Vernonia. | LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). 293 
$ in. broad. Receptacle naked. Corolla rather abruptly narrowed 
into long slender tube. Achenes glabrous, subequally 20-costate ; 
sete very long, finely tapering, distinct to base. 
Upper Guinea, Cameroon Mountains, $-7000 ft., Mann! 
65. V. Calvoana, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 199 (Stenge- 
lia). Shrub of 8-12 ft.; extremities sulcate-striate, minutely tawny- 
tomentose. Leaves ample, membranous, oblanceolate or narrow-ellip- 
tical acuminate, narrowed below into a winged petiole, often auricled at 
base, denticulate, minutely pubescent on the nerves beneath, }-1} ft. 
long. Capitula 2 in. diam., florets purple, on peduncles varying to 3-4 
in. in diffuse terminal cymose panicles ; involucre nearly glabrous, in- 
termediate scales with an elliptic-ovate rather obtuse spreading white 
appendix, # in. long, from the concave closely appressed imbricating 
base. Corolla-tube abruptly narrowed. Achenes black, glabrous, with 
10 prominent coste, alternating with 10 narrower.—Bot. Mag. 5698. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 2500-7000 ft., Mana! 
66. V. Rothii, 0. § H. Near to V. adoénsis. Stem clothed with 
pale compact tomentum, attaining 6 ft. Upper leaves rather coriaceous, 
ovate-lancolate, acute, narrowly produced at base into the petiole, den- 
ticulate-serrulate, closely tomentose beneath, early glabrescent above or 
midrib hoary, 24-4 in, long. Capitula 3-1 in. diam., on peduncles of 
m. or less, often numerous in dense terminal corymbose cymes ; 
bracts ascending, nearly glabrous, outer lax, linear to lanceolate, 
the lower inserted on peduncle ; appendix of intermediate bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, submembranous, scarcely exceeding the pap- 
pus. Receptacle naked. Corolla rather abruptly narrowed into slender 
tube. Achenes glabrous or with very few scattered hairs, 20-striate, 
intermediate fainter; sete scarcely dilated above. 
Nile Land. Ankober, Abyssinia, Roth ! 
67. WV. hymenolepis, Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p.378, non Vatke. Stem 
and leaves as in V. Rothit. Capitula 1-14 in. diam. on peduncles 
varying to 1 in. or subsessile, in terminal rather compact cymes; invo- 
ucre nearly glabrous or outer bracts tomentose; outer bracts and 
appendix of intermediate ones elongate-linear, acuminate, overtopping 
the Pappus. Receptacle naked. Acheneg subpolygonal, glabrous, 
l0-ridged (or with intermediate narrower ridges when mature), mi- 
nutely scabrid-tubercled ; sets scarcely dilated above. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Petit! Ankober, Roth! 
_ 8. v. cylindrica, Sch. Bip. ex Walp. Rep. ii. p. 945 (ex descr.),non 
Rich. Shrubby, stem erect, leafy, 2 ft. or more, subterete, puberulous, 
glabrescent. Leaves alternate, ovate, obtuse or broadly pointed, base 
rounded, decurrent on the short petiole, minutely serrate, coriaceous, 
scabrid,y ellowish-green when dry, 4-5 in. long, 3 in. broad, or upwards. 
Capitula oblong-campanulate, terete, 4-} in. diam., on pedicels vary- 
ing to 1 in,, cymose, in rather lax corymbiform terminal panicles 
3-1 ft. diam. Scales of involucre multiseriate, closely appressed, cori- 
speoua, shining, nearly glabrous, purplish, obtuse, outer ovate much 
