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ALABASTEA DIVEESA.— Part XXIII. 



By Spencer le M. Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



(Plate 530.) 



I. Vernoniace^ Africans nov^." 



Ethulia Scheffleri, sp. nov. Fmticosa, ramulis erectis crebro 

 foliosis sessilibus vel subsessilibus lineari-oblanceolatis obtusis vel 

 obtuse acutis basi coartatis margine serrulatis firme membranaceis 

 cito glabris, capitulis subspbaeroideis pluriflosculosis ad apicem 

 ramulorum corymboso-paniculatis, inflorescentiis polycepbalis 

 foliis majoribus subsequilongis puberulis bracteis subulatis quam 

 pedunculi proprii certe brevioribus prseditis, capitulis subspbae- 

 roideis pluriflosculosis, involucri 4-serialis phyllis exterioribus 

 parvulis ovato-oblongis acutis vel obtusis interioribus oblongis 

 appendice scariosa purpurea dorso glandulis sessilibus lucentibus 

 induta coronatis, coroliis exsertis, achseniis anguste cylindrico-tur- 

 binatis truncatis 5-angulatis inter angulos glandulosis. 



Hab. Uganda, Lamuru station, 3000 m. above sea-level; 

 Scheffler, 288. 



Frutex fide cl. detectoris 2 m. alt. Folia 3-8 cm. long., 8-13 mm. 

 lat., accedunt pauca summa 2 cm. x 3 mm. nisi etiam minus. 

 Inflorescentige +8x4 cm. Bracteae plurimae 2-4 mm. long. 

 Pedunculi proprii capitulorum profecto evolutorum + 8 mm. long. 

 Capitula pansa 7x7 mm. Involucri phylla extima 2 mm. inter- 

 media 3-5 mm. intima 4-5 mm. long. Corollse tubus basi tenuis, 

 superne anguste campanulatus, 2-5 mm. long., basi -3 mm. faucibus 

 1 mm. lat. ; lobi lineari-oblongi, tubo aegre aequilongi. Styli rami 

 exserti, 1-5 mm. long. Achaenia vix 1-5 mm. long., brunnea. 



Foliage like that of some forms of E. conyzoides, but capitula 

 larger with involucres unlike. 



Muschleria, Vernoniacearum gen. nov. (Plate 530.) 

 Capitula homogama, tubuliflora, flosculis paucis. Involucrum 

 cylindricum, phyllis pauciseriatis, arete imbricatis, angustis. 

 Eeceptaculum leviter foveolatum, nudum. CoroUae regulares, tubo 

 anguste infundibulari, limbo 5-lobo. Antherae basi sagittatae, 

 auriculis obtusis anth. contiguarum connatis. Styli rami teretes, 

 hirtelli. Achaenia 10-costata, compressiuscula angulataque, apice 

 truncata. Pappus parvulus, cupuliformis, ore undulato. Caules 

 erecti, bene foliosi, singuli vel plures rhizomati persistenti insi- 

 dentes. Folia alterna. Capitula angusta, in glomerulos densos 

 ad apicem ipsius caulis vel ramulorum brevium aggregata. 



Muschleria angolensis, sp. unica. Caule lignoso subsimplici 

 apicem versus solummodo ramoso subtereti in longitudinem costato 

 scabrido, foliis sessilibus linearibus apice mucronatis margine 

 revolutis coriaceis supra scabridis subtus albo-tomentosis, glome- 



* The types of species described are in the National Herbarium. 

 Journal of Botany. — Vol. 52. [April, 1914.] h 



