198 DR. J. D. HOOKER ON THE PLANTS 
26. CoMPOSITz. 
1. VERNONIA (STROBOCALYX) MYRIANTHA, H. f.,n.sp. Arborea, 
ramulis ultimis foliis subtus inflorescentiaque pubescentibus, foliis 
8-10 unc. longis petiolatis lanceolatis eroso-dentatis acuminatis mem- 
branaceis, corymbis amplis ramosis polycephalis, capitulis 5-floris 
apices versus ramorum gracilium corymbi sessilibus subaggregatis, 
involucri squamis obtusis. l 
Hab. Fernando Po, alt. 4000-5000 feet. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 
3000-7000 feet. (Fl. Dec.-Feb.) 
Arbor parva, 20-pedalis. Rami crassi, leves. Folia superne glabra, 
subtus pubescentia, demum puberula v. glabrata, nervis utrinque plu- 
rimis. Corymbi valde ramosi, 6-10 unc. ampli, ramis gracilibus. 
Capitula 1 unc. longa. Involucri squamz glabra, concave, valde 
coriacee, apicibus rotundatis beunneis. Receptaculum nudum, papillo- 
sum. Flores involucro duplo longiores. Pappi set: rigidze, scabe- 
rule. Corolla glaberrima. Achenium apicem versus pilosum. 
2. VERNONIA (LEPIDAPLOA) BLUMEOIDES, H. f., n. sp. Herbacea, 
dense griseo-pubescenti-tomentosa, ramis robustis simplicibus erectis, 
apice corymboso-ramoso, folioso, foliis 2-3 unc. long. densis erecto- 
patentibus subsessilibus lanceolatis acutis integerrimis supra scabe- 
rulis subtus nervis prominulis, corymbis dense tomentosis ramosis, 
capitulis 3 unc. longis, involucro campanulato 20-floro, squamis ad 
3-5-seriatis linearibus acutis 3-nerviis pubescentibus, pappi setis albis 
interioribus brevibus, achenio glaberrimo, receptaculo fimbrillifero. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 4000-7000 feet. (Fl. Nov.-Jan.) 
Herba 2-3-pedalis, subsimplex v. ramosa. Folia vix coriacea, 4 unc. 
lata, siccitate fusco-viridia. Corymbi ampli. Capitula pedunculata. 
Flores purpurei. 
3. VERNONIA? (LEPIDAPLOA) Manni, H.f., n. sp. Herbacea, elata, 
ramosa, folis caulinis e basi ovata profunde cordata amplexicauli 
elongato-lanceolatis subtus molliter albo-lanuginosis, corymbis multi- 
floris, capitulis 3 unc. longis pedicellatis, involucri campanulati 30- 
flori squamis 3-4-seriatis lineari-lanceolatis longe ciliatis, pappi setis 
flavidis scabris 2-seriatis subzqualibus, acheniis glaberrimis, recep- 
taculo levi. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000 feet. (Fl. Dec., Jan.) 
Herba 6-10-pedalis; caule robusto, sulcato, superne pubescente, basi 
glabrato. Folium infimum unicum tantum a Mannio collectum a 
caulinis valde diversum (an ejusdem speciei?), 2-pedale, membrana- 
ceum, spathulato-lanceolatum, in petiolum late sinuato-alatum de- 
currens, margine denticulato, subtus griseo-tomentosum. Folia cau- 
lina 6-8 unc. longa, obtusa, denticulata, supra pubescenti-pilosa, 
subtus dense albo-villosa. Corymbi ampli, multiflori. Flores pur- 
purei?, glabri, exteriores tenuiores. Anthere exserte, bicaudate. 
Achenium teretiusculum, nec basi nec apice incrassatum v. dilatatuw- 
