106 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
Var. MINOR. Folia ovato-oblonga, utrinque obtusa, supra scabriuscula, 
subtus sparsim pubescentia, modo 2—4 em. long. 1:2-2:5 em. lat. Capitula 
circa 15-flosculosa. 
Нар. Chimanimani Mountains, 7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 1909. 
This is a near ally of Г. Wollastonii, S. Moore, differing, among other 
points, in the deeper toothing of the leaves, and the short involucres with 
relatively broader and blunter leaves. 
VERNONIA Kraussi, Sch. Dip. in Walp. Rep. ii. 947. 
Mt. Pene, 6000-7000 ft., Umvumvumvu River at 4000 ft.; in fl. Sept., 
Oct. ; nos. 1827, 6002, 6141, 6142. 
Distrib. Rhodesia, Nayasaland, South Africa, 
У. NATALENSIS, Sch. Dip. in Walp, Rep. ii. 947, 
In grass near Chirinda, 3800 ft. ; Mt. Pene, 7000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; nos. 275, 
6145. 
Distrib. Ukamba, Mozambique and Nyasaland to Angola; also in South 
Africa. 
Chindao name, * Tshiwonika ” ; “ bush-tea ” of settlers. A common herb 
sometimes infused in water by the white settler and used to induce per- 
spiration in fever ; it forms a good substitute for tea and coffee. 
V. HIRSUTA, Sch. Bip. in Walp. Rep. ii. 947. 
Northern Melsetter at 5000-6000 ft.; in fl. Oct. ; nos. 6116, 6138. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
У. MONOCEPHALA, arv. Fi. Cap. їй. 53. 
Melsetter at 6000 ft. ; Chimanimani Mts. at 7000 ft. ; in. fl. Sept., Oct. ; 
nos, 1829, 6144. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
V. GERBERHFORMIS, Oliver & Hiern. in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 285. 
Melsetter at 6000 ft. ; Mt. Pene, 6500-7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept., Oct. ; nos. 
1900, 6112. 
Distrib. Central Lake Region to Rhodesia. 
У. GLABRA, Vatke, in Ovsterr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxvii. (1877) 194. 
Near Chirinda at 3500 ft. ; Chipetzana River at 3000 ft. ; open woods at 
Beira : in fl. April, Aug., Dee.; поз. 1814, 1831, 1831 a. 
Distrib. British East Africa to Nyasaland and Rhodesia. 
V. Woopn, O. Нойт. in Уд. Bot. Jahrb. xxxviii. (1906) 198. 
Melsetter, 6000 ft. ; near Chipinga, Upper Buzi, 3000 ft.; iu. fl. April, 
May; поз. 1824, 1524 a. 
Distrib. Natal. 
