Erythrocephalum ] Lxxm. coMPOSiTiE (olivek and hiern). 441 



and shorter bipartite inner lip. Anther-base produced in oblontj- fim- 

 briate or ciliolate appendices connate in pairs. Stjle-branches re- 

 curved, apices truncate or shortly conical. Achene thick, ellipsoidal, 

 5-angled ; pappus of few (4-5) caducous narrow-linear setae. — Erect 

 herbs (in one species at least tuberous-rooted), with alternate denticu- 

 late or entire leaves, hoary beneath, and terminal solitary pedunculate 

 scarlet capitula. 



Confined to Eastern Africa. 

 Teeth of the leaves acute. 



Leaves narrowly oval. Heads erect .• I.E. ^amhesianum. 



Leaves broadly oval. Heads drooping 2. E. iiutans. 



Teeth of the leaves obtuse or nearly obsolete. 



Leaves 4-7^ in. long Z. E. Jongifolium. 



Leaves 1-2 in. long 4:. E. minus. 



1. £. zaznbesianum, 0. S^' H. Stem white-cottony, apparently 

 simple, leafy. Leaves oval or linear-elliptical, acute, narrowed towards 

 the sessile semi-amplexicaul base, acutely serrulate, white-cottony 

 beneath, glabrescent above, 1^-6 by ^-1 in. Capitula solitary, ter- 

 minal, erect, |-| in. long. Peduncle l-lj in. Involucral bracts 

 lanceolate, outer about | in. long, margins reddish, fimbriate-denticu- 

 late. Ligule |-^ in. long ; inner lip bipartite, partitions linear, ^-^ in. 

 long. Ovary puberulous, 



nxozamb. Distr. R. Shire Valley, Waller/ Manganja country, alt. 3,000 ft., 

 Kirk.' (flowers scarlet). 



2. S. nutans, Benth. ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Land. xxix. p. 

 102, t. 69. Thinly white-arachnoid on the stem underside of leaves 

 and involucre, nearly 1 ft. long. Stem striate simple below, about 

 6-leaved. Leaves broadly oval, obtuse or cuspidate, harrowed to the 

 sessile or subsessile amplexicaul base, acutely and unequally denticu- 

 late, 2-7 by l-3i in. Capitula solitary, terminal, drooping, 1 in. long 

 (exclusive of the rays). Peduncles about 6 in. long. Involucral 

 bracts lanceolate, outer \ in. long, margins fimbriate-denticulate. 

 Ligule about 1 in. long ; inner lip of 2 lanceolate teeth about iin. long. 

 Achenes scabrid, obsoletely pubescent. — Arctotls ??, n. 1, T. Thorns, in 

 Speke, Journ., App. p. 638. 



Wile Xiand. 3° S. Lat. 33° E. Long, alt. 3800 ft., Speke and Gra?it: (flowers 

 bright scarlet). 



8. S. long'ifoliuni, Benth. ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 xxix. p. 102. Root tuberous. Stem thinly white-cottony, rather more 

 than a foot high, somewhat branched, leafy. Leaves obovate-elliptical, 

 obtuse or apiculate, obtusely or subobsoletely denticulate, attenuate to 

 the sessile base, whitish-cottony beneath, glabrescent above, ranging 

 up to 7^ by 2^ in. Capitula solitary, terminal, erect, about J in. long. 

 Peduncle about 4 in. Involucral bracts fimbriate-denticulate at the 

 tip. Ligule about -^ in. long; inner lip bipartite, partitions narrow- 

 linear, about \ in. long. Ovary pubescent. — Ardotis ?f^ n. 2, T. Tlioms. 

 in Speke, Journ., App. p. 638. 



ITile Iiand. East Ecjuatorial Africa, Sj)ckc and Grant .' {Aowcva deep scarlet, 

 common). 



