350 MR. SPENCER MOORE ON THE 
BIDENS UKAMBENSIS, sp. nov. Verisimiliter elata, pubescens, 
ramulis subteretibus striatis solidis sparsim foliosis, foliis sub- 
coriaceis sessilibus pinnatim trisectis segmentis ovatis acutis 
paucilobatis segmento intermedio itaque trilobo, capitulis sub- 
sessilibus pedunculatisve, involucri 2-seriatis scabrido-pubes- 
centis phyllis exterioribus oblongis obtusis herbaceis ab in- 
terioribus tenuibus decoloribus margine scariosis intus glabris 
paullulum superatis, ligulis cirea 8 obovato-oblongis apice 
integris, acheniis receptaculi paleas haud excedentibus lineari- 
oblongis maxime compressis apice setosis faciebus insigniter 
unicostatis, pappi aristis 2--4 (sepius 3 raro 4) nune omnino 
levibus nunc unco unico prominulo instructis. 
Hab. Ukamba at 5-6000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 6462. 
Ramuli ultimi circa 1:0 cm. diam. Folia summum 5:0 cm. 
long., sepe vero breviora ; segmenta lateralia 2:0-2°5 cm. long., 
15 cm. lat. Pedunculi 5:0 em. long. attingentes, sepius circa 
10 cm. long. Capitula pansa circa 8:0 cm. diam. Involucri 
phylla exteriora 1:4 cm. interiora 15 cm. long. Receptaculi 
pale lineari-oblongx, obtusissimz, obscure nervose, 0°75 em. 
long. Ligule circiter 12-nervose, 1°5 cm. long., 0°7 cm. lat. 
Disci corolle 0°55 cm. long. Achenia circa 5°0 cm. long., 
0'1 cm. lat. ; ariste 0-1-0°25 em. long. 
Near the last, but with slender habit, smaller heads, different 
involucre, shorter ligules, and apically strongly setose achenes with 
their usually three awns either smooth or with a hook standing 
well out from the shaft of the awn. 
Tribe HELENIOIDES. 
HYPERICOPHYLLUM, Steetz. 
H. scasrum, NV. E. Br. 
Nyassaland ; J. Buchanan, 1895, no. 68. 
Tribe ANTHEMIDES. 
EriocEpHaLus, Linn. 
E. Lvverrrztanvs, O. Hoffm. (ex descript.). 
Damaraland; 7 G. Een. 
; The specimen agrees in every respect with Dr. Hoffmann’s 
description in Bull. Herb. Boiss. i. 1893, p. 86. 
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