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cobwebby bracteoles. Kay short and broad; corolla slightly 



longer than the involucre. 



Marshy meadows, Angalampena (Interior), 2136 ! 



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Herba 



spathulatis dentatis in petiolum longum attenuatis, capitulis laxe 

 corymbosis, involacri bracteis 15-20 acutis oblongis, margine 

 membranaceo albido, radii floribus 8 breviter ligulatis flavis, 

 achaeniis hirsutis, pappi setis copiosis flexuosis albidis. 



A rather variable herbaceous plant : when growing near the 

 sea the leaves are very crowded, thick, and fleshy ; when growing 

 inland, membranous and distant. Leaves semiamplexicaul, from 

 oblanceolate to spathulate, usually obscurely serrate, from 2-6 cm. 

 long and 1-1*5 cm. broad. Capitula 2-4 together, subcorymbose, 

 more than 20-flowered, and about 5 mm. long. Calycle of numer- 

 ous small bracteoles ; bracts acute, with a broad white mem- 

 branous margin. Aehenes with a thick w T hite cartilaginous ring at 

 insertion of the pappus. 



Allied to S. Boutoni, Balf. f., of Eodriguez, and S. rhodanthus, 

 Baker. 



Near the sea and shady places, Port Dauphin, 2307 ! 2955 ! 



Senecio (§ Kleinoidea) Aistandroi, sp. n. 



Perennis, foliis teretibus carnosis ad apices acutis callosis, capi- 

 tulis 6-8 laxe corymbosis 15-20-floris, bracteolis parvis linearibus, 

 involucri bracteis 6-8 ad apicem hirsutis obscure costatis mar- 

 gine albido membranaceo, floribus radii 2 (vel pluribus ?) invo- 

 lucrum paullo superantibus, corollse tubo basi corneo styli basin 

 tumidum includente, achseniis glabris, pappi setis copiosis. 



A glabrous shrub with cylindrical fleshy leaves about 3 cm. 

 long and 3 mm. in diameter. Peduncle 10-11 cm. Ions:, with 

 pedicels 1-3 cm. long, subtended by small (4 mm.) linear bracts. 

 Involucre-bracts about 1 # 2 cm. long, with a tuft of minute hairs 

 at the tip. Kays short ; the basal 2 mm. of the corolla-tube 

 cartilaginous, enclosiug a nectarial swelling at the base of the style. 

 Aehenes quite glabrous. 



Arid country of Antandroi to the south of Port Dauphin, 2977 ! 



Lactuca Welwitschii, sp. n. 



Perennis, radice lignoso, foliis rosulatis obovatis obtusis supra 

 glabris subtus albidis breviter petiolatis margine denticulato, 



