416 ME. J. G. BAKER OK THE 



moderately firm "bristles. — Baron 2375 ! Allied to V. apocyni- 

 folia, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 175. 



Vernonia steeptoclada, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, volubilis, ramulis gracilibus pubescentibus cito calvatis, foliis 

 parvis petiolatis ovatis ssepissime acutis utrinque molliter brunneo-pubes- 

 centibus, capitulis parvis multifloris in paniculas laterales vel terminates 

 rhachi brunneo-velutino insigniter flexuoso ramulis corymboso-glomeratis 

 dispositis, involucre brevi campanulato piloso bracteis pauciseriatis rigidis 

 obtusis, achenio glabro, pappo albido ex involucre exserto. 



A climber, with terete woody stems, clothed at first with 

 short brown pubescence. Leaves 1-1 1 in. long, nearly as broad 

 as long, rounded at the base, rarely obtuse, not at all rigid in 

 texture, coated on both sides with soft brown pubescence. 

 Heads arranged in panicles, with a very zigzag pubescent rbachis, 

 the lower branches reflexed. Involucre g in. long ; bracts all 

 rigid and obtuse. Flowers 20 or more in a head. Achene gla- 

 brous ; pappus of moderately firm persistent whitish bristles, 

 § in. long.— Baron 3041! 3076! Dr. Parker ! Allied to V. 

 voluta and V. apocynifolia. 



VEENONIA (§ DlSTEPHAUUS) TEICHAKTHA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis rectis dense incanis sursum villosis, foliis parvis sub- 

 sessilibus oblongis integris coriaceis trinervatis utrinque albido-iocanis, 

 capitulis paucis multifloris corymbosis glomeratis, involucre magno cam- 

 panulato bracteis pauciseriatis adpressis lanceolatis dense albido-incanis, 

 floribus extus apice villosis, achenio piloso, pappo rigidulo pulchre 

 rubello. 



A shrub, with slender straight woody branchlets, clothed 

 with thin persistent whitish tomentum, or towards the top with 

 thicker, looser pubescence. Leaves thick and rigid in texture, 

 not crowded, 1-li in. long, three-nerved nearly from the base to 

 the tip, matted on both sides with whitish tomentum. Heads 

 few, crowded in dense terminal corymbs. Involucre campanulate, 

 nearly \ in. in diam. ; bracts lanceolate, acute, adpressed, densely 

 clothed with white arachnoid pubescence. Corolla \ in. long, 

 densely villose outside towards the tip ; segments oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 5 as long as the tube. Pappus pale scarlet, rigid, as long 

 as the corolla-tube. — Baron 607 ! Allied to V. ochroleuca and 

 V. inulafolia, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. pp. 179, 180. 



