312 MR. SPENCER MOORE ON THE 
Vernonia (§ Decaneuron) GOSSWEILERT, sp. nov.; caule 
robusto brevissimo e rhizomate brevi necnon crasso fibras longas 
rigidas emittente oriundo et una cum eodem sordide sericeo- 
villoso, foliis congestis oblongo-obovatis apice rotundatis mucro- 
nulatisque deorsum longe ac sensim angustatis basi breviter 
vaginantibus margine calloso-denticulatis vel mere undulatis 
utrinque mox fere glabris membranaceis in sicco viridibus, 
eapitulis medioeribus multifloseulosis solitariis seaposis, scapis 
folia excedentibus puberulis sub capitulo griseo-pubescentibus 
braeteis paueis lineari-subulatis onustis, involueri subhemi- 
spherici scabride pubescentis phyllis 5-serialibus lineari-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis exterioribus quam interiora multo brevioribus 
viridibus (presertim apicem versus) intimis membranaceis, 
lloseulis exsertis, acheniis eylindrieis 10-costatis sericeis quam 
pappus pluriserialis stramineus multo brevioribus. 
Hab. Angola, Malange in Parinari and U’Gambo groves; 
Gossweiler, 1167. 
Folia modica 9:0-10*0 em. x 1:5-2:5 em. (rarissime 12°0 x 3:5 
em.), glandulis immersis przedita ; costa centralis crassus, utrinque 
bene aspectabilis, eostze reliquze parum perspicuæ, folia vero 
vetusta optime reticulato-nervosa. Scapus adusque 22:0 em. 
alt, ascendens; hujus bracteæ distantes, d 0:5 cm. long. 
pubescentes. Capitula pansa 3-0 em. diam. Involueri phylla 
extima 0°5-0°6 cm., interiora + l5 cm., intima 2:0 em. long. 
Corolle violaceo-cerulee ; tubus eylindrieus 1'5 em. long., 
deorsum 0*06 cm., sursum O'L em. diam. ; lobi vix 0:5 em. long. 
Styli rami 0'5 em. long. Acheenia 04-0*5 em. x 0:08-0:12 em. ; 
pappi sete inter se inzqualia, longiora 1:6 em. long., pauca 
breviora externa 0*1-1:0 em. 
Near F. gerberiformis, Oliver & Hiern, which has somewhat 
different heads, there being fewer rows of broader and acute, 
not acuminate, involueral leaves, &ec. 
V. cumcmoNocEPHALA, O. Hoffm., in Bol. Soc. Brot. xiii. 
(1896) 17. 
Loanda, on top of the M’Bango Mountain; Gossieiler, 1152. 
Flowering after fire has destroyed all the surrounding dry 
grass. 
VERNONIA ($ Slengelia) ROTUNDISQUAMA, sp. nov.: caule e 
rhizomate oriundo ascendente superne breviter rariramoso valido 
