59 i Lxxi. COMPOSITE. [Crassocephalum 



cataract of the river Cuango ; fl. and fr. March 1855. 'So. 3584. An 

 erect herh, 2 to 3^ ft. high, with nodding capitnla. In damp reed- 

 beds at the river Cuango, plentiful and in company with the blue- 

 headed variety ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1856. No. 3585. Varzea Canaulo, 

 fl. and fr. June 1850. No. 3586. Varzea de Cuango ; fl. June 1856. 

 No. 3587. 



HuiLLA.— In the wooded meadows of the Monino ; fl. and fr. Jan. 

 1860. No. 3591. 



Var. j3. caeruleum. Howers blue. Cf. G. ccerulea O. Hoffm. in 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. i. p. 86 (1893). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Among crops of Arachia hypogma, near Sange ; 

 fl. and f r. No. 3588. Between Trombeta and Cabonda ; fl. and fr. 

 Sept. 1854. No. 3589. Capitula on very long peduncles, nodding. 

 Varzea de Cuango, plentiful ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1856. Coll. Caep. 667. 



HuiLLA. — In plantations of maize on damp ground about Lopollo, 

 but scarcer than the other variety ; fl. and fr. Jan. and Feb. 1860. 

 No. 3593. 



2. C. diversifoliuin. 



8enecio diveo'sifoUus A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 437 (1847); non 

 "Wall. Gyniora polycephala Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 437 (1849). 

 G. crepidioides Benth., I.e., p. 438; 0. & H., I.e., p. 403. S. 

 crepidoides Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. .iSCthiop. p. 155 (1867). 



Var. o. polycephalum. Leaves mostly pinnatifid ; flowers 

 lilac ; achenes setulose between the ribs. 



HuiLLA. — In neglected fields and at the damp borders of level spaces 

 especially where sandy, about Lopollo, etc. ; fl. and fr. from Dec. 1859 

 to March 1860. No. 3592. 



Var. p. subincisum (Aschers., I.e., p. 156). Lower and middle 

 leaves undivided, unequally dentate, the upper ones incise-dentate 

 at the base or sub-pinnatifid ; flowers lilac, verging on rosy; 

 achenes somewhat setulose between the ribs. 



HuiLLA. — In fields among crops; about Lopollo, plentiful ; fl. and fr. 

 Jan. 1860. No. 3590. 



Var. y. sonchiforme. An annual, erect, branched herb, with 

 the habit of a Sonchus ; leaves mostly; sub-lyrate, sinuate-dentate 

 or repand, the teeth obtuse mucronulate ; flowers violet-purple, 

 erect ; achenes setulose. 



MossAMBDES. — In swampy places and neglected patches after 

 cultivation near Hortas de Mossamedes ; fl. and fr. beginning of July 

 1859. No. 3581. 



Var. S. cyaneum. An annual herb, 3 to 4 ft. high ; branches 

 elongated, slender ; leaves mostly lyrate-pinnatifid, auriculate at 

 the base ; flowers bright blue ; achenes setulose. 



Mossamedes. — In moist sandy thickets at the banks of the river 

 Bero, rather rare ; fl. and fr. beginning of August 1859. No. 3582. 



Var. t. Welwitschii. Leaves mostly undivided, vinequally den- 

 tate, exauriculate ; flowers bright-blue ; achenes nearly glabrous. 



HiriLLA. — In plantations of maize and at their borders, near Erne ; 

 fl. and fr. Feb. 1860. No. 3594. 



