Crassocephaliim] lxxi. composite. 595 



Var. ^. crepidoides. A perennial or annual, bright green 

 herb, 2 to 4 ft. high, with somewhat nodding saffron- or orange- 

 coloured flowers which become rose-coloured in course of drying. 



GoLUNGO ALTa. — Annual. In damp palm-groves near N-delle ; fl. 

 and fr. Dec. 1855- No. 3688. Perennial. By moist thickets in 

 Sobato de Bumba, not plentiful; fl. and fr. end of Dec. 1855. No. 3687. 



3. C. miniatum. 



Gynura miniata Welw. Apont. p. 586. n. 29 ; 0. & H., I.e. 



Ambaca. — Root thick, tuberous, perennial ; leaves (only the lower 

 ones developed at the time) strongly musk-soented. At Puri- 

 Cacarambola ; without either fl. or fr. Oct. 1856. No. 3596. 



Pdxho Axdongo. — Flowers of a deep orange-colour. By the 

 waterfall at Calundo near Caghuy ; fl. and f r. 14 Dec. 1850. No. 3595. 



4. C. scaudens. 



Gynura scandem 0. Hoffm. in Engl. Pfl. Ost Afr., C,p. 416 (1895). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A climbing sufEruticose herb, with flowers of a 

 pallid orange-colour ; fl. June 1855. No. 3697. 



Our specimens differ slightly from the type of the species by their 

 rather smaller leaves with a more deltoid apioulate apex and with the 

 base somewhat excavated, and by larger capitula containing about 

 "26 florets. 



63. EMILIA Oass. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 445. 



1. E. purpurea Cass, in Diet. Sc. Nat. xxxiv. p. 393 (1825). 

 Cacalia sonchifolia L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 835 (1753), E. sonchi- 



folia DC. Prodr. vL p. 302 (1837) ; 0. & H. in Oliv. PL Trop. Afr. 

 iiL p. 405. 



SiEREA Leone. — In mountainous situations between Freetown and 

 the mountain ridge, among scattered herbs ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. 

 No. 3579. 



Prince's Island. — An annual herb, with the habit of a Sonchus 

 and with violet-coloured flowers. In damp sunny forests ; fl. Sept. 

 1853. No. 3583. 



Huilla. — Inflorescence lax, with slender pedicels and yellow 

 flowers. In Morro de Lopollo ; fl. Feb. 1863. Perhaps a variety of 

 this species. No. 3580. 



This is difficult to distinguish from the next species. 



2. E. flammea Cass, in Diet. Sc. Nat. xiv. p. 406 (1819). 

 Cacalia sagittata Vahl, Symb. Bot. iii. p. 91 (1794). E. sagittata 



DC, l.c. ; 0. & H., I.C., p. 405. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In elevated places at the outskirts of the forest 

 above the Delamboa ; fl. and fr. April 1856. No. 3575. About 

 Sange ; fl. and fr. No. 3676. A herb, 2 to 3^ ft. high, less glaucous 

 and with much longer capitula than in some forms ; stem weak, sub- 

 erect, sparingly branched ; flowers with a deep saffron-orange colour. 

 In the more elevated mountainous parts of Sobato Quilombo-Quiaca- 

 tubia in dense thickets about 2000 ft. altitude ; also among the 

 mountains of Sobato de Bumba Andala, but rather rare ; fl. and f r. 

 Feb and Oct. 1855. No. 3577. In the sandy forests of N-delle, not 

 yet in open flower, Jan. 1855. Apparently this species. No. 3928. 



Huilla. — Flowers orange-scarlet. In the wooded pastures of the 

 Monino, among tall herbs, sporadic ; fl. April 1860. No. 3578. 



