280 LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). { Vernonia, 
29. V. Unionis, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Rep. ii. p. 945. Stem her- 
baceous, erect, from a tomentose-tufted stock, terete, striate, thinly 
tomentose especially above or glabrescent, leafy, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 
alternate, ovate or ovate-elliptictical, upper lanceolate, acute, narrowed 
into the dilated petiole, dentate-serrate, scaberulous above, thinly ap- 
pressed-tomentose or glabrate beneath, varying to } ft. long by 3 in. 
broad ; petiole 4 in. more or less. Capitula many-flowered, 4 in. diam., 
usually shortly pedicellate, unilateral, on the spreading branches of @ 
broadly corymbiform terminal panicle }-1 ft. diam. Involucral scales 
multiseriate, recurved or subpatent above, acute or acuminate, more or 
less tomentose, outer shorter, subulate, inner oblong or oblanceolate- 
linear. Receptacle naked. Corolla gradually narrowed, rose-purple. 
Anther-base shortly produced, acute. Achenes 5- (6-)costate, with 
minute intercostal sete; callus prominent. Pappus whitish, duplex, 
outer setes minute, inner scabrous, caducous. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Gallabat, Schweinfurth! 
The dried branches are used for torches (Rich Fl. Abyss. i. p. 375). 
30. WV. Aschersonii, Sch. Bip. in Schweinf. Fl. Hthiop.p. 161. Dif- 
fuse, much branched, from a shrubby base, about 1 ft. high ; branches 
terete, extremities and leaves clothed with a soft short appressed white 
pubescence. Leaves alternate, thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate, acute 
or subacute, attenuate to base, pinnately veined beneath, sessile, 
1} in. long, y-} in. broad. Capitula campanulate, about 20-flowered, 
4 in. broad, on slender pedicels 3-1 in. long, in numerous terminal lax 
cymes. Scales of involucre pluriseriate, linear or linear-lanceolate 
acute, pubescent, purplish towards the tip, outer smaller. Receptacle 
alveolate, glabrous. Corolla purple, tubular, scarcely narrowed, 
sessile-glandular. Anther-base short, obtuse. Achenes 4-5-costate and 
-angied, callus-based ; coste hispid with ascending set, intercos 
spaces thinly setulose and sessile-glandular. Pappus duplex, white, 
outer sete very short, inner barbellate.—V. erubescens, Hochst. in 
Schimp. Abyss., 1854, n. 2185; V. cyanopidea, Hochst. l. ¢. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, alt. 5500 ft., Schimper ! Hildebrandt! Flowers in 
September. 
31. V. karaguensis, 0. § H. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond: 
xxix. p.91. <A coarse, erect, simple herb, about 3 ft. high. Stem terete 
stout striate covered with short crisp pubescence. Leaves alternate, 
narrowly elliptical or lanceolate, acute, narrowed at base, subsessile, 
coarsely papillose-scabrous above, densely and shortly pubescent be- 
neath, serrulate, #-14 in. long by 3-2 in. wide. Capitula subturbinate; 
many-flowered, + in. wide, subsessile on the divergent branches of ter- 
minal corymbose cymes 4-6 in, wide. Scales of the involucre in sever 
series narrowly oblong, subacute, pubescent, purplish above W? 
darker mid-vein and tip ; tips of the lower scales recurved. Corolla gr 
dually narrowed, purple. Anther-base acute. Achenes with5 glabrous” 
and setulose as well as sessile-glandular intercostal spaces, callus- 
Pappus duplex, white; outer very short, inner barbellate, deciduo®: 
Wile Gand. Karagué (Vernonia, sp.n.10, 8 J _ App. 637), 
alt. Flowers in February, Speke and Grant! » Speke Journ. “AP, 
