Vernonia. | LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). -281 
32, V. Burtoni, 0. &§ H. An erect simple pubescent herb, 
scarcely 1 foot high (?). Stem terete striate. Leaves alternate, upper 
ascending, narrowly elliptic, acute at both ends, shortly stalked, sca- 
brid-puberulous above, veined beneath and paler, about 1 in. long by 
#4 in. wide. Capitula campanulate, +-4 in. wide, many-flowered, 
mostly on short pedicels, in terminal rather dense cymes 2-3 in. wide. 
Scales of the involucre multiseriate, linear, acute, outer recurving 
towards apex, pubescent. Achenes (immature) 5—4-costate, slightly 
setose, sessile-glandular. Pappus duplex, white, outer very short, inner 
caducons, barbate. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Burton! 
33. V. blumeoides, Hook. fil. in Journ.’ Linn. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 198. 
Herbaceous, 2-3 ft. Stem erect simple or but little branched, terete 
except at apex, striate, shortly and densely tomentose, leafy. Leaves 
lanceolate, acute, rounded or narrowed at the base, membranous, 
scabrid especially above, pubescent especially on the veins beneath, 
subentire, 1-2 in. long by 4-# in. wide; petioles wide, very short. 
Capitula about 4 in. wide, about 20-flowered, on unequal pedicels ar- 
ranged in rather dense corymbose terminal panicles 3-7 in. diameter. 
Scales of the campanulate involucre multiseriate, 3-nerved, loosely 
tomentose, shining within, lanceolate to linear apiculate, the outer 
shorter. Corolla gradually narrowed, purple; segments linear. An- 
ther-base acutely produced, apex linear-lanceolate, acute. Achenes 
glabrous, acutely 5-angled, with basal callus. Pappus duplex, barbel- 
late, dirty white ; outer much shorter. Receptacle narrow, glabrous. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, alt. 4-7,000 ft. fl. Nov. Jan., Mann! 
34. ‘V. purpurea, Sch. Bip.in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 1197, Walp. 
Rep. ii. p. 946. Rigid, erect herb, 44 ft. high, simple or branched above. 
Stem terete, striate, thinly setulose-scabrid, leafy to the top. Leaves 
alternate, elliptic-oblong, acute and apiculate, narrowed at base, serru- 
ate, erect-patent or ascending, scabrous, obscurely more or less 
Pellucid-punctate, ranging to 6 in. long, 14 in. broad ; petiole very short. 
Capitula hemispherical, many-flowered, #-1} in. diam., solitary or in 
few-headed terminal cymes, surrounded at or near the base with leaf- 
e bracts equallin g or usually much overtopping the involucre. Scales 
of involucre multiseriate, loosely appressed, from ovate to oblong, nar- 
rowed to a rigid acute apiculus, arachnoid-pubescent or tomentosé 
‘specially when young, purplish at tip, innermost nearly } in. long, 
in. broad, outer shorter and somewhat narrower. Corolla dull pur- 
ple, Sessile-clandular, tube very gradually and slightly dilated above, 
obes tipped with short sete. Anther-bases much produced. Achenes 
oblong, hirsute or pilose, about 13-costate, callus-based. Pappus pluri- 
Seriate, scabrid, sordid or ferruginous, persistent, sete stiff, outer 
‘regularly shorter.—V. jaceoides, Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 376. 
Upper Guinea. Nu e, Niger, Barter ! . 
Nile Land. Abyssine, Schimper ! Q. Dillon and Petit! Woods, Madi, (Speke 
