454 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE) (OLIVER AND hiern). [Lactucd. 



segments. Capitnla |-i in. long, 5-flowered or in the variety 3-5- 

 flowered, on pedicels ranging np to 1-3 in., in a repeatedly branched 

 cyme. Inner involucral bracts usually 5. Achenes compressed, striate, 

 black with long pale neck at top. Pappns of a golden colour. — Pyrho- 

 jjappus Hochstetteri, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 463. 



M"ile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper f Petit! 



Var. hurnilis. Dwarf. Leaves entire or dentate-runcinate. Heads 3-6-flowered. 

 Lactuca humilis, Schultz Bip. 1. c. ii. n. 1172. Pyrhopajypus humilis, A. Rich. 1. c. 



xrile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



8. Zi. rarlflora, Fresen. in Mus. Senckenb. iii. p. 73 (1839). 

 Stem glabrous, dichotomously branched. Leaves runcinate denticu- 

 late or undivided and linear, terminal part elongated, linear, acuminate, 

 pilose on the midrib beneath ; the upper ones sagittate-amplexicaul ; 

 auricles elongated, lanceolate-linear, acuminate. Capitula about -^ in. 

 long, about 8-flowered, distant, on bracteolate pedicels, in a dichoto- 

 mous cyme. Inner involucral bracts linear. Achenes oblong, striate 

 on both sides, J in. long, terminating in a beak about one-third or one- 

 fourth as long as the body. Pappus ^ in. long, yellowish below, white 

 above. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 461. 



Xrile Kand. Abyssinia, Eujppell. 



9. Zj. paradoxa, Schultz Bip. in Kb. Schimj). Ahyss. ii. n. 1320. 

 Nearly glabrous glaucescent climbing herb, with diffuse divaricate 

 branches. Uppermost leaves sessile, amplexicaul, ovate ; lower leaves 

 with a large hastate-ovate terminal lobe, with one ovate or oblong 

 lateral lobe on each side separated from the terminal lobe by the nar- 

 rowly winged midrib, and with a narrowly winged amplexicaul petiole, 

 altogether 1-4 by J-2 in. Capitula f-f in. long, 6-11-flowered, on 

 pedicels of yV-^i ^"> ^ ^^^ diffuse cymes. Inner involucral bracts 

 4-8. Ovaries striate, pale, subterete, tapering towards apex. Pappus 

 white. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 461. Pertya paradoxal Schultz Bip. 

 in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^thiop. p. 153. 



irUe Ziand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 8-9000 ft. alt. 



10. Zi. g'landulifera, Hooh. f. in Journ. TAnn. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 

 203. Hispid-glandular, climbing herb, 8-15 ft. high. Stems flexuous, 

 Avith spreading branches. Leaves hastate-ovate in the upper part, below 

 the middle suddenly constricted nearly to the midrib, then with a lateral 

 lobe on each side and ending towards the base in a broadly winged 

 amplexicaul auriculate petiole, altogether 1-3 by |— IJ in.) acute or 

 apiculate, denticulate ; the uppermost leaves undivided. Capitula 

 ?— I in. long, 5-flowered, subsessile or pedicellate, in much branched 

 divaricate cymes. Inner involucral bracts 5, linear-lanceolate. Achenes 

 compressed, with 4 elevated almost winged ribs on each side, pale 

 brown, terminating in a long neck. Pappus white. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 7-8000 ft. alt., Mann ! 

 Brax:hyrhamphus (Lactuca) Schimperi, Schultz Bip., i.e. Sonchus i^acAw, Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. jEthiop. pp. 283, 307, names only, from Nubia, is unknown to us. 



