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a flosculis bene superati 5-seriatis puberuli phyllis ovatis apice in 
cuspidem lanceolatam longe acuminatam viridem desinentibus 
marginibus integerrimis intimis obtusissimis (sc. cuspide orbis) 
et margine angustissimo scarioso onustis, acheniis anguste 
cylindrico-turbinatis inconspicue 5-costatis glandulosis, pappi 
saturate straminei setis achenia longe excedentibus scabridis. 
Hab. Nyassaland ; J. Buchanan, no. 370 of 1895 collection. 
Caulis circa 0°6 cm. diam., obscure striatus, deinde eminenter 
lenticellifer. Folia usque ad 15:0 cm. long. et 7:0 em. lat. ; 
summa 8:0 em. long., in sicco subtus pallidiora. Corymbus 
circal8-O em. diam. Pedunculi fulvo-velutini, modici 1°5-2:0 em. 
long., bracteolis paucis parvis angustissimis onusti. Involucri 
0°7 cm. long. et 1:0 cm. diam. phylla extima vix 0°4 cm. inter- 
media 0°5 em. long., hec summum fere 0:3 cm. lat., phyllorum 
ext. et intermed. cuspides patentes, phylla intima 0°5 em. long. 
Corolle 0-8 em. long., extus puberuli. Achenia 0°3 cm. pappi 
sete 0°8 cm. long. 
Apparently near Vernonia oxyura, O. Hoftm., but very different 
from it in many respects. 
VERNONIA RUWENZORIENSIS, sp. noy.; caule valido crasse fulvo- 
pubescente demum glabrescente, foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis 
margine denticulatis deorsum in petiolum anguste alatum sensim 
coarctatis supra pubescentibus mox scabriusculo-puberulis subtus 
presertim in nervos eminentes pubescentibus, capitulis medio- 
cribus dense corymbosis subspheroideis multiflosculosis, involucri 
glabri 5-seriatis phyllis extimis lineari-subulatis seriei II. lineari- 
lanceolatis reliquis oblongis et presertim seriei IIT. appendice 
oblonga obtusa vel acuminata scariosa pallide brunnea onustis, 
acheniis anguste cylindricis 10-costatis puberulis fuscis basi 
callosis, pappi straminei setis exterioribus paucis quam interiores 
scabriusculas apice leviter dilatatas multo brevioribus. . 
Hab. Ruwenzori Mountain, 6-8000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, 
no. 7678. 
Folia 6-0-10°0 em. longa, 2°5-4'0 em. lat., firme membranacea, 
subtus pallidiora; petioli circa 1°0-2°0 cm. long., pubescentes, 
horum ale undulate. Involucri 1:2 em. long. et lat. phylla 
extima 0°6 cm. seriei II. 0°7 cm. seriei ITI. 0°5 em. cum appen- 
dice 1-0 em. long., heec 0°2—0°3 em. lat., phylla interiora (appendice 
brevi inclusa) 1:0-1'2 em. long. Corolla 1:5 em. long. ; tubus 
angustissinus, minute glandulosus. Achenia 0°3 em. long., 
