324 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
subsessilibus obovato-cuneatis obtusis utrinque viridibus glabris, capitulis 
5-6-floris ad ramarum apices dense aggregatis, involucro infundibulari 
glabro bracteis adpressis obtusis imbricatis, achenio elongato angulato 
glabro, pappo albo flexuoso, setis exterioribus brevibus. 
A slender woody climber, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 
distant, nearly sessile, 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. broad, moderately 
firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, narrowed 
gradually from the middle to the base. Heads in dense corymbs 
at the end of the branchlets. Involuere 4 in. long; bracts rigid, 
obtuse; outer gradually shorter. Flowers half as long again as 
the involucre. Pappus and achene each 4 in. long.— Baron 1447! 
East Androna, 5639 ! 
VERNONIA HILDEBRANDTII, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis dense breviter fusco-pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis 
oblongis acutis integris utrinque viridibus facie scabris dorso pubescenti- 
bus, capitulis 5-6-floris dense corymboso-paniculatis, involuero campanu- 
lato piloso bracteis pauciseriatis caducis exterioribus ovatis intimis lineari- 
oblongis, achenio glabro, pappo albido flexuoso setis aequilongis. 
A shrub or small tree, with slender terete woody branchlets, 
densely coated with short brown pubescence. Petiole 4 in. long; 
blade 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm 
in texture, with the spreading parallel main veins beneath conspi- 
cuously raised. Capitula in dense terminal panicled corymbs. 
Involuere $ in. diam. ; bracts pale green, very caducous. Flowers 
twice as long as the involucre. Pappus and reddish corolla } in. 
long.— Baron 1131! forests of East Imerina, 5144! Also Hil- 
debrandt 3636! Allied to V. Baroni and trichodesma. 
VERNONIA KENTEOCEPIIALA, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis dense pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceo- 
latis acutis facie subealvatis, dorso pubescentibus, capitulis multifloris in 
paniculam angustam thyrsoideam dispositis, involucro campanulato brac- 
teis multiseriatis adpressis ovatis cuspidatis exterioribus solum pubescenti- 
bus, achenio glabro multicostato, pappo albo flexuoso setis zequilongis. 
A shrub or small tree, with densely grey-pubescent branchlets. 
Leaves 4-6 in. long, 1-14 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 
gradually to both ends, entire, thin in texture, green and ob- 
scurely pubescent above, coated with short drab pubescence 
beneath. Capitula forming a lax thyrsoid panicle 6-8 in. long, 
with a very pubescent rhachis. Involucre 4 in. diam.; bracts 
brown, rigid, adpressed, with distinct cusps. Achenia brown, 
