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COMPOSITE FLORA OF AFRICA. 319 
CoREOPSIS KILIMANDSHARICA, O. Hoff. 
Tropical East Africa; Rev. W. E. Taylor. 
Brpens, Tourn. 
B. LINEARTLOBA, Oliver. 
Leikipia; Dr. J. W. Gregory. 
B. RoBUsTIOR, sp. nov. Verisimiliter elata et erecta, crebro 
ramosa, ramulis validis teretibus striatis solidis hispidulis deinde 
glabris, foliis sessilibus pinnatim-trilobis lobis ovatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis acutis grosse crenato-serratis raro lobulatis foliis 
summis lanceolatis integris omnibus supra scaberrimis subtus 
hispidulis, capitulis magnis brevi- vel longius pedunculatis cymam 
paucicapitulatam strictam angustam sparsim foliatam folia longe 
excedentem efformantibus, involucri 4-seriatis phyllis serr. I. et I. 
lineari-lanceolatis sursum herbaceis et utrinque hispidulis basi 
ciliatis quam interiora lanceolata dorso hispido-scaberrima 
decoloria longioribus, ligulis circa 14 oblongis apice undulatis, 
acheniis maxime compressis quam receptaculi palee paullo 
brevioribus anguste lineari-oblongis deorsum leviter attenuatis 
faciebus scabriusculis unicostatis margine ciliatis, aristis 2 
brevibus unco unico vel uncis duobus munitis. 
Hab. Masailand, Elmentaita at 6000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, 
no. 6846, 
Ramuli penultimi 0°3-0-4 em. long. Folia 4°0-5:0 em. long. ; 
lobi laterales usque ad 2°0 em., lobus intermedius usque ad 
3°0 em. long., 1:0-1°5 em. lat. Pedunculi 1:0-5°0 em. long., 
hispiduli. Capitula pansa circa 4°0 cm. diam. Involucri phylla 
exteriora 1:0 em. long., 0°17 cm. lat.; interiora 0°7 cm. long., 
0°22 em. lat. Receptaculi pales oblong, obtuse, paucinervose, 
08-10 cm. long. Ligule 2°5 cm. long., egre 1:0 cm. lat., circa 
12-nervose. Disci corolle 0°6 cm. long. Achenia 0:6-0°8 cm. 
long., 0°15 cm. lat., sed aliqua angustiora et sterilia ; ariste vix 
0:2 em. long. 
Easily distinguished by reason of the robust habit, large heads, 
hispid involucres, and achenes shorter than the receptacular 
paleze. 
The hooks on the awns are very slender and closely apposed 
to the shaft ; on this account the plant might easily be mistaken 
for a Coreopsis. 
B. tevcantua, Willd. 
Mount Kenia district; H. J. Mackinder. 
