VERNONIACEa: AFRICANS NOV35 93 



matis sessilibus lineari- vel oblongo-oblanceolatis obtusis subdis- 

 tanter calloso-denticulatis chartaceis utrobique scabriusculis paucis 

 junioribus ceteris similibus nisi minoribus gradatim diminutis, 

 capitulis magnis multiflosculosis corymbum oligocephalum pauci- 

 bracteatum baud elongatum referentibus, involucri subbemi- 

 sphterici 5-serialis phyllis lanceolatis (interioribus gradatim longi- 

 oribus lanceolato-oblongis) acuminatis coriaceis superne vero 

 saepius membranaceis fuscisque dorso scabriusculis margins 

 scabriusculo-ciliolatis, corollis exsertis, achaeniis cylindricis basi 

 callosis 10-costatis appresse setulosis, pappi setis 2-serialibus 

 (paucis extimis abbreviatis) scabriusculis rubicundulo-stramineis. 



Hab. Angola, moist meadows in marshes of the Kiuriri near 

 Kassuango and of the Cambambe at Kuebo ; Gossxoeiler, 3313, 

 3885. 



Circiter bispithamea. Caulis diam. adusque 5 mm. Folia in 

 sicco viridi-grisea, summum 29 x 4 cm., ssepe 14-18 x 2 cm., 

 caulina seniora + 10 x 1"5 cm., summa + 3*5 cm. long. ; costa 

 media subtus optime eminens ; costae laterales planae ; reticulum 

 laxum sat difficile aspectabile. Corymbus 2-5-cephalus, ± 10 cm. 

 long. Capitula pansa 3'5 x 4-5-5 cm. Involucri phylla extima 

 5-10 mm. long., intermedia 15-20 mm., intima vix 30 mm. long. 

 Corollas violaceae vel coeruleae ; tubus elongatus, anguste sub- 

 cylindricus (superne leviter dilatatus), 25 mm. long. ; lobi anguste 

 lineari-oblongi, obtusi, longit. 10 mm. paullulum excedens. An- 

 therae exsertae, 6 mm. long. Styli rami 7*5 mm. long. Achaenia 

 7 mm. long. Pappi setae paucae 5-10 mm. long., complures 

 20-22 mm. 



The affinity is with V. carnea Hiern, which, however, is quite 

 unlike it in several respects. 



Vernonia (§ Decaneuron) concinna, sp. nov. Herbacea, 

 verisimiliter sat elata, caule erecto sesquimetrali vel paullo minus 

 alto valido folioso glabro, foliis caulinis sparsis sessilibus lanceo- 

 latis vel oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis margine distanter vel sub- 

 distanter calloso-denticulatis basi breviter decurrentibus coriaceis 

 glabris, capitulis mediocribus circa 25-flosculosis in paniculam 

 terminalem angustam crebro bracteatam puberulam cito fere 

 glabram digestis, involucri campanulati 7-serialis phyllis oblongis 

 acutis interioribus gradatim longioribus intimis optime elongatis 

 omnibus (apice fusco exemptis) tomento sordide albo vel dilute 

 brunneo obductis, corollis breviter exsertis, achaeniis cylindricis 

 10-costatis inter costas glandulis lucentibus praeditis, pappi setis 

 inter sese fere aequalibus (perpaucis interdum paullo brevioribus) 

 plerisque apice curvatis ciliatis fulvis. 



Hab. Angola, Amboim-Novo Eedondo, near the Forte Quissaca ; 

 Gossiveiler, 4480. 



Caulis 5 mm. diam., in longitudinem eleganter costatus, fuscus. 

 Folia 9-10 cm. long., 2-3 cm. lat. basin decurrentem versus 

 angustata necnon petioliformia, ima basi levissime dilatata, in 

 sicco brunnea vel brunneo-viridia. Panicula circa 30 cm. alt., 

 summum 7 cm. lat. ; axis cauli similis nisi angustior ; rami 



