322 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
veins. Peduncles ascending, about an inch long. Heads 1-13 
in. diam.; outer bracts above 4 in. long. Calyx 3 in. long; seg- 
ments subequal, very acuminate from a lanceolate-deltoid base. 
Corolla-tube curved, 2 in. long; segments 4 in. Filaments as 
long as the segments. Fruit not seen.—North-west Madagascar, 
Baron 5425! 
BERTIERA LONGITHYRSA, n. Sp. 
B. ramulis virgatis pubescentibus, stipulis magnis lanceolatis persistenti- 
bus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis acutis facie glabris viridibus dorso 
breviter pubescentibus, floribus in panieulam laxam angustam thyrsoideam 
dispositis, bracteis lanceolatis, calycis segmentis minutis, fructu globoso 
magnitudine pisi. 
Branches slender, woody, subterete, shortly pubescent. Sti- 
pules 4 in. long. Leaves 3-5 in. long, 1-13 in. broad, acute, 
deltoid at the base, moderately firm in texture, green and gla- 
brous above, drab when dry beneath, with 7-8 curved ascending 
parallel finely silky main veins. Panicle 5-6 in. long, 14-2 in. 
broad at the base; branches erecto-patent, corymbose ; bracts 
lanceolate, foliaceous. Corolla not seen. Fruit black, globose, 
4 in. in diam.-—Baron, next 5789 ! Very near the Mauritian B. 
Zaluzania, Gaertn. 
VERNONIA MECISTOPHYLLA, n. sp. 
Arborea, ramulis validis tenuiter pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis 
oblongo-lanceolatis facie scabris dorso dense glandulosis tenuiter pubes- 
centibus, capitulis magnis multifloris dense corymbosis, involucro cam- 
panulato bracteis multiseriatis adpressis rigidis brunneis lanceolatis, achenio 
glabro 8-10-costato, pappo albo flexuoso setis aquilongis. 
Branchlets straight, stout, woody, pubescent upwards. Leaves 
6-8 in. long, 13 in. broad at the middle, subcoriaceous, green and 
scabrous above, paler and densely glanduloso-punctate beneath. 
Capitula few, crowded at the tip of the branchlets. Involucre 
j-g in. diam.; bracts in many rows, brown, rigid, adpressed, 
nearly glabrous. Achene L in. long, with 8-10 distinct ribs. 
Pappus and cylindrical corolla-tube each 3 in. long.— Baron, next 
5529! 
VERNONIA LEUCOLEPIS, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis ovatis 
utrinque tenuiter pubescentibus, capitulis multifloris corymboso-panicu- 
latis, involucro late campanulato bracteis multiseriatis adpressis dense 
