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Jardinia plumosa, which name became valid when Steudel’s 
similar name was sunk, has overlooked the important fact that 
JSardinia plumosa, Sch. Bip., was only a nomen nudum until it was 
printed as a synonym at the end of Schultz’s description of Er- 
langea plumosa. Erlangea is therefore the proper name to use here. 
Consolidated as above suggested, the genus may be arranged 
in the following way :— 
Erlangearum Clavis. 
§ Bothriocline. Folia opposita vel et opposita et alterna. 
(E. laxa, longipes, Schimperi, spissa.) 
§ Stephanolepis. Folia alterna. Involucri phylla omnia vel 
saltem aliqua appendice terminali coronata. 
(E. centauroides, Smithii.) 
§ £u-Erlangea. Folia alterna. Involucri phylla acuta, haud 
vel summum brevissime scarioso-marginata. 
(E. alternifolia, brachycalyx, Gregorii, 
misera, Moramballe, pauciseta, plumosa, 
ruwenzoriensis, Schinzii. ) 
§ Platylepis. Folia alterna. Involucri phylla obtusa vel 
apiculata, omnia vel saltem interiora late 
scarioso-margiuata. 
(E. boranensis, cordifolia, marginata.) 
§ Phyllocalyx. Folia alterna. Involueri phylla foliacea. 
(£. calycina.) 
The synonyms are as follow :— 
£. laxa=Bothriocline laxa, N. E. Br. 
LE. longipes=Bothriocline longipes, N. E. Br. 
LE. Schimperi= Bothriocline Schimperi, Oliver & Hiern. 
E’. centauroides = Stephanolepis centauroides, 8. Moore. 
E. alternifolia=Bothriocline alternifolia, O. Hoftm. 
E. misera=Vernonia misera, Oliver & Hiern. Bothriocline 
misera, O. Hoftm. 
E. Moramballe = Vernonia Moramballe, Oliver & Hiern. Bo- 
thriocline Moramballe, O. Hoftm. 
E. pauciseta= Bothriocline pauciseta, O. Hoffm. 
Lt. cordifolia= Gutenbergia cordifolia*, Oliver & Hiern. Bo- 
thriocline diversifolia, O. Hoftm. 
FE. marginata= Vernonia marginata, Oliver & Hiern. 
thriocline marginata, O. Hoffm. 
* A note of Mr, N. E. Brown’s in the Kew Herbarium drew my attention to 
this. Dr. Hoffmann’s plant is certainly the same as the one called Gutenbergia 
cordifolia in Oliver’s ‘ Flora of Tropical Africa.’ 
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