PLANT.?] CONOOENSES 45 



membranaceis utrlnque eleganter reticulatls nitidlsque levlter scahrius- 

 culis ; capitulis subiiiedioeribus circa 30-llosculosis in eorynibum 

 elongatuin optiiiie laxum ordiuatis pedunculis propriis quam involucra 

 manifeste longioribus ; involucri siibhemisphairici 4-serialis puberuli 

 phyllis oblongis interioribus gradatim longioribus appendice brevi 

 obtusissima (intimoruni angustiori necnon acuta) in sicco brunnea 

 eoronatis ; corollis exsertis ; achceniis cj^lindricis callo basali sat 

 prominente instructis o-costatis breviter setulosis ; pappi setis sca- 

 briusculis dilute straniineis paucis extimis abbrcviatis. 



Gamboni ; Vanderysfy 3058. Wombali, abundant in places ; Id., 

 4217. Bandmivu; Id., 5171. 



Folia radicalia plerumque circa 8-10x2-4 cm., quam caulina 

 majora vel minora horum summa saepe magnopere imminuta. In- 

 florescentia longit. 50 cm. siepe attingens, ramis striatis puberulis. 

 Capitula pansa circa 10 mm. long. Involuciaim 8-5 mm. long. ; 

 phylla extima circa 3 mm., intermedia 4-5-7 mm., intima 8 mm. 

 long. Corolla 11 mm, long. ; tubus anguste intundibularis quam 

 lobi lineari-oblongi manifeste longior. Styli rami exserti, 2*5 mm. 

 long. Acba^nia adbuc vix matura aegre 3 mm. long. Pappi setae 

 extimie 1 mm., cetera3 5-7 mm. long. 



Though apparently a common plant, I have been unable to 

 identify this from the descriptions of species unseen by me. A reason 

 for this may perhaps be that it has been mistaken for V. prcecox 

 Welw., which it greatly resembles, differing chiefly in the foliage 

 (slightly only) and the shape of the involucral leaves. 



O. Hoffman would have placed this in his § Laclinorrliiza, but, as 

 has been mentioned elsewhere, it seems inadvisable to disregard the 

 involucres in the case of a few species, seeing how convenient for 

 sectioning purposes the involucre has proved itself. 



Aspilia congoensis, sp. nov. Caule saltem superne sparsim ramose 

 tereti striate scabriusculo ; foliis brevipetiolatis lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis apice^ipso acutis basi obtusis trinervibus margine serrulatis firme 

 membranaceis supra scabridis subtus sparsim pubescentibus ; capittiUs 

 mediocribus in corymbos laxos bracteatos oligocephalos digestis ; 

 2)edu)icu1is propriis involucris plerumque longioribus ; involucri 

 subhemisphserici phyllis 3-serialibus ovato-oblongis exterioribus superne 

 herbaceis et obtusis et scabridis necnon plus minus reflexis intimis 

 apice herbaceis acutisque ; ligulis 10 sat alte bifidis ; achceniis com- 

 pressiusculis anguste ovoideo-oblongis pilis brevibus appressis strigil- 

 losis onustis cupula sat perspicua setis carente eoronatis. 



Upper Welle province ; Lacomhlez, 67. 



Folia usque ad 9-10x2-2*5 cm., pleraque vero minora, e.g. 

 ±6xl"2 era., in sicco griseo-fusca ; petioli latiusculi, 2-4 mm. long. 

 Bracteae foliis similes sed minores, plerumqnf l'5-3 cm, long. Pedun- 

 culi proprii 1-2 cm. long. Involuci-a circa S x 8 mm. ; phylla extima 

 4 mm., intermedia 4-5 mm., intima 5 mm. lotig. Ligulae aurantiacea?, 

 10 X 2'5 mm. Recepticuli paleae oblongae, apice indurato-mucronatse, 

 7 mm. long. Achsenia dilute grisea, fusco-purpureo-maculata, 4 mm. 

 long, (pappo 1 mm. long, incluso). 



To be inserted in the genus close to A. asperifolia O. Hoffm., but 

 easiW distinguished on account of the lanceolate leaves, longer 

 proper peduncles and 10-rayed heads with narrower involucral leaves. 



