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COMPOSITE FLORA OF AFRICA. 357 
circa 10 involucrum longe excedentibus, flosculis hermaph. cirea 
40 horum corollis involucro subsquialtis, styli ramis truncatis 
penicillatis, achzniis cylindricis 5-costatis glabris, pappi setis 
albis scabriusculis. 
Hab. Ruwenzori Mountain, 8-9000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, 
no. 7730. 
Folia 5°5-6:0 em. long., 2°0-2°5 em. lat., subtus obtuse puberula 
pallidioraque. Paniculi cirea 20°0 cm. long.; hujus bractew 
inferiores foliacew, 3'0-5:0 cm. long., superiores lineari-setaceer, 
summum 1°5 em. long. Pedunculi proprii 4°0 em. long. raro 
attingentes interdum vix 1°0 cm., graciles, paucibracteati. 
Involucrum circa 1:0 em. long., 0°6 em. lat. Calyculi pbylla 
paueca, linearia, nunc involucrum subequantia nune quam id 
manifeste breviora. Ligule lutee, oblonge, apice integra, 
1-0 em. long. Flosculorum hermaph. corolla 0°7 cm., styli rami 
0°12 em., achenia 0°6 cm., pappus 0°6 em. long. 
Apparently near Senecio confertus, Sch. Bip., but with many 
weighty points of divergence in respect of leaf, involucre, 
florets, &e. 
SENECIO SOTIKENSIS, sp. nov. Herbaceus, perennis, glandu- 
loso-pubescens, caule stricto valido dense folioso, foliis sessilibus 
oblongis obtusis basi amplexicaulibus pinnatifido-lobatis Jobis 
utringue circa 8 rotundatis obtusissimis integris, capitulis 
mediocribus heterogamis radiatis in corymbos breves terminales 
paucicapitulatos foliis equilongos digestis, pedunculis propriis 
capitula excedentibus vel xquantibus glanduloso-pubescentibus 
bracteis subsetaceis onustis, involucri campanulati calyculati 
breviter pubescentis phyllis circa 22 anguste lineari-lanceolatis 
acuminatis marginibus hyalinis, calyculi phyllis paucis sat 
elongatis, ligulis circa 20 involucrum bene superantibus, flosculis 
hermaphroditis circa 60-70, acheniis immaturis cylindricis apice 
leviter attenuatis glabris, pappi_ setis albis scabridis quam 
involucrum brevioribus. 
Hab. British East Africa, Sotik; F. J. Jackson. 
Planta usque ad 40:0 em. alt. Caulis saummum 0°5 cm. diam., 
angulatus, foliis fere omnino obtectus. Folia chartacea, modice 
40-5:0 cm. long., 1:5 em. lat. ; horum lobi 0°4-0°6 cm. long. et 
0-4 em. lat. Corymbi circa 5:0 em. long. ; pedunculi proprii 
circa 1°0-1°5 em. long.; horum bractee circa O'S cm. long. 
Involucrum 1-0 em. long. et lat. Ligule gre 15 cm. long., 
