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lorum hermaph. corolla ima basi 0°03 em. lat., mox usque ad 
00°2 cm. coarctatz inde usque ad 0°05 em. subito dilatate. Flosculi 
fem. deorsum aliquantulo ampliati. | Anthere basi breviter 
sagittate. Flosculorum hermaph. stylus indivisus. Achenia 
immatura pilosa. 
Apparently nearest to Spheranthus cristatus, O. Hoffm., but 
differing from that species in leaf, size and shape of glomerules, 
shape of bracts, number and form of involucral leaves, &c. 
TRIPLOCEPHALUM, O. Hoff. 
T. Hoxstit, 0. Hoff. (ex ic. et descript.). 
Tropical East Africa, Plains of Arusha, Tini and Kahé, 3000 
feet; Rev. W. E. Taylor. 
Tribe INULOIDES®. 
ARTEMISIOPsIS, gen. nov. (Plate 8.) 
Capitula heterogama, disciformia, multiflosculosa, flosculis 
exterioribus femineis, pluriseriatis, iuterioribus 38-4 herma- 
phroditis, omnibus fertilibus; involucri subglobosi subscariosi 
phyllis paucis, 2-seriatis, inappendiculatis. Receptaculum parvum 
convexum,nudum. Corolle femine filiformes, apice 5-dentate ; 
hermaphrodite regulares, tubulose, limbo amplificato, 5-lobo. 
Anthere basi caudate. Flosculorum fem. styli rami oblongi, 
obtusi; flosculorum hermaph. truncati, papillosi. Achenia 
oblonga, compressiuscula. Flosculorum fem. pappus brevis, 
cupularis ; flosealorum hermaph. itaque sed conspicuus cupularis, 
adjectis setis brevibus tenuibus inter se wquilongis vel inequi- 
longis 3-5. Herba erecta, copiose ramosa, facie odoreque 
Artemisie. Folia alterna, angusta, integra. Capitula parvula, 
solitaria, ramulos terminantes vel ex axillis foliorum approxi- 
mantium orjiunda. 
ARTEMISIOPSIS LINEARIS, sp. unica; caule tereti una cutn 
ramulis breviter glanduloso-puberulis mox _ glabris, foliis 
sessilibus anguste linearibus obtusis uninervibus membranaceis 
puberulis cito glabris, involucri phyllis oblongis acutis margine 
seariosis necnon erosulo-ciliatis una cum pedunculis lana 
araneosa tenui obtectis, capitulis circa 40-flosculosis, flosculis 
involucrum haud excedentibus, flosculorum fem. stylis tandem 
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