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Caulis 1 ped. altus, costato-angulatus. Folia 4-8 poll. longa, 11-23 poll. lata, basin versus gradatim 
angustata. 
Hab. East Equatorial Africa, common (Arctotis?? no. 2, App. Speke's Journ. 638), 
Col. Grant ! 
[Erect, with a tuberous root. Flowers deep scarlet.—J. A. G.] 
59. ERYTHROCEPHALUM MINUS, Oliv., sp. nov. Herba parva, arachnoidea; foliis oblongo- 
v. lineari-oblanceolatis, apice mucronatis apiculatisve, obsolete v. erenato-dentatis, sessi- 
libus, amplexicaulibus, utrinque plus minus arachnoideo-tomentosis; capitulis breviter 
pedunculatis; involucri arachnoidei bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine su- 
perne rigidiuscule setulosis fimbriatisve, disco paulo brevioribus. | 
Radix tuberosa, fusiformis, 8 poll. longa, ambitu 10 poll. (fide sched. Grant.). Caulis 8-4 poll., cum 
foliis et involucro arachnoideo-tomentosus. Folia 9-94 poll. longa, 3 poll. lata. Pedunculus 3-1 poll. 
longus. Capitulum 1 poll. diam. Palee latiuscule lineares, apice dentato-fimbriatæ. Corolla glabra, 
pappo longior. Pappus caducissimus, setis paucis, elongatis, attenuatis, barbellatis. Ovarium pubescens. 
Hab. 6° 55 S. lat. In flower Oct. 1860 (Composita dubia, App. Speke's Journ. 638), 
Col. Grant ! 
[Root carrot-shape; flowers yellow. From 6? 55’ S. lat., October.—J. А. G.J] 
60. DICOMA KARAGUENSIS, Oliv., sp. nov. Herba lignosa, pedalis, ramosa ; caule in- 
cano-puberulo lineis elevatis angulato ; foliis subcoriaceis, anguste lineari-ovalibus, acutis, 
minute serrulatis, supra glabratis, subtus tomentosis, subsessilibus; capitulis terminalibus, 
solitariis, foliis paucis patentibus circumdatis ; involucri bracteis multiseriatis, laxiusculis, 
rigidis, anguste lineari-subulatis, lineis duabus intramarginalibus coloratis notatis, dis- 
cum superantibus; receptaculo foveolato, glabro; acheniis dense setoso-pilosis ; pappi 
setis pluriseriatis, corollam subæquantibus, albis, barbellatis. 
Caulis ramosus, ramis divaricatis, 3—1 ped. altus. Folia 1-14 poll. longa, 4—1 poll lata. Capitula 
campanulata, 1 poll. lata; involucro glabrato v. primum sparse arachnoideo; bracteis margine scabridis. 
Hab. Karagué, 1862 (Dicoma, sp. n., App. Speke's Journ. 638), Col. Grant ! 
[6 to 10 inches high. Stem dry, grey, woody; flowers white, tending to pale pink. Karagué, alt. 
4000 feet.—J. A. G.] 
Plate LXX. fig. 1. Involucral bract; fig. 2. Floret; fig. 3. Stamens; fig. 4. Style; 
fig. 5. Achene (immature) and seta of pappus. 
61. GERBERA, sp., an G. piloselloides, Cass. ? ; DC. Prod. vii. 16; App. Speke's Journ. 
638.— С. Schimperi, Schultz Bip.; А. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 458. 
Hab. Usagara hills, 6° 51' S. lat., Col. Grant! 
I cannot finally determine the species; the florets and achenes are all fallen in our specimens. 
[From the Usagara hills, altitude 3000 feet, 6? 51' S. lat., Nov. 1860.—J. A. G.] 
62. SONCHUS OLERACEUS, L.; App. Speke's Journ. 688. 
Hab. Karagué (no. 457) and Unyoro, 1862. | 
[Stem five-angled, hollow, milky, slightly purpled, with a few straight yellow hairs, large at their tips; 
root-leaves large; flowers yellow. Karagué and Uganda, March and August.—J. А. 6.) 
Var. acheniis rugulosis (no. 407), Karagué, 1862, Col. Grant! 
[Stem round and bare, the auricles of the leaves with hooked teeth; flowers yellow. By water, 1° 42! 
S. lat., February and April.—J. А. G.] 
