SPENCER MOORE: GAMOPETAL.E. 107 
assier glens about Chirinda and in old 
A tall herb very common in the gr 
Flowers white with purple 
abandoned fields and grass-jungles generally. 
centre. 
Vernonia ($ Stengelia) SWYNNERTONIT, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herbacea, erecta, caule tereti longitrorsum suleato sursum sparsim ramoso 
modice folioso ut rami griseo-tomentello dein pubescente, 
acutis integris vel rarissime 
foliis sessilibus 
comparate elongatis linearibus obtusis vel obtuse 
minute denticulatis firme membranaceis supra pubescentibus subtus griseo- 
multiflosculosis in corymbum terminalem 
atum tomentellum digestis, involucri 
&-serialis phyllis exterioribus 
tomentellis, capitulis mediocribus 
laxum pauci-(vulgo 3-)cephalum bracte 
late campanulati araneoso-pubescentis circa 
abbreviatis lanceolato- vel ovato-oblongis apice nigro-mucronatis corlaceis 
quam interiora gradatim accrescentia oblonga appendice oblonga apice nigro- 
mucronata in sicco brunnea onusta multo brevioribus, corollæ tubo superne 
gradatim amplificato glabro, achæniis subeylindricis compressiusculis 12- 
costatis appresse albo-hirsutulis, pappi setis breviter barbellatis cinereis quam 
exteriora squamiformia abbreviata barbellata pluries longioribus. 
Hab. Lower Buzi River, up to 400 ft.; in fl. Dec. ; n. 1908. 
Folia solemniter 6-10 em. long., 4-7 mm. lat. Corymbi 10 em. long., vel 
etiam ultra. Pedunculi proprii 6-10 cm. long. Bracteze inferiores lineares, 
circa 1 em. long., superiores gradatim imminute. Involucra 1:5 em. long., 
2 em, (tandem 2:5 em.) diam.  Phylla exteriora 2:5—4 mm. long., intermedia 
5-8 mm., intima 12-13 mm. long. Corolle tubus 6 mm. long., inferne 
04 mm., superne 08-1 mm. diam. ; lobi lineares, 3 mm. long. Achzenia 
2:2 mm. long. ; pappi squamæ vix 1 mm., sete 4:5-5 mm. long. 
Near Г. Grantii, Oliver, but entirely different in leaf, the lax inflorescences, 
the narrow involucral leaves, the pappus, &e. 
V. LIVINGSTONIANA, Oliver § Hiern, in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 295. 
Kurumadzi River, Jihu, 2000 ft. ; in. fl. Nov. ; n. 126. 
Distrib. Zambesia, Nyasaland. 
V. popocoma, Sch. Bip. er Schweinf. & Aschers. Enum. 281. 
Chirinda Forest: Mt. Maruma, 3800 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; nos. 1125, 113a. 
Distrib. Abyssinia to Angola and Rhodesia. 
Chindao name, © Idambaseze.? Exceedingly plentiful along the outskirts 
of Chirinda, where in some places it almost forms a hedge. Attractive to 
Lepidoptera. Bark of roots very bitter, chewed for pains in the chest; 
a good cure, it is said. 
MicnoaLossA voLuBILIS, DC. Prod. v. 320. 
Mt. Umtereni, 4000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 1801. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa, Madagascar, East Indies. 
