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in paniculas laxe cymosas dispositis; bracteis involucri laxe pluriserialibus acutis, ex- 
terioribus sericeo-pilosis, apice recurvis; receptaculo alveolato; acheniis obconicis, 
inæqualiter 4-5-gonis, setulosis, faciebus glandulosis v. deinde tuberculato-scabridis ; 
pappo exteriore squamiformi squamulis lanceolatis denticulatis, interiore setiformi 
barbellato caduco.— Orystallopollen latifolium, Steetz, in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 364, 
tab. 48 a. 
Folia caulina, 1-1} poll. longa, 1-4 poll. lata, scabrido-hispida. Capitula circ. 50-flora, å poll. diam., 
subsessilia v. pedunculata. 
Hab, Karagué, in flower, Dec. 1861, Col. Grant! Also in Zambesi-land. 
[1 to 2 feet high, erect, growing near cultivation, at an altitude of 4000 feet. Flowers button-like 
and white. Karagué, December.—J. А, G.] | 
5. VERNONIA VIOLACEA, Oliv. & Hiern, in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. (ined.). Herba 2-3-pedalis ; 
caule erecto, ramoso, costato-angulato, sericeo-pubescente; foliis caulinis obovato-oblongis, 
obtusis, crenato-dentatis, parce pubescentibus glabratisve, subsessilibus; capitulis hemi- 
sphæricis, multifloris, pedunculatis, in paniculas laxas cymosas dispositis ; involucri brac- 
teis 3—4-serialibus, subappressis, lanceolatis, acutis; receptaculo alveolato; acheniis 
sæpius tetragonis, turbinatis, setulosis; pappo exteriore squamiformi squamulis lanceo- 
latis denticulatis, interiore setiformi scabrido, violaceo. 
Folia caulina ad 8 poll. longa. Pedunculi 1-8 poll. longi, erecti, pubescentes v. puberuli. Capitula 
3-1 poll. lata; involueri bracteis apicem versus purpurascentibus parce tomentellis. 
Hab. Madi, in flower, Dec. 1862 (Vernonia no. 7, App. Speke's Journ. 637), Col. 
Grant ! 
[Upwards of 2 feet high, growing in the woods of Madi. In flower December. Common there, — 
J. A.G-] 
‚ 6. VERNONIA SMITHIANA, Less. in Linnza, 1881, 638 (ex deser.).— Webbia? Smithiana, 
DC. Prod. у. 72. Vernonia no. 4, App. Speke’s Journ. 637. | 
Hab. Karagué, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant ! 2028 | 
[Slim, erect plant, 1 foot high and upwards; found at 4000 feet altitude. Flowers in December at 
Karagué, in golden heads.—J. А. G.] 
7. VERNONIA KARAGUENSIS, Oliv, & Hiern, in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. (ined.). Herba erecta, 
2-3-pedalis; caule tereti, striato, pilis brevibus crispulis scabrido; foliis caulinis lanceo- 
latis, acutis, serrulatis, supra setuloso-scabris, subtus crispe pubescentibus; capitulis | 
subturbinatis, subsessilibus, in cymas corymbosas terminales dispositis; involucri brac- 
teis pluriserialibus, anguste oblongis, subacutis, exterioribus apiculo colorato subpatente ; 
achæniis 5-costatis, costis glabris, inter costas glanduloso-setulosis ; pappo exteriore bre- 
vissimo, interiore deciduo, albo, barbellato. | 
Caulis crassitie penne сушта. Folia 14 poll. longa. Capitula 3 poll. diam., in pedunculis subuni- 
lateralibus racemosim cymosis. 
Наб. Karagué, Feb. 1862 (Vernonia no. 10, App. Speke's Journ. 637). 
[Upwards of 2 feet high, with a coarse thick stem and variegated flowers, purple and white, during 
February. Found at 5000 feet altitude, Karagué.—J. A. G.] 
8. VERNONIA THOMSONIANA, Oliv. & Hiern, in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. (ined.). Frutex; 
ramis obsolete angulatis, puberulis ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, acutis, basi attenuatis, obso- 
