1-6 by ^-If in. besides petiole of -^-4 in. ; ; 

 lobes mostly ovate obtuse and toothed, terminal one largest. Capitula i 

 hemispherical, about ^ in. diam., on peduncles of less than 1 in., soli- 

 tary. Involucral bracts oblong, the outer ones cottony. Ligule of 

 the ray-florets oval-oblong, about f in. long. Corolla-tube cottony. 

 Achenes glabrous, obovoid, J in. long, transversely rugose, costate. 

 Style thickened near the apex and with a ciliolate ring near the base. 



