80 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLAKTS 



COMPOSITiE. 



(By S. Moore.) 



VERNONIACEiE 



Vernonia cinerea, Less, in Linnfea, iv. (1829) 291. 

 Camps III to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft. 

 Bistrib. Widely distributed in Africa, India, tlie Malay Archipelago, Australia, &c. 



Vernonia (§ Strobocalyx) Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Fridex verisimiliter ramosus. Caulis subteres, longitrorsum prominenter striatus, 

 mox glaber. Eanmli sat tenues, breviter fulvo-pubescentes, puberulne. Folia 

 petiolata, oblongo-eliiptica, apicem versus ssepe attenuata, apice ipso obtusa vel 

 obtuse acuta, basi longiuscule extenuata, margine Integra vel panci-denticulata, 

 membranacea, supra vix omnino glabra, subtus prsesertim in nervis puberula, vulgo 

 6-8 X 2-3 cm. Capitula submediocria, 4-5-flosculosa, e ramulorum axillis pani- 

 culatim oriunda et ita paniculam magnam sublaxam foliis intermixtam usque ad 

 30 cm. longam et fere 15 cm. latam efficientia. Fedimculi 2'>'>'oprii involiicris 

 breviores,"" 1-4 mm. longi, fulvo-pxibescentes ; capitula pansa 1 cm. longa. Invo- 

 lucrum cylindricum, cito campauulatum, 16-5 X 3 mm. ; phylla 4-5 serialia, 

 exteriora caduca, lonsjiora 3-6 mm, lons^a, ovata, oblonsa fintima ansruste oyato- 

 oblonga), omnia obtusa, coriacea, margine ciliolata, dilute straminea, apice brunnea. 

 CorollcB exsertse, 6 mm. longge. Achcenia cylindrica, turbinata, 10-costata, per basin 

 rectam callosam receptaculo inserta, glabra, 2-5 ram. longa. Pappus 2-seriatus ; 

 setae exteriores abbreviatte, aliquanto compressoe, 2'5 mm. longse, interiores longiores 

 necnon angustiores, 7 mm. longre, apicem versus paullulum dilatatse, dilute 

 stramineae nisi dilutissime rubiginoste. 

 Camps VI to VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft. 



This was also collected by H. O. Forbes in British New Guinea in the Sogeri District 

 at 2500 ft. (59 in Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



Leaves drying green, fairly copiously provided with pellucid glands ; petioles about 

 1 cm. long, shallowly channelled above, tawny puberulous ; upper leaves diminishing 

 in size, the highest passing into the bracts of the panicle. Partial panicles about as long 

 as the leaves, i. e. 5-8 cm. in length (the younger ones, however, shorter), their peduncles 

 about 2-5 cm. long. Corollas white, with a narrow tube suddenly dilated at the 

 throat, glabrous; tube 0'3 mm. wide, the throat nearly 1 mm. wide ; lobes oblong, 

 obtuse, 2-5 mm. long. Style-arms 2-5 mm. long. 



I have seen neither V. polyantha, Warb., nor F. papuana, Lauterb,, but they both 

 have capitula evidently different from those of the present plant. In general appear- 

 ance V. Klossii is more like V. secimcUfoUa, Boj., from Madagascar, than any other 

 species known to me. 



