290 LXXIJI. COMPOSITHZ (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Vernonia. 
V. Kotschyana; sete rather dilated towards the apex, obtuse, barbate. 
—Ascaricida Buchingeri, Steetz, 1.c. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! (1858, No. 386.) 
56. V. firma, 0. & H. Branches softly tomentellous, sulcate. 
Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends especially towards base, ser- 
rate-dentate, thinly coriaceous, green and glabrous above, soft and 
smooth beneath with an obsolete tomentum, pale, tinged with red, 
shortly petiolate, 2-5 by 1-2in. Heads campanulate, many- (40-50)- 
flowered, 2-3 in. diameter, on rigid pedicels of 4-2} in., in a stiff 
corymbose cyme leafy below of 6 in. diameter. Involucral bracts oblong 
or linear or the outermost lanceolate, puberulous on exposed parts, 
coriaceous, with a short mostly obtuse membranous apical appendage ; 
innermost nearly 4 in. long. Corolla rose-blue, nearly 4 in. long. 
Achenes 75 in. long, closely setulose, 10-costate. Pappus slightly 
reddish, 2 in. long. Receptacle nearly flat. 
Nile Land, Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth! 
57. V. tigrensis, 0. § H. A shrub ranging up to 6-7 ft. 
high. Branches terete, striate, minutely hoary at length nearly 
glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subacute, narrowed below into the 
petiole, serrate or serrate-dentate, puberulous-scabrid above, tomentose 
beneath, 24-3} in. long on flowering shoot, 3-1 in. broad ; petiole 
iL in. Capitula 1} in. diameter, on puberulous peduncles of 4-1} 2. 
in terminal corymbose cymes } ft. diameter; scales puberulous oF 
inner glabrous below, ascending ; intermediate linear-oblong with an 
oblong- or linear-lanceolate subacute appendix separated by but a slight 
constriction, innermost scales linear acute ; receptacle naked. Corolla 
not seen (violet-coloured, fide Vatke). Achenes 20-striate, 10 red 
alternating with 10 nearly black strie, shortly hirsute with ascending 
tawny hairs ; setee scabrous, outer very short.—V. polymorpha, Vatke 
in Linnea xxxix. p. 476 (1875), var. y. accedens et? var. p. am- 
bigua, Vatke l.c. p. 477. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 1862, n. 817; Hildebrandt ! 
58. V. Tenoreana, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix: P- 92. 
Attaining 6-7 ft., branches sulcate, tomentose at first, at length 
crisped-puberulous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate, OT den- 
tate-serrate with gland-mucronate teeth, narrowed into the petiole, 
scabrid-puberulous above, tomentose beneath, 5-7 in. long, 13-2 in 
broad ; petiole winged nearly to the base. Capitula 1} in. in expan- 
sion, on peduncles 4-3 in., in terminal irregular cymes of 3-5, some- 
times over-topped by lateral leafy branches ; involucre and peduncle 
tomentose ; bracts ascending or appressed, appendix of intermedia’? 
bracts ovate-lanceolate acute or apiculate, with a more or less distin 
midrib ; receptacle naked. Limb of corolla gradually narrowed 1 
tube. Anther-tails shortly produced, contiguous connate, togethes 
obtuse. Achenes subequally 20-striate, strie often faint, shortly hisp? 
with ascending tawny hairs ; sete very slightly dilated towards ape% 
