SPENCER MOORE: ФАМОРЕТАТ, Е. 115 
ASPILIA BRACHYPHYLLA, 5. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herbacea, caule ascendente sursum ramoso scabrido-pubescente dein scabri- 
usculo, foliis ad normam generis parvis brevipetiolatis oblongo-ovatis acutis 
basi obtusissimis nisi rotundatis margine distanter serrulatis firme mem- 
branaceis supra pilis strigillosis scaberrimis subtus scabridis, capitulis medio- 
eribus ad apicem ramulorum paucis (sepissime 2-3) corymbum brevem 
constituentibus, pedunculis propriis hispidulo-seaberrimis involucrum mani- 
feste excedentibus, involucri 3-serialis quam diseus brevioris phyllis inter se 
subiequalibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis. pagina utraque scaberrimis superne 
herbaceis, receptaculi paleis anguste obovato-oblongis sursum subito cuspidato- 
acuminatis apice acutis juxta cuspidem ciliolato-erosulis superne scabriusculis, 
ligulis cirea. 10 anguste oblongo-obovatis apice bilobis flavis, achzeniis com- 
pressiusculis fere omnino epunctatis superne sericeo-puberulis eupula setis 
orba ore ciliato-terminata. 
Hab. Chirinda, а common weed in cultivated ground ; in fl. May ; nos. 
292, 195. 
Foliorum adultorum limbus vulgo 2-3:5 ет. long. 1-2 em. lat., trinervis, 
in sicco supra fuscus subtus olivaceus ; petioli circa 2 mm. long. Corymbi 
summum 8 em, long. Capitula pansa 2 em. diam. Involuerum 10 x 12 mm.; 
phylla 9 mm. long., 2:523 mm. lat., perpauca intima membranacea. Recep- 
taculi paleze papyraceze, multinerves, 9 mm. long. Ligula (lamina) vix 1 em. 
long. Disci floseuli usque ad 7 mm. long. Achænia 4x 2 mm., griseola ; 
pappus 0°75 mm. long. 
To be placed next the West African А. Smithiana, Oliv. & Hiern, which 
it greatly resembles. The chief differences are the larger heads of the plant 
Just described, its longer and broader involucral leaves, and the cuspidate- 
acuminate receptacular paleæ. 
А. ASPILIOIDES, 5. Moore, comb. nov. 
Coreopsis aspilioides, Baker, in Kew Bull. 1898, 153. 
Lower Umswirizwi River, 1000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. уп. 316. 
Distrib. Nyasaland. 
MELANTHERA SwYNNERTONII, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herba diffusa caule tetragono scabrido dein scabriusculo, foliis petiolatis 
lanceolatis vel lanceolato-oblongis nonnunquam ima basi lobulatis sursum 
attenuatis apice acutis basi obtusis truncatisve margine serratis papyraceis 
utrinque scabris, capitulis оо - flosculosis corymbum brevem oligocephalum 
formantibus, pedunculis propriis арша multo excedentibus gracilibus 
scabridis, involucri 3-serialis scaberrimi phyllis seriei I. & II. ovato-oblongis 
vel ovato-lanceolatis acutis breviterve acuminatis coriaceis sursum herbaceis 
quam illa seriei LIT. tenuia oblongo-obovata acuta plane longioribus, receptaculi 
paleis oblongis apice late triangularibus ipso breviter mucronatis superne 
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