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§ Stengelia. 
VERNONIA MASAIENSIS, sp. nov. Elata, caule folioso striato- 
pubescente, foliis majusculis brevipetiolatis ellipticis acutis vel 
cuspidulato-acuminatis basi obliquis necnon cuneatim angustatis 
margine dentatis supra scabriusculis subtus pallidioribus et 
presertim in nervos eleganter reticulatos pubescentibus, capitulis. 
submediocribus corymbosis campanulatis brevipedunculatis, 
involucri glabri 5-6-seriatis phyllis exterioribus abbreviatis. 
puberulis (reliquis glabris) extimis lanceolatis serr. II. & II. 
ovatis acutis interioribus oblongis vel lineari-oblongis et appendice 
parva brunnea acuta coronatis omnibus pallide virescentibus et 
uninervibus, acheniis immaturis anguste cylindricis 5-costatis 
puberulis, pappi straminei setis exterioribus abbreviatis aliquan- 
tulo ampliatis interioribus scabriusculis. 
Hab. Masailand, 7-8000 feet ; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 6780. 
Folia 7:0-12°0 em. long., 3°5-6:0 cm. lat.; petioli circa 0°6- 
09 cm. long., pubescentes. Involucrum 0°6 cm. long., 0°7 cm. 
lat.; phylla exteriora 0°2-0°3 cm. interiora 0°5-0°6 cm. long. 
Achenia 0:23 cm. long., 0°04 cm. lat. Pappi sete exteriores vix 
0:1 em. interiores 0°6 cm. long. 
A plant with much superficial resemblance to V. Holstii, 
O. Hoffm., which, however, is a member of another section. Its 
nearest congener is undoubtedly V. abyssinica, Sch. Bip., from 
which it differs entirely in leaf and in many other details. 
V. aByssinica, Sch. Bip. 
Somaliland, near Lake Marsabit ; Zord Delamere. 
V. Korscryana, Sch. Bip. 
Somaliland, Sheik Mahomet; Dr. Donaldson Smith. 
V. oxyura, O. Hoffm. 
East Equatorial Africa; Rev. W. E. Taylor. 
V. CIRRIFERA, sp. nov. Erecta, elata, caule lignoso valido 
dense ac minute fulvo-velutino sat crebro folioso, foliis anguste 
ellipticis apice pungentibus basi parum attenuatis margine crispe 
undulatis et distanter calloso-denticulatis supra scabridis subtus 
presertim in nervos eminentes fulvo-pubescentibus petiolis 
brevibus robustis pubescentibus fultis, capitulis mediocribus laxe 
corymbosis late campanulatis multiflosculosis, involucri abbreviati 
