FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 325 
with 9-10 ribs. Pappus 4 iu. long.—North-west Madagascar, 
Baron 5330! 
VERNONIA ALBOVIRIDIS, N. Sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis tenuiter albo-incanis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis 
rigide coriaceis facie viridibus glabris dorso albo-incanis, capitulis 10-12 
floris dense eorymboso-paniculatis, involucro campanulato bracteis multi- 
seriatis adpressis obtusis omnibus dense pilosis, achenio glabro, pappo 
albido flexuoso setis equilongis. 
An erect shrub or small tree, with the branchlets and leaves 
beneath coated with thin white tomentum. Leaves firm in 
texture, 12-2 in. long, subacute, rounded at the base, entire. 
Capitula forming a dense level-topped terminal panicle. Invo- 
lucre } in. diam. ; bracts very numerovs, adpressed, obtuse, rigid, 
densely coated with whitish pubescence. Flowers much over- 
topping the mvolucre. Achenia only seen immature. Pappus 
4 in. long.— Province of Androna, Baron 5595! 5609! Allied to 
V. moquinioides, Baker. 
VERNONIA CORTIFOLIA, D. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis obscure albido-incanis, foliis petiolatis oblanceolato- 
oblongis acutis integris rigide coriaceis facie viridibus nitidulis dorso tenu- 
iter albido-incanis, capitulis parvis 4-floris copiose paniculatis, involucro 
parvo campanulato incano bracteis pauciseriatis adpressis exterioribus 
oblongis intimis lineari-oblongis, achenio i:nmaturo piloso, pappo albido 
flexuoso setis :equilongis. 
A shrub or small tree, with slender branches, coated with thin 
white tomentum, like the underside of the leaves. Leaves 4-6 
in. long, 14-2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually from 
the middle to the base. Flowers in copious lateral panicles 
mixed up with and overtopped by the leaves. Involucre j in. 
diam. Flowers twice as long as the involucre. Pappus and 
corolla + in. long.— Baron, next 5827! Near V. Merana, Baker. 
VERNONIA TRICHODESMA, N. Sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblanceolato- 
oblongis acutis inciso-crenatis membranaceis preter venarum axillas 
glabris, capitulis 7-8-floris dense corymboso-pauiculatis, involucro brevi 
campanulato bracteis pauciseriatis adpressis caducis pubescentibus exteri- 
oribus ovatis interioribus linearibus, achenio glabro, pappo albido fragili 
setis equalibus. 
A shrub, with pubescent woody branchlets. Leaves crowded ; 
petiole 3 in. long; blade 4-5 in. loug, 14-2 in. broad, thin iu 
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