COMPOSITE FLORA OF AFRICA. 325 
VERNONIA SUBULIGERA, O. Hoff'm. (ex descript.). 
East Equatorial Africa; Rev. W. E. Taylor. Masai Highlands, 
6000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 6762. 
These specimens agree excellently with Dr. Hoffmann’s 
description. 
V. popocoma, Sch. Bip. ex Oliver § Hiern, in Fl. Trop. Afr. 
ii. p. 296. 
Ruwenzori Mountain, 8000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 7633. 
Tribe ASTEROIDE ®. 
Preronta, Linn. 
P. FLEXICAULIS, Linn. fil., var. MINOR, var. nov. Folia nec 
ultra 1:0 cm. long., plerumque vero breviora. Capitula modo 
1:2 em. long., 12-flosculosa. Pappi sete 0°5 em. long. 
Cape Colony; Dr. A. Rehmann, no. 28438. 
P. Eeni1, sp. nov. Verisimiliter fruticulosa, ramosa, tenui- 
ramea, ramis minute albo-tomentosis mox glabrescentibus, foliis 
oppositis aneuste linearibus obtusis subcarnosis triquetris vel fere 
planis senioribus patentibus vel etiam recurvis, capitulis mediocri- 
bus circa 15-flosculosis turbinato-obovoideis ex apices ramorum 
solitatim oriundis sessilibus, involucri phyllis circa 7-seriatis 
lanceolatis spinoso-acuminatis membranaceo-scariosis uninerviis 
araneosis interioribus satis elongatis necnon fere glabris, corollis 
involucro brevioribus, styli ramis elongatis, acheniis compressi- 
usculis apice truncatis glandulosis dense albido-villosis, pappi 
setis multis achenio longioribus rigidis scabridis purpureis. 
Hab. Damaraland, 1879; 7. G. Een. 
Rami 0°15 em. diam., cortice cinereo obducti. Folia 1°0-1'3 
em. X 01 em., juniora vero breviora, hac itaque magna pro parte 
secus ramulos abbreviatos imbricata. Capitula in toto 13-1°5 
cm. long., cirea 1:0 em. diam. Involucri phylla extima 0°35 
cm., intermedia circa 0°6 cm. intima 1:1 cm. long., plurima 
sursum purpurascentia. Receptaculum planum. Flosculi 0-7 
cm. long., flavi sursum purpurascentes. Styli rami 0°2 cm. long., 
horum appendices 0:07 cm. long. Achewnia 0°22 cm. long. 
Pappi sete circa 1-1 em. long. 
The affinity of this pretty plant is undoubtedly with P. cncana, 
DC., from which it differs in indumentum, in the form and 
