Cichorium.'] Lxxiii. coMPOSiTiE (Oliver and hiern). 447 



and pedunculate. Bracts of the involucre acuminate, setose-ciliate, 

 sparingly tuberculate-scabroas on the back, more or less callous at the 

 base ; the outer ones ovate-oblong, shorter ; the inner ones oblong- 

 lanceolate. Achenes straw-coloured, obovate, angalar-subcompressed, 

 altogether without pappus, y^^ in, long. 



irile Ziand. Abyssinia (cultivated in the Berlin Garden in 1859). 



109. TOLPIS, Adans. ; Benth et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 508. 



Capitula homogamous, florets all ligulate. Involucre more or less 

 campanulate, bracts pauciseriate, inner linear-lanceolate subeqnal acute 

 with pale margins, outer laxer shorter and narrower. Receptacle 

 alveolate. Achenes subterete, longitudinally costate, not narrowed 

 above, glabrous ; pappus of about 12 slender 1- seriate setae, simple, ex- 

 ceeding the achene, usually with intermediate short or rudimentary 

 setsB. — Herb with toothed radical leaves and laxly cymosely- branched 

 glabrous stem. 



This description applies only to one species, which differs from the more typical 

 ones in the pappus. The genus is chiefly confined to the Mediterranean region and 

 the Atlantic Islands. 



1. T. abyBslnioat Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, i. n. 1. 

 Erect alternately branched perennial or biennial, 2-3 ft. high. Stems 

 several from the pubescent- tomentose crown of the rpot, slightly hairy 

 at base, glabrous above. Radical leaves oblanceolate pinnatifidly den- 

 tate, narrowed at the base, more or less petiolate, sparingly hairy, 

 4-8 in. long ; stem-leaves few, linear, smaller. Capitula |-Jin. diam., 

 on pedicels ranging up to 3 in. or more, in a lax open paniculate 

 cyme. Achenes yV i°- l^"?* ribbed, dark brown. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 

 i. p. 459 ; Schmidtia abyssinica, Schultz. Bip. Z. c. 



Wile Xiand. Abyssinia, Sckimper ! 



This is probably Schmidtia ambiyua, Cass. (Tolpis altissima, Pers.) a name which 

 was, according to Fresenius in Mus. Senckenb. iii. p. 60, given by Schultz Bip, to a 

 specimen collected by Kiippell in Abyssinia. Boissier Fl. Orient, iii. p. 725, unites 

 Tolpis abyssinica, Schultz Bip. with T. altissijna, Pers., and gives at the same time 

 further synonymy ; this combination would extend the range of the species to Greece 

 and the Levant. 



110. PICRIS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 511. 



Capitula homogamous, florets all ligulate. Involucre campanulate ; 

 inner bracts l-seriate imbricate subequal linear-lanceolate with a few 

 outer much shorter and lax. Receptacle naked or setose. Achenes 

 oblong slightly narrowed at each end, more or less longitudinally cos- 

 tate ; pappus setaceous, inner setae plumose, outer very short scabrid. 

 — Acaulescent herb with toothed radical leaves and 1- or few-headed 

 scapes. Capitula yellow. 



The above description is based upon the only Tropical African species. The genus 

 is mainly restricted to Europe, Temp. Asia and North Africa. 



P. ? humilis, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 130, described from imperfect material, from Sene- 

 gal, is unknown to us. 



