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AsPitia EEN, sp. nov. ; caule erecto angulato una cum ramulis 
strictis sparsim foliosis scabriusculo, foliis breviter et late petio- 
latis lanceolatis vel lanceolato-linearibus obtusis acutisve basi 
acutis scaberrimis margine rarissime et brevissime denticulatis 
firme membranaceis, capitulis mediocribus longipedunculatis 
(se. pedunculis folia magnopere superantibus), involucri 3-seriati 
phyllis herbaceis lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis acutis exteriori- 
bus scabriusculis ciliolatis intimis glabris, receptaculi paleis 
oblongis inequaliter 2-3-fidis, ligulis circa 8 late oblongis 
bifidis deorsum coarctatis, acheniis hispidulis floscalorum exteri- 
orum triquetris 2-3-aristatis interiorum 2-aristatis adjectis 
squamellis parvis lanceolatis. 
Hab. Damaraland; 7. G. Een. 
Folia 4-0-6°0 em. long., summa vero usque ad 2°0 cm. imminuta, 
05-10 em. lat.; petioli 0°2-O0-4 em. long. Pedunculi circa 
10°0 em. long., scabridi. Involucra 1:0 em. long., vix totidem 
lat.; phylla exteriora 0-8—1°0 cm. long., 0°2-0°4 cm. lat., striato- 
nervosa, sursum majus Viridia; intima 0-7 cm. long. Receptaculi 
palee 0-7 cm. long. Ligule 1:2-1:4 em. long., 0°5 cm. lat. 
Achenia 0:3 em. long., horum ariste 0°3-0°5 em. long., basi 
leviter incrassate, scabriuscule ; squamelle 0°05 cm. long. 
Apparently nearest A. Welwitschii, O. Hoffm., but differing 
from it in shape of leaf, elongated peduncles, shape of recep- 
tacular pales, achenes, &c. 
A. zomBEnsts, Baker, var. LONGIFOLIA, var. nov. Folia 
modice 7:0-12-0 em. long. 
Nyassaland, 1895; J. Buchanan, no. 24.  Shiré country; 
G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 8555. 
Coreopsis, Linn. 
C. RUWENZORIENSIS, sp. nov. Glaberrima, verisimiliter elata, 
ramulis validis ascendentibus perspicue striatis, foliis sessilibus 
per paria connatis oblongis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis margine 
subgrosse simpliciterque serratis firme membranacels, capitulis 
majusculis ramulos abbreviatos singillatim coronantibus, in- 
Volucri 3-seriatis phyllis lanceolato-oblongis obtusis intimis 
quam reliqua manifeste brevioribus necnon margine decoloribus, 
ligulis circa 12 luteis, acheniis maxime compressis oblongis basi 
levissime angustatis margine apiceque ciliatis faciebus striolatis 
et scabridis, pappi aristis 2 brevibus nudis debilibus. 
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