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eapitato-bilobo, fructu dicocco coccis obovoideis tricostatis 
superne breviter setulosis. 
Hab. Loanda, without specific locality ; Gossweiler, 364. 
Folia solemniter 1:5-2:0 em. long., 0-2-0:4 em. lat., in sicco 
plus minus revoluta; costa media fac. inf. maxime eminens, 
decolor, pilis brevibus hispidis munita.  Stipularum limbus 
0:15 em. long., extus breviter setulosus; sete hujus inter se 
inequales, 03-05 cm. long. Calycis lobi 0:17-0'2 em. long. 
Corolle humectate tubus 0'8 em. long., prope basin 0°15 cem., 
faucibus 0:3 em. diam.; limbi lobi 0:4 em. long. Filamenta 
0:12 cm., anthere 0:25 em. Jong. Ovarium turbinatum, 0*2 em., 
stylus 1:2 em. long.; stigma 0°06 em. diam. Cocci exsieeati 
0:3 em. long., ima basi 0-1 cm., apice 0'2 em. lat., brunnea, 
superne costulis transversis paucibus percursi. 
Known by the rigid, brown-green, spine-tipped, more or less 
revolute leaves, the usually solitary flowers, large corollas, 
setulose ovaries, and small cocci. 
COMPOSITA, TI. 
ERLANGEA CENTAUROIDES, S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Noc., 
Bot. xxxv. (1902) 313. 
Berbera; G. W. Bury. 
VERNONIA VIOLACEA, Oliver A Hiern, in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 
prr 
275. 
Saba Catunga near Malang; Gossweiler, 1159. 
A Nile- Land species. 
V. Dextnotit, O. Hoffm., in Bol. Soc. Brot. xii. (1896) 19. 
Cazengo ; Gossweiler, sine no. 
V. POLYSPHJERA, Baker, in New Bull. (1898) 148. 
N'Golo near Malange ; Gossiceiler, 1169. 
A Nyassaland plant now first announced from the Lower- 
Guinea region. 
V. scurPTIFOLIA, Hiern, Cat. Welw. Pl. i. 523. 
Cazengo, among grasses on Monte Lau; Gossweiler, GSG. 
V. PHYLLODES, Hiern, Cat. Welw. PL i. 525. 
Right bank of river Quanze near Malange ; Gossweiler, 1176. 
