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SPERMACOCE RvELLLE?, DC. 4400 ft. 
GALIUM APARINE, L. 8000 ft. 
DIPSACUS PINNATIFIDUS, Steud. 10,000 ft. 
SCABIOSA COLUMBARIA, L., var.? 10,000-12,000 ft. 
VALERIANA, sp. nov. ? (Genus new to Trop. Africa.) Only a single flowering specimen, 
insufficient for description. 10,000 ft. 
VERNONIA WAKEFIELDII, Oliv., sp. nov. Frutex (?) glaber, ramulis floriferis inferne 
leviter incrassatis teretibus, foliis ovalibus oblaneeolatisve acutis v. acuminatis basi 
in petiolum angustatis glabris tenuiter carnosulis v. subeoriaceis, cymis corymbi- 
formibus 5-20-cephalis, capitulis peduneulatis campanulatis multifloris, involucri 
bracteis brunneis pluriseriatis imbricatis ovato-oblongis obtusis glabratis exterioribus 
minoribus pilis flaccidis albis ciliatis, receptaculo nudo, corollze segmentis linearibus, 
ovario dense piloso, pappo pluriseriato fusco setaceo, setis barbellatis exterioribus 
brevioribus, acheniis . . : 
Kilima-njaro, 2000-3000 ft. (Gathered also in Nyika Country by Rev. T. Wakefield.) 
Folia 23-5 poll. longa, 3—12 poll. lata. Inflorescentia 2-3 poll. diam. Capitulis 
floriferis, 2 poll. longis. 
VERNONIA (§ STENGELIA) STENOLEPIS, Oliv., sp. nov. ; ramis floriferis herbaceis striatis 
crispule pubescentibus, folis tenuiter membranaceis ellipticis ovalibusve acute 
acuminatis basi in petiolum longiusculum attenuatis serrulato-dentatis utrinque pilis 
sparsis hirtis, capitulis late campanulatis peduneulatis in eymis 3-5-cephalis ter- 
minalibus dispositis, involueri squamis exterioribus e basi incrassata coriacea in 
appendicem elongatam anguste linearem v. spathulatam herbaceam v. purpureo 
tinctam flores æquantem productis, squamis interioribus brevioribus tenuiter coriaceis 
oblongis apiculatis pappo sequilongis, corolle tubo gracili apice dilatato, acheniis 
striatis breviter piloso-hirsutis, pappi duplicis setis exterioribus brevibus squami- 
formibus, interioribus barbatis. 
Kilima-njaro, 5000 ft. 
Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata; petiolus 3-1 poll. longus. Capitula poll. diam. ; 
pedunculus 3-1 poll. longus. 
VERNONIA MARGINATA, Oliv. & Hiern. “ Up to 8000 ft." 
VERNONIA, aff. У. pauciflore, Less. ?, an var. ? 6000 ft. 
VERNONIA, = V. 2551, Hb. Hildebrandt. 6000 ft. 
ADENOSTEMMA VISCOSUM, Forst. Kilima-njaro, 6000 ft. 
MIKANIA SCANDENS, Willd. 6000 ft. 
DICHROCEPHALA CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIA, DC. 12,000 ft. 
FELICIA ABYSSINICA, Sch. Bip. Taita; Maungu. 
Conyza stricta, Willd. Kilima-njaro, 5600 ft. 
CoNYZA XGYPTIACA, Ait. Kilima-njaro, 5600 ft. 
Conyza HocusTETTERI, Sch., forma. Kilima-njaro, 5600 ft. 
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