460 Lxxiir. COMPOSITE (oliver and hiern). [Grepis. 



5. C. Rueppellil, SchultzBip. in Flora xxii. p. 20 (1839), et in 

 Mas. Sench. iii. p. 57 (1839). A dwarf perennial, shining, puberulous, 

 l-l— 8 in. high. Radical leaves numerous, forming a rosette, oblanceo- 

 late, mostly rounded at the apex, denticulate, attenuate at the base, 

 subpetiolate, j-4 in. long. Capitula ^-| in. long, on pedicels ranging 

 up to 3 in. in pedunculate lax open cymes. Inner involucral bracts 8, 

 narrowly lanceolate, puberulous with small, gland- tipped hairs, hispi- 

 dulous on the keel which is thickened in fruit ; outer narrower, shorter. 

 Achenes ^ in. long, costate, attenuate at the apex into a beak. Pappus 

 ^ in. long, nearly white. — G. adenothrix, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. 

 Abyss, i. n. 217 ; liracTnjdercea Rilppelliij Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. Fl. 

 ^thiop. p. 283 ; BarJihausia adenothrix, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 465. 



lO'ile Iiand. Abyssinia, ScJiimper ! EilppelL 



Crepis ahi/asinica, Schultz Bip. in Flora, 1839, p. 20, et in Mus. Senck. iii. p. 56, 

 i.e. BrachydcrcBa ahyssinica, Schultz Bip. ex Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p. 283, ap- 

 pears from the description to be only a variety of the above, with a divided root, more 

 pubescent scapes, and rather longer ligules ; it was also gathered by Riippell in 

 Abyssinia. 



6. C. achyrophoroides, Vatlce in Limicea, xxxix. p. 514 (1875). 

 An erect pallid subscabrous perennial herb, about 4 ft. high. Stem 

 simple or nearly so, terete, striate. Radical leaves obovate, obtuse or 

 cuspidate, erect, attenuate to a scarcely petiolate clasping base, about 

 5 together, 9-11 by 1|-2|^ in., denticulate. Stem-leaves few, smaller, 

 ovate or lanceolate, sessile, clasping. Capitula campanulate, about | 

 in. long, few. Inner involucral bracts 13, subobtuse, puberulous ; 

 outer pale outside, narrowly elliptical, flat. Ripe achenes not seen ; 

 pappus subsordid, ^ in. long. 



mie Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



7. C. Kookeriana, 0. ^ H. Hispidulous perennial herb, 1-2 

 ft. high. Stems erect or ascending, somewhat angular, striate-sulcate, 

 leafy at base, with few leaves above. Subradical leaves oblanceolate, 

 rounded at the apex, attenuate at the base into a short petiole, re- 

 trorsely denticulate, 6-8 in. long; upper leaves lanceolate, sessile, 

 amplexicaul, acute, smaller. Capitula |— | in. long, on bracteolate 

 pedicels of 2-8 in., in a very lax open 2-4-headed cyme. Inner invo- 

 lucral bracts 13, hn ear- lanceolate, flat, puberulous ; midrib black on 

 the back ; outer bracts smaller. Achenes ^ in. long or rather more, 

 attenuate at apex into a beak. Pappus sordid, scarcely ^ in. long. 

 Receptacle shortly fimbrillif erous. — Anisoramjphus hypochceroides^ Hook, 

 f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 204 ; vix DC. 



Vpper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 7,000-13,600 ft. alt., Mann! 



112. LACTUCA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 524. 



Capitula homogamous, ligulate. Involucre cylindrical, usually 

 narrow in flower, bi'oader in fruit ; bracts in few rows, imbricated, with 

 scarious margins ; the innermost elongated, subequal. Receptacle 

 flat, naked. Ligule truncate, 5-dentate at the apex. Anther-base 



