344 MR. SPENCER MOORE ON THE 
MerantueEra, fohr. 
M. acuminata, sp.nov. Erecta, elata, crebro foliosa, scabrida, 
foliis lanceolatis obtusis margine grosse serratis e basi leviter 
coarctata in petiolum abbreviatum desinentibus subtus eminenter 
et delicatule reticulatis, corymbis paucicapitulatis apertis folia 
excedentibus, capitulis mediocribus longipedunculatis, invo- 
lucri scabridi 8-seriatis phyllis lanceolatis acutis et basibis 
dilatatis insertis interioribus quam illa paullo angustioribus 
necnon acuminatis, receptaculi paleis ovato-oblongis apice 
cuspidato-acuminatis ibique scabridis, acheeniis parvis ovoideis 
subquadrangularibus nitidis glabris setis 1-3 caducissimis levibus 
coronatis. 
Hab. British East Africa, Kavirondo; G. F. Scott Elliot, 
no. 7052. 
Ramuli albidi, in longitudinem canaliculati et striati, circa 
0°25 em. diam. Folia 7°0-10°0 em. long., 1°3-2°5 em. lat., firme 
membranacea; petioli vix 0°5 em. long., ima basi dilatati. 
Corymbi circa 11:0 em. long. Pedunculi 2°5-4°5 cm. long. 
Capitula sicca fructescentia 0°8 cm. diam. Involucri phylla 0°6 
em. long., exteriora 0°22 em. interiora 0°18 cm. lat. Receptaculi 
palee 0°65 cm. long. Disci floseulorum corolle a basi sensim 
amplificate, 0-4 cm. long. Achenia 0-2 cm. long., 0°16 cm. lat., 
nigra, horum seté 0°13-0:2 em. long. 
Nearest I. pungens, Oliver & Hiern, which has broadly ovate, 
almost smooth, thinly membranous leaves, broader involucral 
leaves, achenes half as large again, &c. I have not seen the 
ligules. 
Guizotia, Cass. 
G. Scuunran, Hochst. 
Nyassaland, 1895 ; J. Buchanan, no.69. Near Lake Marsabit; 
Lord Delamere. 
Var. SOTIKENSIS, var. nov. A typo discrepat ob involucri 
phylla brevia, flosculos abbreviatos, acheniaque quam ea typi 
minora. 
British East Africa, Sotik ; F. J. Jackson. 
This should perhaps be regarded as a distinct species. 
Asprtta, Thouars. 
A. Korscuyt, Benth. § Hook: fil. 
Nyanza (not stated whether Victoria or Albert Edward 
Nyanza); G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 7136. 
