176 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
VERNONIA APHANANTHA, 0. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis breviter pilosis, foliis sessilibus oblanceolatis acutis 
dentieulatis utrinque viridibus breviter pilosis, capitulis parvis multifloris 
dense corymbosis, involucri campanulati bracteis rigidulis 3-4-seriatis ad- 
pressis viridibus apice rubellis pilosis exterioribus sensim brevioribus, 
achenio glabro, pappi setis albidis flexuosis ciliatis. 
A shrub, with slender woody branchlets, densely coated with 
short brown hairs. Leaves crowded, sessile, 2-8 in. long, about 
4 in. broad, subentire or sparsely denticulate, moderately firm in 
texture, green and rough with dense short hairs on both surfaces, 
the side veins connected by arching veinlets within the margin. 
Heads in small dense terminal corymbs with very short pedicels, 
containing each 20-30 flowers. Involuere } in. long and broad, 
the bracts firm in texture, densely pilose, green on the back, 
bright red at the tip, the outer gradually shorter. Achene only 
seen immature. Pappus 4 in. long, of numerous whitish flexuose 
ciliated bristles.—Between Tankay and the east coast, Baron 
1552! 
VERNONIA LEUCOPHYLLA, D. Sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis albo-incanis, foliis petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis 
obtusis subintegris rigide subcoriaceis facie viridibus subglabris dorso per- 
sistenter albo-incanis, capitulis parvis multifloris dense copiose corym- 
boso-paniculatis pedicellis brevibus albo-incanis, involucri campanulatt 
bracteis J—4-seriatis obtusis brunneis apice glabris dorso albo-incanis ex- 
terioribus sensim brevioribus, floribus pallidis, achenio glabro, pappi setis 
albidis flexuosis ciliatis, 
A shrub, with woody branchlets coated with white tomentum. 
Leaves 2-8 in. long, under an inch broad, subcoriaceous, obtuse, 
dark green and nearly glabrous above when mature, coated with 
thin persistent white tomentum beneath, narrowed gradually from 
the middle to the short petiole. Heads very numerous, arranged 
in level-topped terminal panicles, with short pedicels coated with 
white tomentum. Involuere under 4 in. in diam., 1} in. long; inner 
bracts oblong, obtuse, brown and subscariose in the upper half; 
outer ones gradually shorter, matted with white tomentum on 
back. Flowers about 20 in a head. Achene under a line long, 
finally glabrous. Corolla } in. long, with very short teeth. 
Pappus es long as the corolla, of numerous whitish persistent 
ciliated bristles.— Central Madagascar, Baron 2104! 
