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ceolatis, floribus quam involuerum duplo longioribus, achenio glabro, pappo 
albo. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete woody 
branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, 2-3 in. long, subcoria- 
ceous, green on both surfaces, rounded at the base, sharply ser- 
rated, with numerous distinct erecto-patent main veins. Heads 
very numerous, forming an ample panicle 6-9 in. long, with a 
very flexuose woody rhachis and copiously compound spreading 
or deflexed main branches subtended at the base by reduced 
leaves. Involuere ;; in. long; bracts brownish, subcoriaceous. 
Flowers Lin. long. Pappus white, twice as long as the glabrous 
achene.— Central Madagascar, Baron! 
SENECIO ANAMPOZA, n. 8p. 
Herbaceus, glaber, caulibus elatis gracilibus ramosis, foliis distantibus 
petiolatis membranaceis utrinque viridibus, inferioribus lyrato-pinnatis 
lobo terminali maximo orbiculari repando-dentato, capitulis multifloris dis- 
coideis pluribus laxe corymbosis, involucri campanulati bracteis linearibus 
circiter 15, floribus discoideis involucro zquilongis, pappo albo quam 
achenium glabrum duplo longiore. 
A tall perennial herb, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 
erect fistulose terete branched stems. Leaves membranous, 
green on both surfaces, obtuse, distinctly petioled ; lower lyrate- 
pinnate, with the orbicular repand-dentate terminal lobe much 
larger than the oblong side ones; upper leaves simple. Capitula 
arranged in a lax terminal corymb ; peduncles always longer than 
the heads, with only a few minute linear bracts. Involucre 
campanulate, 4 in. long and broad; inner bracts about 15, green, 
linear, glabrous; outer whorl of a few minute linear bracts. 
Achenes glabrous, blackish, 3 in. long ; pappus soft, pure white, 
twice as long as the achene.—Central Madagascar, in forests of 
the province of Imerina, Parker! Baron 1234! 1271! 2113! 
Native name * anampoza." 
SENECIO PARKERI, n. sp. 
Fruticosus, glaber, foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis denticulatis 
membranaceis utrinque viridibus, capitulis radiatis dense corymboso-pani- 
culatis pedunculis brevissimis, involueri campanulati bracteis 9-10 brun- 
neis lanceolatis, ligulis paucis parvis luteis, floribus discoideis multis 
quam involucrum duplo longioribus, achenio glabro, pappo albo. 
A subscandent shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Stem-leaves 
distinctly petioled, 3-4 in. long. 1 in. broad, narrowed gradually 
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