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exteriora 2:5 mm. long., interiora 4mm. long. Ligule 1 em. long., 2:25 mm. 
lat., multinerves. Disci floseuli 3:5 mm. long. Acheenia nunc brevia nune 
longa, Ша 4-5 mm., hee 7 mm. long., omnia 1 mm. lat., liventia. 
Differs trom В. Schimperi, Sch. Bip., in its slender habit with long-stalked 
scattered heads, its smaller leaves with narrower lobes, its smaller heads, 
shorter involucres, and narrower ligules. 
HYPERICOPHYLLUM ELATUM, LV. K. Br. in Journ. Linn, Soc, xxxv. (1902) 122. 
Chipetzana River, 3000 ft. ; in fl. April п. 1816. 
Distrib. Tropical East Africa from Zanzibar southward. 
SCHISTOSTEPHIUM HEPTALOBUM, Benth. y Hook. f. ex Oliver § Hiern, in 
Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 899. 
Near Chirinda, 3500 ft. ; Melsetter, 6000 ft. ; in fl. May, Sept. ; nos. 491, 
1808. 
Distrib. Zambesia, South Africa. 
SCHISTOSTEPHIUM OXYLOBUM, 5. Moore, sp. nov. 
Fruticulus ramis crebro foliosis gracilibus rigidis subteretibus pubescentibus 
deinde glabrescentibus, foliis eireuitu obovatis vel obovato-oblongis pinnati- 
sectis segmentis solemniter 3-4-jugis lineari-oblongis integris vel apice 
2—3-dentatis segmento terminali majore oblongo-obovato dentibus sepissime 
2-59 apicalibus induto (dentibus omnibus acutis) puberulis novellis albo- 
pubescentibus, capitulis mediocribus homogamis circa 40-flosculosis corymbos 
satis abbreviatos bracteatos nune oligo- nune pleiocephalos referentibus, 
involucri subhemispherici appresse sericeo-pubescentis phyllis 4-serialibus 
exterioribus oblongo-laneeolatis acutis vel acutiusculis quam anteriora 
oblongo-spathulata obtusa apice piloso-ciliata brevioribus omnibus margine 
anguste scariosis, receptaculo convexiusculo nudo, flosculis levissime exsertis, 
corollis 4-lobis, acheeniis haud maturis compressis tricostatis glabris cupula 
fere obsoleta onustis. 
Hab. Chimanimani Mountains at 7000 ft., Mt. Pene, 7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept., 
Oct. ; nos. 1871, 6132. | 
Folia profecto evoluta usque ad 2:5 em. long. et 10-15 em. lat., subtus 
glandulis fuscis creberrime inspersa, in sicco olivaceo-fusca ; lobi vulgo 
7-10 mm, long., summum circa З mm. lat., dentes triangulares, 1-1'5 mm. 
alt. ; petioli attenuati, 8—4 mm. long. Corymbi uberiores 3x35 cm., 
depauperati interdum capitula modo 5 includentes 15 х 1:5 em. Bracteæ 
inferiores foliis subsimiles nisi multo minores, summ:ze maxime imminuta, 
filiformes, 2-3 m. long.  Peduneuli proprii solemniter 5-7 mm. long. 
Capitula ægre 6 mm. diam. Involueri phylla exteriora 1:5-2 mm., interiora 
2:5 mm. long. Receptaculum 2:2 mm. diam. Corolle 2 mm. long. ; lobi 
