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Involucri phylla extima O04 cm. intermedia 0°8 cm. intima 
1:0 em. long. Flosculi 0°8 cm. long., extus puberuli. Achenia 
0-25 em. long., pallida. Pappi setee exteriores 0-12 cm. interiores 
0°65-0°7 cm. long. 
A plant of very distinct appearance. The rigid habit, in- 
dumentum, amplexicaul leaves, narrow hairy involucral leaves, 
and pubescent achenes are its chief characteristics among its 
fellows of the section. 
VERNONIA MILANJIANA, sp. nov. ; caulibus brevissimis e rhizo- 
mate sat crasso ortis, foliis congestis sessilibus vel subsessilibus 
obovatis vel obovato-oblongis nonnunquam oblongo-oblanceolatis 
nune acutis nunc obtusis nunc obtusissimis deorsum sapissime 
longe attenuatis raro obtusis dimidiorum superiorum marginibus 
dentatis vel denticulatis vel solummodo undulatis ceteroquin 
integris utrinque puberulis tenuiter membranaceis in sicco 
viridibus, scapo folia excedente rarissime bracteato ascendente 
sursum arcte et breviter pubescente capitulas paucas vel 
paupercas minusculas corymbosas brevipedunculatas circa 25- 
flosculosas gerente, involucri campanulati puberuli phyllis 
3-seriatis extimis lineari-lanceolatis quam reliqua oblonga brevi- 
oribus omnibus brevissime acuminatis, flosculis involucrum bene 
superantibus, acheniis nondum maturis cylindricis 5-costatis 
setulosis, pappi sordide albi setis 2-seriatis scabridis exterioribus 
quam interiores multo longioribus. 
Hab. Mount Milanji, 1891; A. Whyte, no. 194. 
Rhizoma circa 0°5 em. diam., sparsim fbrosum. Caulis modo 
0°3-0°4 cm. alt. Folia 5:0-9-0 em. long., juxta medium 1:2-4°0 
cm. lat. ; costa centralis supra plana subtus eminens; petiolus 
summum 0°2-0°4 em. long. Scapus 10°0-20°0 em. alt., bracteis 
1-2 anguste linearibus vel setaceis 0:5-2°0 cm. long., et Ov1 cm. 
lat. (rarissime fere 3:0 cm. long. et 0:25 cm. lat.) onustis. 
Pedunculi sepissime 03-1:0 em. long., pubescentes, 1-2- 
bracteati vel nudi. Capitula expansa 1°2 em. long., 10 cm. 
diam. Involucri 0°6 em. long. phylla extima 0°35 cm. long., 
0-08 cm. lat.; phylla reliqua 0-4-0°45 em. long. (intima quam 
mtermedia paullulum longiora) et 0-13 em. Jat. Corolle pur- 
pure, obscure puberule, 0°6 em. long. Achenia vix 0:2 cm. 
Re Pappi sete exteriores 0-03 cm. interiores circa 0°5 cm. 
ong. 
Easily distinguished by means of the usually broad, thin, 
