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herb branched above, stem finely sulcate, crispate-hirsute. Leaves 
membranous or subcoriaceous, lanceolate, upper cordate-based }3-am- 
plexicaul, subacute, mucronulate, remotely denticulate, thinly hairy, 
paler or glaucous glabrate except on midrib beneath. Capitula oo- 
flowered } in. long and broad, solitary at the extremities on peduncles 
of 2-4 in. ; involucral scales subappressed lincar-lanceolate acuminate- 
aristate glabrous or thinly pilose, shining. Achenes | line long equally 
4—5-costate. 
Mozamb. Distr. Inhambane and Caboceira peninsula, Peters ! 
7. G. cordifolia, Benth. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 
xxix. 89, t. 55. Erect branching herb; stem terete striate ap- 
pressed silky-pubescent. Upper leaves ovate, sessile or subsessile from 
amore or less cordate amplexicaul base, acute or broadly pointed, 
serrulate or obscurely denticulate, scabrid above appressedly hoary- 
tomentose bencath, 1-3 in. long; radical leaves not seen. Capitula 
campanulate, purple, +4 in. diam., on hoary peduncles varying to }$ in. 
in lax cymose panicles. Scales of involucre appressed thinly tomentose, 
outershorter linear-lanceolate, inner elliptic-oblong, obscurely 3-nerved, 
Scarious-margined, rather obtuse, purplish above. Corolla gradually 
narrowed. Anther-base apparently obtuse. Achenes obovoid glabrous 
with a narrow areolus, obtusely 5-costate, each ridge longitudinally 
grooved, transversely rugose between the ridges. 
Wile Land. Unyoro (Vernonia, No. 9 App. Speke’s Journ. 637), Speke and 
Grant! White Nile, Schweinfurth! 
4. ERLANGEA, Sch. Bip. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 225. 
Capitula homogamous oo-flowered. Involucre hemispherical, scales 
2-3-seriate ; receptacle naked. Corolla purple, tubular, 5-toothed, 
teeth linear. Anthers shortly pointed at base. Achenes subturbinate, 
4-(5.) angled, truncate ; pappus 1-seriate, of about 5 shortly plumose 
caducous setes.—Slender elongate leafy herb. Leaves alternate linear. 
Capitula pedicellate in few-headed terminal cymes. 
Based upon the following species, which is confined to West Tropical Africa. 
1. B. plumosa, Sch. Bip. in Flora, 1853, p. 34. Slender erect sim- 
ple herb, 1-1} feet high; stem terete, striate, softly pubescent, leafy. 
aves alternate, linear, remotely denticulate, hairy, sessile, 4-1 in. 
long. Capitula subglobose, } in. diameter, on slender pedicels 1-2 in. 
ong, in a lax few-headed terminal cyme. Scales of involucre pubes- 
cent, acute, inner linear, outer lanceolate. Achenes setulose especially 
on the angles, and with a few sessile glands on the faces.—Jardinia 
plumosa, Sch. Bip.; Jardinin Nouv. Ann. Marin. et Colon. 1850-51, p. 19. 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon, Jardin ! 
5. BOTHRIOCLINE, Oliv. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 226. 
Capitula homogamons, many-flowered. Involucre subhemispherical 
aid broadly campanulate ; bracts pauci- or pluri-seriate, outer rather 
smaller, broadly scarious-margined ; receptacle more or less foveolate, 
convex or plane. Corolla narrowed below, limb acutely 5-fid. Anthers 
