296 LXXIII. COMPOSIT# (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Vernonia. 
panicle. Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, lax ; outer ovate ; inner nar- 
rowly elliptical, blunt or subapiculate, nearly glabrous, but puberulous 
or ciliate towards tip, inner caducous. Receptacle narrow, glabrous. 
Corolla gradually narrowed. Anther-base produced. Achenes 4-6- 
sided, glabrous, sessile-glandular. Pappus brittle and caducous, 
biseriate, barbellate, white ; outer setes shorter, exceedingly caducous, 
perhaps sometimes altogether wanting. 
Mozamb. Distr. Manganja Hills, Meller! Shire, Dr. Stewart ! 
75. V. myriocephala, Rich. Fl. Abyss: i. p.374. Shrubby ; shoots 
terete, striate, glabrate, puberulous at extremities. Leaves (upper) 
narrowly oblong or elliptical, acute, sessile, auriculate at the base, 
membranous, glabrous above, pale-tomentose below, 1-3} in. long by 
1-1 in. broad. Capitula turbinate-campanulate, about 10-flowered, 
4-4 in. long, subsessile in small clusters on the divaricate scorpioid 
branches of dichotomous terminal panicles 5 in. wide. Scales of invo- 
lucre pluriseriate, elliptical, subglabrate, obtuse, mucronulate; 1mner 
deciduous. Corolla gradually narrowed, glabrous. Anther-base short. 
Achenes densely setulose, 10-costate, costes concealed by hairs. Pap- 
pus biseriate, sordid, setiform, scabrous; outer sete shorter. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Gondar, Q. Dillon and Petit 
76. V. podocoma, Schultz Bip. ; Schweinf. et Asch. Enum., p. 287. 
Shrub of 2-3 ft. or more ; branches terete, striate ; extremities and leaves 
beneath hoary-tomentose. Leaves alternate, narrow-elliptic or ovate- 
elliptic, acute, narrowed to an obtuse or subcordate-base, denticulate- 
serrate, puberulous, glabrescent above; upper 2-5 in. long, 1-2 in. 
broad ; petiole }-1 in., tomentose. Capitula few-(4-5-) flowered, } in. 
long, sessile or subsessile, in dense spreading terminal and axillary 
tomentose panicles, 4-1 ft. broad. Scales of involucre pluriseriate, gla- 
brate or puberulous above, outer smaller, ovate-rotundate, inner at 
length divergent, caducous, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, mucronate Or mu- 
ticous, darker above. Receptacle glabrous, very narrow. Corolla 
gradually narrowed. Anther-base acutely produced ; apex of connec: 
tive lanceolate. Achenes 10-costate, thinly pilose when ripe, with small 
glandular points visible between the ridges. Pappus duplex, scabrid, 
pale-tawny ; outer sete much shorter.—V. cylindrica, Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
1. 374, non Schultz Bip. fide Vatke in Linnea, xxxix. p.476 (1879). 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Petit! 
_ Mozamb. Distr. Zambesia, Manganja Hills, Meller! native name Foutra; f. 
in September. 
77. V. Francavillana, 0. § H. Shrubby; shoots subterete, 
closely and shortly tawny-velvety as well as the petioles and peduncles. 
Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptical, acuminate, attenuate at the base 
. into the petiole, denticulate or subentire, firmly submembranous, sub- 
glabrous, 3-4} in. long by 1 in. wide; petioles patent, about 1 in. long: 
Capitula campanulate-oblong, 5-flowered, 4-1 in. long, subsessile, 0 
dense terminal corymbose panicle 6 in. wide. Scales of the jnvolucre 
pluriseriate, pale, shining, subglabrate, outer small, not appress°" 
