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dry, exposed places; but there is nothing stunted in its aspect. The 
Sa is long, in proportion to its diameter, and resembles that of a 
tehelina. 
: Fig. 1. Part of a plant in flower ; the natural size. Fig. 2, a corolla; 3, style and 
stigmas; 4, achene, with its pappus; 5, apex of a pappus-bristle; variously magnified. 
157. VERNONIA GERRARDI, Harv. (Composite.) 
V. Gerrardi; herbacea, basi ramosa; ramis simplicibus striato-sul- 
catis punctatis glaucis foliosis, foliis sessilibus linearibus acutis uniner- 
viis punctatis planis glabris, eapitulis solitariis terminalibus pedunculatis 
multifloris, inv. squamis lanceolatis cuspidato-acuminatis squarrosis 
arachnoideis lanato-ciliatis; acheniis costatis sericeis. 
Has,.—Bigarsberg, Zululand, W. T. Gerrard, 1060, Dec, (Herb. T. C.D.) 
Descr.—Stem 1—2 feet high, herbaceous, branched from the base 
or lower half; branches erect, flexuous, ribbed and furrowed, dotted, 
glabrous and glaucous, ending in nude or sparsely scaly, one-headed 
peduncles. eaves 1-14 inch long, 3_1 line wide, linear-acuminate, 
one-nerved, flat, thickish, dotted, sessile; the upper ones gradually 
shorter. Pedune. 2-4 inches long. Heads many flowered. Inv. 3-inch 
long, 1 inch diameter; its scales with long, spreading, attenuate, squar- 
rose points. FVowers ‘‘ whitish” (Gerr.) Achenes densely silky. 
I have much pleasure in naming this fine species after Mr. Gerrard, 
its discoverer, to whose researches in Zululand natural science already 
owes much, and to whom I am personally indebted for a very large 
number of plants, including many new and interesting species. The 
general aspect is similar to that of V. Vernonella and V. monocephala, but 
the involucre and other characters abundantly distinguish it. The in- 
volucre, indeed, is more like that of an Athrizia than of an ordinary 
Vernonia. 
Fig. 1. Part of a plant in flower; the natural size. Fig. 2, a corolla; 3, apex of 
style; 4, anther; 5, achene, with pappus; variously magnified. 
158. PRINTZIA HUTTONTI, Harv. ( Composite.) 
P. Huttoni: caule diffuse ramosa subscandente, ramis flexuosis 
teretibus scabro-puberulis, foliis alternis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 
membranaceis penninerviis utrinque scaberulis distanter denticulatis, 
petiolo basi auriculato amplexicauli, capitulis ramos ramulosque termi- 
nantibus solitariis breve pedicellatis, inv. squamis pallidis acuminatis 
pubescentibus, ligulis perbrevibus cochleariformibus, pappo paucisetoso, 
acheniis hispidulis. 
Has.—Katberg, H. Hutton. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Apparently a tall, scrambling or half-climbing, slender 
shrub. Branches long, flexuous, alternately decompound, terete, pale, 
