96 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



pappi setis 2-serialibus stramineis breviter barbellatis exterioribus 

 abbreviatis angusteque squamatis. 



Hab. Angola, on the Cului Eiver, in pasturage at Forte Dom 

 Affonso ; Gossiveiler, 2883. 



Foliorum limbus basi saepe obliqua, 13-15 cm. long. 4-5-6 cm. 

 lat., in sicco griseo-viridis subtus paullo pallidior ; petioli validi, ima 

 basi dilatati, obscure decurrentes, supra plani dorso rotundati 

 sparsim pubescentes, + 4 cm. long. ; folia perpauca ultima + 5 x 

 2 cm. Pedunculus 30-40 cm. alt., pubescens. Bractese perpaucas 

 vetustiores 2-3 cm. long., 3-4 mm. lat.; juniores capitula appropin- 

 quantes lineares, + 5 mm. long. Capitula (corollis admissis) 

 12 X 6 mm. Involucrum 7 mm. long. ; phylla extima 2-3 mm. 

 intermedia 6-7 mm. intima 9 mm. long. Corollae coBruleo-violaceae 

 tubus superne amplificatus, 8 mm. long, (pars amplificata 2 mm.) 

 lobi lineares, 3 mm. long. Antheras exsertae, 2-5 mm. long. Styli 

 longe exserti, rami 2 mm. long. Achaenia 2"5 mm. long. ; pappi 

 setae ext. 2 mm., int. 7 mm. long. 



In habit this is somewhat like V. viilancjiana S. Moore, in 

 capitula V. lasiopus 0. Hoffm., near which latter species it should 

 find a place. It is also close to V. prcemorsa Muschl., which, 

 besides smaller and narrower leaves, has larger heads with broader 

 involucral leaves. 



Vernonia (§ Stengelia) Anandrioides, sp. nov. Caule 

 valde abbreviato filioso valido griseo-tomentoso rhizomate satis 

 crasso tubera fusiformia hac atque iliac emittente suffulto, foliis 

 rosulatis sessilibus late obovatis apice rotundatis basin versus 

 angustatis et petiolum late alatum mentientibus margine repandis 

 crenulatisve pergamaceis supra glabratis subtus in nervis griseo- 

 tomentosis alibi pubescentibus glabrescentibus, capitulis medio- 

 cribus pluriflosculosis paucis ex axillis foliorum solitatim oriundis, 

 pedunculis scaposis erectis quam folia longioribus vel iisdem 

 subaequilongis nudis vel bracteis perpaucis linearibus onustis dilute 

 fulvo-tomentosis, involucri subhemisphaerici 4-serialis pubescentis 

 phylhs paucis extimis bracteis similibus lineari-lanceolatis sursum 

 attenuatis ceteris oblongo-ovatis (intimis oblongis) chartaceis 

 appendice brevi lanceolata vel ovata colorata coronatis, corollis 

 exsertis, achaeniis cylindricis basi callosis 8-costatis pube grisea 

 obtectis, pappi setis paucis inaequilongis scabriusculis apice 

 aliquantulum dilatatis breviterque barbellatis stramineis. 



Hab. Angola, Kubango, in gravelly pasturage near Forte 

 Princeza Amelia ; Gossiveiler, 2132. 



Planta summum spithamea, saepe vero solummodo circa 6 cm. 

 alt., habitu Plantaginis alicujus. Caulis 1-2 cm. alt. Folia viva 

 solo applicata, 3*5-7 cm. long., ultra medium 3-4 cm. lat., supra 

 in sicco brunneo-subtus griseo-viridia. Pedunculi 2-5-20 cm. 

 long., apicem versus leviter incrassati ; bractese dum adsint 

 + 8 mm. long. Capitula pansa 1-3-1-5 x 2 cm. Involucri 

 phylla extima + 7 mm. long. ; intermedia (inclusa appendice 

 4 mm. long.) 10 x 4 mm. ; intima 11x3 mm., horum appendix 

 circa 3 mm. long. Corolla vivide coeruleo-violacea tubus elon- 

 gatus, attenuatus, 9 mm. long., superne subito campanulatim 



