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Microerossa HILDEBRANDTII, O. Hoffm. (ex descript.). 
Giryama and Tsimba Mountains; Rev. W. E. Taylor. 
The specimen answers fairly well to the description, but the 
leaves are smaller (2:0 em. long and at most 1°5cm. broad). The 
same plant is at Kew, collected by Rev. T. Wakefield at Ribe. 
M. Exxiorit, sp. nov. Fruticosa, caule erecto robusto dense 
albo-tomentoso sursum sparsim ramoso, foliis lanceolatis breviter 
acuminatis in petiolum brevem desinentibus supra glabrescentibus 
subtus in nervis arcte reticulatis minute albo-tomentosis ceterum 
pubescentibus, capitulis parvis dense corymbosis corymbis 
pedunculis albo-tomentosis quam folia brevioribus suffultis, 
involucri tomentosi phyllis 3-seriatis lanceolatis aliquantulum 
erosulo-serrulatis uninervibus interioribus quam exteriora paullo 
majoribus, receptaculo nudo, radii flosculis circa 25 disci circa 6 
ilorum ligula oblonga stylum paullulum superante, acheniis 
compressiusculis pubescentibus, pappi setis uniseriatis scabridis. 
Hab. Masailand, Kidung, Lake Naivasha, 6000 feet; G. F. 
Scott Elliot, no. 7034. 
Caulis usque ad 0°4 cm. diam. Folia modice 8°0-10-0 em. long. 
(summa vero breviora) et 1°6—1°8 cm. lat.; petioli circa 0°5 cm. 
long. Corymbi usque ad 7:0 cm. diam. Involucra 0°23 em. long.; 
phylla extima 0:2 em. interiora 0°22 em. long. Floseulorum 
fem. corolle tubus 0°15 cm. long.; horum ligula 01 cm. long. 
Achenia 0°1 cm. pappus 0°23 em. long. 
A very distinct species easily recognized by its close white 
tomentose indumentum. 
Marsea, Adans. (Conyza, Less.). 
M. prrrnopappa, Hiern. 
Uganda, G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 7438. North-east Tropical 
Africa, between Cantalla and Hadda; Lord Delamere. 
M. RUWENZORIENSIS, sp. nov.; caule valido erecto folioso 
hirsuto-pubescente, foliis confertis sessilibus anguste lineari- 
lanceolatis basi leviter amplexicaulibus apice pungentibus integris 
vel rare denticulatis supra scaberrimis subtus pubescentibus, 
capitulis parvis in corymbis terminalibus sat longe pedunculatis 
hispidulo-pubescentibus dispositis multiflosculosis, pedunculis 
propriis capitula excedentibus, involucri subcylindrici pubescentis 
phyllis 5-seriatis serr. I. et II. brevioribus lanceolato-oblongis 
reliquis lineari-lanceolatis omnibus acutis, receptaculo subplano 
