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Isura GLoMERATA, Oliver & Hiern, in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 359. 
Angola, rather rare in secondary thickets and open forests at 
N'Golo near Malange ; Gossweiler, 1180. 
I. QOSSWEILERI, sp. nov.  Herbacea, caule erecto crebro 
folioso striato dense sericeo-hirsuto mox appresse pubescente, 
folis radicalibus magnis oblanceolato-obovatis obtusis basi in 
petiolum longe decurrentibus supra leviter scabriuseulis viridibus 
subtus pallidis pubescentibus, foliis caulinis subapproximatis 
parvis oblongis obtusis sessilibus interdum levissime amplexicau- 
libus margine dentieulatis pergamaceis utrinque dilute fulvo- 
sericeis deinde pag. sup. pubescentibus, capitulis parvis discoideis 
multiflosculosis ad apicem ramulorum brevium solitariis vel 
sepius paucis glomeratis, pedunculis propriis quam involucra 
brevioribus dense sericeo-hirsutis, involueri campanulati dilute 
fulvo-sericei 6-serialis phyllis anguste lanceolatis acutis interi- 
oribus quam extima plane longioribus intimis anguste linearibus, 
receptaculo foveolato, flosculis inclusis, achentis cylindrieis 
breviter sericeis pluristriatis quam pappi sete l-seriatæ glabra 
straminee brevioribus. 
Hab. In high grasses of the primeval forest between Malange 
and Catombe Villa; Gossweiler, 1213. 
Stirps (ex scheda cl. eolleetoris) ** 1-2. ft." alt. Folia radi- 
calia circa 30°0 em. long., 5:0-7:5 cm. lat. Folia caulina 4'0- 
6:0 em. x 1:5-2-0 cm., subtus eminenter retieulato-venosa. Inter- 
nodia modice 1:5-20 em. long. Ramuli laterales 2:0—3:5 em. 
long.; horum folia 2:0 em. long. vel minus. Capitulorum 
glomeruli 2:5 em. diam. Capitula 1'3 em. long., 2*0 em. dram. 
Involueri phylla extima 0*6-0*8. cm., interiora 1:0-1:1 cm. long., 
omnia homochroa. Corolle 0'7 em. long. Achenia vix 072 cm. 
neenon pappi setze 0'45-0:5 em. long. 
To be placed in the genus next J. glomerata, Oliver & Hiern, 
whieh has larger radical leaves with a different clothing and 
more lax reticulation, stem-leaves distant from each other and 
considerably larger, and somewhat smaller flowering-heads with 
obtuse outer involucral leaves. 
PEGOLETTIA SENEGALENSIS, Cass. im Dict. Sc. Nat. xxxvili. 
230. 
Rhodesia, between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls; F. Lyles, 
131. 
