104 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
canadense, Linn., Dichrocephala latifolia, DC., Pluchea dioseoridis, DC., 
Blumea lacera, DC., Eclipta alba, Linn., Siegesbeckia orientalis, Linn., Bidens 
pilosa, Linn., Spilanthes Aemella, Linn., Gynura cernua, Benth., and 
crepidioides, Benth., Emilia sagittata, DC., and Sonchus oleraceus, Linn. 
ERLANGEA LONGIPES, S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soe., Bot. xxxv. (1902) 313. 
Near Chirinda; Melsetter and Upper Buzi ; in fl. April, Sept.: nos. 391, 
1809, 1809 a. 
Distrib. Central Lake Region to Rhodesia. 
VERNONIA Ватхехи, Oliver б Hiern, in Oliver, FL Trop. Afr. iii. 272. 
Source of Chipetzana, 4000 ft. ; hills between Lusitu and Nyahodi rivers, 
5000 ft. : in fl. April ; поз. 1903, 1903 a. 
Distrib. Northern Transvaal. 
У. Poskeana, Vatke & Hildebr. in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. xxv. (1875) 324. 
Var. CHLOROLEPIS, О, Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. x. 171. Madanda forests at 
about 400 ft.; Chipetzana River at 3000 ft. ; in fl. April, Dec. ; nos. 1828, 
1828 a. 
Distrib. (of var.). Tropical East Africa to Angola. 
V. Horsti, O. Норт. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xx. (1894) 220. 
Outskirts of Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft. ; in fl. June ; n. 523a. 
Distrib. Tropical East Africa. 
VERNONIA ($ Lepidella) AcvINA TIssIMA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herbacea саше erecto rariramoso ut rami fulvo- vel griseo-hirsuto- 
pubescente, foliis sessilibus oblanecolatis vel oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis vel 
pungenti-mueronatis basin versus leviter angustatis integris denticulatisve 
membranaceis utrinque sed presertim pagina inferiore appresse hirsuto- 
pubescentibus, capitulis submedioeribus circa 50-flosculosis panieulam sub- 
corymbosam folia magnopere excedentem laxe paucicephalam  braeteatam 
hirsuto-pubescentem referentibus, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis superioribus 
linearibus apice pungenti-acuminatis hirsuto-pubescentibus, involucri late 
campanulati hirsuto-pubescentis 4-serialis phyllis exterioribus angustissime 
linearibus quam interiora lineari-lanceolata plane brevioribus seepe recurvis 
phyllis omnibus sursum spinuloso-acuminatis, flosculis breviter exsertis 
purpureis, acheeniis cylindricis 5-costatis inter costas pilis strigillosis appressis 
onustis, pappi squamis linearibus acutiusculis quam sete uniseriales scabridæ 
sordide аа vel dilute stramineze multo brevioribus. 
Hab. Upper Buzi River, at 3500 Н., open woods at Beira; in fl. May, 
Dec. ; nos. 1906, 1907, 
Folia 3-8 ст. long. 8-20 mm. lat., in sicco pagina superiore olivacea, 
nferiore grisea diluteve fulva. ^ Inflorescentia 10 em. long., vel ultra. 
