208 E. De Wildeman. 
velutinis, adultis glabris; capitulis terminalibus, cymosis; capitulis ovatis, 
sessilibus vel breviter pedunculatis, extus dense albido-tomentosis, squa- 
mis externis brevis, internis usque 8 mm longis, supra velutinis, in- 
volucro circ, 9 mm longo; floribus 10 circ. 3 mm exsertis, circ. 7 cm 
longis, glabris apice leviter dilatatis, 5-dentatis, dentibus acutis, achaeniis 
dense griseo-velutinis cire. 3 mm longis, setis externis brevis, internis 
circ. 6 mm longis plumosis. 
Katanga: Elisabethville, avril 1912 (J. Bequaert, no. 335); Wel- 
gelegen, 1912 (leg. Corbisier, coll. Homblé, no. 625 et 634). 
Obs. — Verwandt mit V, stenocarpa Oliv. (Hooker Icon. Plant., tab. 1349 A). 
251. Vernonia elisabethvilleana De Wild., nov. spec. 
Suffrutex 3—4 m altus; ramis cylindricis, juvenilis breviter griseo- 
tomentosis, demum plus minus glabris, cortice brunneo longitudinaliter 
striato; foliis petiolatis, petiolo velutino 10—17 mm longo, lamina ellip- 
tica, basi et apice cuneata, 6—10 cm longa et 2,5—5 cm lata, supra 
breviter et sparse velutina, infra plus minus scabra vel plus minus bre- 
viter griseo-tomentosa, nervis lateralibus I utrinque circ. 12, ante mar- 
ginem arcuatim anastomosantibus, integra vel sparse et breviter dentata; 
capitulis terminalibus, ovato-cylindricis, pedicellatis, pedicello circ. 6 mm 
longo velutino; involucro 8—9 cm longo, floribus circ. 5 mm exsertis; 
squamis 5— 6 seriatis, externis brevis, internis basi scariosis apice velu- 
tinis usque 7 mm longis et 3 mm latis; floribus albidis 10—12, tubo 
gracili, glabro, circ. 5 mm longo, apice elato plus minus recurvato sub- 
aequilongo, 5-lobato, lobis circ. 2,5 mm longis; achaeniis plus minus 
quadrangularibus circ. 3,5 mm longis, setis albidis circ. 7—8 mm longis, 
setulosis. 
Katanga: Elisabethville, mai 1912 (J. Bequaert, no. 461). 
Obs. — Scheint in die Verwandtschaft von V. Bellinghamii 0. Moore 
zu kommen, aber gut verschieden durch 10—12 Blüten in jedem In- 
volucrum., 
252. Vernonia multiflora De Wild., nov. spec. 
Frutex; ramis erectis ultra 40 cm altis, breviter tomentosis, griseis, 
longitudinaliter striatis, apice dense ramosis, foliis et floribus non contem- 
poraneis; floribus numerosis terminalibus, dense paniculatis, panicula 
ultra 36 cm longa et usque 20 cm lata, capitulis sessilibus vel breviter 
pedicellatis, pedicello velutino basi bracteolato; involucro usque 5 mm 
longo, squamis pluriseriatis, externis brevibus, dorso velutinis, violaceo- 
striatis, internis usque 5 mm longis et 1,5 mm latis, dorso velutinis, 
intus glabris, achaeniis plus minus 5-costulatis, velutinis, setis 2-seriatis, 
externis brevibus, internis albidis, ciliatis, circ. 4 mm longis; corolla 
violacea paullo exserta, circ. 6 mm longa, apice 5-lobata; antheris non 
exsertis, 
Katanga: Nieuwdorp, octobre 1912 (Ringoet, no. 2); Haut-Katanga, 
1911 (Ad. Hock). 
Obs. — Verwandt mit V. Lescrauwaeti De Wild.; kommt in die 
Gruppe von V. karaguensis Oliv. et Hiern. 
