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Caulis 1 рей. altus, costato-angulatus. Folia 4-8 poll. longa, 12-22 poll. lata, basin versus gradatim 
angustata. з 
Наб. East Equatorial Africa, common (Arctotis ?? no. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 688), 
Col. Grant ! 
[Erect, with а tuberous root. Flowers deep scarlet.—J. А. G.] 
59. ERYTHROCEPHALUM MINUS, Oliv., sp. nov. Herba parva, arachnoidea; foliis 
oblongo- у. lineari-oblanceolatis, apice mucronatis apiculatisve, obsolete v. crenato-dentatis, 
sessilibus, amplexicaulibus, utrinque plus minus arachnoideo-tomentosis ; capitulis bre- 
viter pedunculatis ; involucri arachnoidei bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine 
superne rigidiuscule setulosis fimbriatisve, disco paulo brevioribus. 
Radix tuberosa, fusiformis, 8 poll. longa, ambitu 10 poll. (fide sched. Grant.). Caulis 8-4 poll., cum 
folis et involucro arachnoideo-tomentosus. Folia 9-92 poll. longa, 2 poll. lata. Pedunculus 3-1 poll. 
longus. Capitulum 1 poll diam. Раев 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.] 
60. DicoMA KARAGUENSIS, Oliv., sp. nov. Нета Попова, 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, discum 
superantibus; receptaculo foveolato, glabro; acheniis dense setoso-pilosis; pappi setis 
pluriseriatis, corollam subzequantibus, albis, barbellatis. 
Caulis ramosus, ramis divaricatis, 3-1 ped. altus. Folia 1-12 poll. longa, 5-4 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 I 
| [6 to 10 inches high. Stem dry, grey, ху; ; flowers white, the styles pale pink. Karagué, alt. 
4000 feet.—J. А. G.J 
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 С. piloselloides, Cass. ?; DC. Prod. vii. 16; App. Spoke's 
Journ. 638.—G. Schimperi, Schultz Bip.; A. 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 i in our specimens. 
[From the Usagara hills, altitude 3000 feet, 6° 51' S. lat., Nov. 1860. --4. A. G.] 
62. SONCHUS OLERACEUS, L.; App. Speke's Journ. 638. 
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. A. G.] 
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. A. G.] 
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