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Folia 8-0 cm. attingentia, sepius vero breviora, sc. 3:0-4:0 em. 
long. Involucrum 0*6-~0°8 em. long.; phylla 0°35-0-4 em. lat. 
Receptaculi pale sursum ciliate, 05 em. long. Flosculorum 
hermaph. corolle 0-4 em. long., infra medium subito constrict, 
deorsum pubescentes. Androcium exsertum, 0:25 cm. long. 
Styli rami 0:15 cm. long. Achznia circa 0°2 em. long., nigra. 
Nearest Stegesbechia abyssinica, Oliver & Hiern, but different 
in respect of the leaves, involucre, hermaphrodite florets, &. 
The thickness of the stem of Dr. Donaldson Smith’s only 
specimen has apparently prevented the proper drying of the 
leaves ; it is, therefore, quite possible that those organs have not 
been described with accuracy. 
WEDELTIA, Jacq. 
W. apyssryica, Vatke. 
Masailand, 6000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 6644. 
W. instar, sp. nov. Erecta, sparsim ramosa, ramis erectis 
rare foliosis piloso-hispidis, foliis lanceolatis brevipetiolatis acutis 
vel obtusis basi rotundatis margine distanter denticulatis appresse 
piloso-hispidis, capitulis majusculis longipedunculatis ex axillis 
superioribus oriundis, involucri phyllis exterioribus anguste 
obovato-oblongis obtuse acutis hispido-pilosis deorsum decolori- 
bus, receptaculi paleis late oblongis cuspidulatis carinatis, ligulis 
circa 8 oblongis bifidis vel trifidis involuerum bene excedentibus, 
acheniis (adhue crudis) compressis oblongis pubescentibus, 
pappi squamis deorsum connatis ciliolatis aristis 0. 
Hab. Nyassaland ; John Buchanan, 1895, no. 67. 
Folia modice 7:0-8°5 em. long. (summa breviora), 1°5-2°0 em. 
lat., obscure 3-nervia. Petioli 0°2 em. long. Pedunculi 4°0- 
6°0 cm. long., graciles, piloso-hispidi. Involucrum fere 1°5 cm. 
long., basi 0°6 sursum 1:1 cm. diam. Receptaculi palew 1-0 cm. 
long. Flosculorum fem. corollm 1°8 cm. long., cujus 1-4 em. ad 
ligulam pertinet ; hee 0-4 cm. lat., plurinervis. Flosculorum 
hermaph. corolle tubus basi subito constrictus, vix 0°7 cm. long., 
sub limbo fere 0°25 em. lat.; lobi 0°15 em. long. Achenia 0°45 
em. long., circa 0-1 em. lat. Pappus 0-05 em. long. _ 
Allied to W. natalensis, Sond., but different trom it in the 
leaves, involucre, long and narrow ligules, &c. It is remarkably 
like Aspilia monocephala, Baker, which is, however, a true 
Aspilia. 
