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supra fere glabris subtus dense pubescentibus necnon in nervum 
medianum minute rufido-velutinis petiolis velutinis fultis, capi- 
tulis submediocribus multiflosculosis dense aggregatis subspher- 
oideis, involucri puberuli circa 7-seriatis phyllis subscariosis 
pallide viridibus exterioribus anguste linearibus appendice lineari 
elongata onustis phyllis interioribus oblongis et appendice lanceo- 
lata vel lanceolato-oblonga papyracea pallida coronatis, achzniis 
subcylindricis eleganter multicostatis nigerrimis nitentibus fere 
omnino glabris, pappi straminei setis scabriusculis. 
Hab. Mau, 7000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 7058. 
Folia 4°5-6:0 em. long., 1:5-2°0 em. lat., firme membranacea ; 
petioli 05-10 em. long., supra canaliculati. Capitulorum 
glomeruli 4°0-5°0 cm. diam. Involucra 1:2 em. long. et lat. ; 
phylla exteriora 0°5-0°6 cm. intermedia usque ad 1'1 cm. intima 
0°9 cm. long. Corolle circa 1:0 em. long. Achenia vix 0°3 cm. 
long. Pappi sete 08 cm. long., apice parum amplificate, adjectis 
paucis parvis exterioribus brevioribus. 
Allied to Vernonia ruwenzoriensis, S. Moore, but differing in 
the clothing of the stem, the shape and indumentum of the leaf, 
the shape of the appendages to the involucral leaves, and the 
broader very dark and shining many-ribbed achenes. 
VERNONIA PUMILA, Kotschy 5 Peyr. 
Nandi; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 7037. 
V. NANDENSIS, sp. nov. Humilis acaulis foliis radicalibus 
sessilibus oblanceolatis obtusis margine undulato-denticulatis 
glabris e rhizomate crasso fusco-lanato oriundis, pedunculis folia 
excedentibus vel subsquantibus monocephalis striatis juxta 
apicem minute pubescentibus ceterum glabris, capitulis magnis 
late campanulatis multiflosculosis, involucri glabri 4-seriatis 
phyllis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis margine minute ciliatis 
intimis abbreviatis et appendice lanceolata acuminata scariosa 
coronatis (reliquorum appendice viridi), acheniis subeylindricis 
basi aliquantulo angustatis 10-costatis setulosis, pappi straminei 
setis scabriusculis apice nequaquam dilatatis adjectis paucis 
exterioribus brevioribus. 
Hab. Nandi, 7000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 7032. 
Rhizoma 15cm. crassum. Folia 6-0-8'0 cm. long., 1°0 cm. lat., 
firme membranacea, nervus centralis latus, subtus prominens. 
Pedunculus 4°5-15 0 em. long., erectus. Capitula 2:0 cm. long., 
