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Senecio puepueeo-tieidis, n. sp. 



Fruticosus, ramulis gracilibus pubescentibus, foliis multis sessilibus am- 

 plexicaulibus lyrato-panduraeformibus profunde inciso-crenatis medio cito 

 angustatis basi auriculatis facie viridibus glabratis dorso purpureis pubes- 

 centibus, capitulis paucis magnis corymbosis ligulatis, involucro campanu- 

 lato bracteis lanceolatis, ligulis luteis, achenio glabro, pappo firmulo albo. 



A shrub, with, long slender straight copiously leafy pubescent 

 branchlets. Leaves moderately firm in texture, lg-2 iu. long, 

 the oblong obtuse deeply-toothed upper half | in. broad, narrowed 

 suddenly halfway down into a repand wing to the midrib, which 

 is dilated at the base into 2 round amplexicaul auricles. Heads 

 few, arranged in a terminal corymb ; peduncles ascending, 

 pubescent, their upper leaves reduced to minute entire lanceolate 

 bracts. Involucre campanulate, 3 in. in diam. ; bracts about 12, 

 pubescent on the back. Ligules 3 in. long. Disk-flowers very 

 numerous. Achene glabrous, T ^ in. long. Pappus | in. long ; 

 bristles pure white, ciliated, firm in texture for the genus. — 

 Baron 3264 ! Nearest S. adenodontus, of the species described 

 in the ' Prodromus.' 



Aedisia myeiantha, n. sp. 



Arborea, foliis breviter petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis glabris 

 rigide coriaceis venulis subtilibus, floribus in panieulas axillares breviter 

 pedunculatas ramulis racemosis divaricatis dispositis, pedieellis brevibus 

 pubescentibus, bracteis minutis deltoideis, calycis tubo brevissimo seg- 

 ments orbicularibus imbricatis, corollac tubo brevissimo segmentis orbi- 

 cularibus, antheris parvis subsessilibus. 



An erect shrub or small tree. Leaves 4-5 in. long, 1— 1| in. 

 broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, thick 

 and rigid in texture, the veins fine and indistinct. Panicles 

 shorter than the leaves ; branches few and spreading ; rhachises 

 finely pubescent ; pedicels at most as long as the flowers ; 

 bracts minute, persistent. Expanded calyx -jL in. in diam. ; 

 segments 5, orbicular, much imbricated. Corolla ^ in. long. 

 Anthers not more than half as long as the corolla-segments. 

 Ovary orbicular ; style very short. Fruit not seen. — Baron 2312 ! 

 Nearly allied to A. bipinnata, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 

 p. 201. 



Aedisia oliga> t tha, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis gracilibus, foliis parvis oblongis subobtusis 

 breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis, floribus in corymbos axillares peduncu- 

 latos paucifloros dispositis, pedieellis elongatis, bracteis minutis, calycis tubo 



