450 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE 
sparsim folioso, sursum nudo ; foliis sessilibus, anguste oblongis 
vel anguste lineari-oblanceolatis, obtusis, uninervibus, leviter 
carnosulis; capitulis parvis homogamis, 12-14-flosculosis, in 
eorymbo longipeduneulato laxo tricephalo raribracteato digestis ; 
pedunculis propriis capitula longe excedentibus, gracilibus ; 
involucri cylindrico-infundibuliformis ecalyculati phyllis 8, 
lineari-oblongis, obtusis, apice vero pubescentibus dilute viridibus 
tenuiter nervosis; flosculis breviter exsertis purpureis; styli 
ramis elongatis truncatis, penicillatis; acheniis valde crudis 
angustissimis, compressiusculis, glabris; pappi setis scabriusculis 
albis.—Juxta Sen. Baumii, O. Hoffm., inserendus cujus folia sat 
similia, capitula equidem 25-flosculosa diversa, e. g. involucri 
latioris phylla breviora, omnimodo glabra, extra plane striata, 
corolla lobi longiores, &e. 
Hab. Matopo Hills, bog near * View." Oct. 203. 
Whole plant at most 30 em. high. Leaves 3:0-4:0 x 0-2-0:25 
em.,the very few scattered highest ones narrowly linear. Peduncle 
about 6 em. long; proper peduncles of fully mature capitula 
9:0-9'5 em. long; bracts very narrowly linear, + 22 mm. in 
length; capitula 11 em. long, 0'4 cm. in diameter, gradually 
narrowing towards the base; involucral leaves 1'0 cm. long 
and + 1:0 mm. in width; corollas 8 mm. long; the tube very 
slender but slightly enlarged immediately under the limb, of 
which the lobes are only 1:0 mm. long; anthers entire at base; 
style-arms nearly 3:0 mm., achenes 3:0 mm., pappus 7:0 mm. long. 
SENECIO ERUBESCENS, Ait. 
Matopo Hills, vlei ground, general. Fl. Oct. 241. 
Distrib. Transvaal, Natal, Cape Colony. First record for 
Tropieal Africa. 
A herbaceous perennial with dark violet flowers. 
SENECIO LASIORHIZUS, DC. 
Matopo Hills, veld, general. Fl. Sept. 189. 
Distrib. Angola, British Central Africa, Rhodesia. 
A herbaceous perennial, with handsome yellow heads of flowers 
which precede tke large radical leaves. 
SENECIO ROSMARINIFOLIUS, Linn. 
Matopo Hills, sandbanks in streams. Fl. Oct. 43. 
Distrib. Cape Colony. This seems to be the first record for 
Tropical Africa. 
