432 LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). [EcMnopS. 



4. IS. macroclieetus, Fresen,in Mus. Senckenh. iii. p. 69. Erect, 

 branched, 3-5 ft. high. Branches glandular-pubescent above, terete, 

 striate. Leaves sessile, semi-amplexicaul, oblanceolate or elliptical, 

 acute at both ends, glandular-puberulous above, white- tomentose 

 beneath, ranging up to 8 in. or more, deeply pinnatifid in the upper 

 part, pinnatipartite in the lower part, segments ovate or lanceolate, 

 pinnately incise or dentate, the teeth and apex terminating in a long 

 spinous point. Heads about •§ in. long, comparatively few, crowded in 

 clusters of about 1\ in. diameter. Outer setaceous bracts very numer- 

 ous, silky, some about -^ in. long, nearly white. Inner involucral 

 bracts spathulate or sublinear, apiculate, about 18 ; the innermost con- 

 nate into a tube more than half way up. Achenes densely setulose, 

 obovoid. Pappus consisting of equal adjacent setaceous ciliate scales 

 as long £LS the uppermost hairs on the achenes, connate at base into a 

 shallow cup.— A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 451. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia, Biippell, Schimper ! Q. Dillon ; Soturba, Schweinfurth. 



5. S. hispldus, Fresen. in Mus. Senckenh. iii. p.. 68. Stem 

 branched, white-tomentose, densely hispid as well as the nerves of the 

 leaves with hairs ^ in. long. Leaves pinnatipartite, strigose-scabrid 

 above, white-tomentose beneath, segments pinnatifid or unequally 

 trifid from the base only, lobes linear-lanceolate revolute at the mar- 

 gin, terminating in a long pungent spine. Heads \\ in. long in clus- 

 ters of 3 in. diameter. Outer setaceous bracts reaching more than 

 half way up the involucre. Inner involucral bracts glabrous on the 

 back, setose-ciliate, the innermost connate half way. Pappus of 

 unequal ciliate setaceous scales connate at the base. — A. Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. p. 452. 



Wile Xiand. Abyssinia, Eilppell. 

 The description is taken from Fresenius. 



6. ZS. lonffisetus, A. Rich. FL Abyss, i. p. 450. Stem erect 

 6-8 ft. high, puberulous and ribbed above. Upper leaves narrowly 

 elliptical or oblanceolate, pinnatipartite, glabrate above, shortly white- 

 tomentose below, about 9 by o in., lobes from a broad base terminating 

 in long stout spinous points, the lower lobes smaller and less approxi- 

 mated. Heads about IJ in. long (in fruit), very numerous, crowded 

 into a globose head of 4 in. diameter. Outer setaceous bracts long, 

 some nearly reaching the top of the head. Inner involucral bracts 

 about 20, fasciculate-spinous at the tip except the 5 innermost ones 

 which are connate below. Achenes obovoid, pilose. Pappus of ap- 

 proximated narrow ciliate scales rather longer than the hairs on the 

 achenes, connate below. 



Wile l^and. Abyssinia, Choa, Petit ! 



7. E. g-lffanteus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 449. Stem erect, 

 branched, 6-16 ft. high, branches more or less cottony above, striate 

 or ribbed. Upper leaves obovate, deeply pinnatifid, sparingly strigose- 

 hispid above, whitish-tomentose beneath, about 12 by 6 in, sessile or 



