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ALABASTEA DIVEESA.— Part XXV. 



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



(Continued from p. 296.) 



2. De Vernoniaceis Africanis notul^ ulteriores. 



Erlangea (§ Bothriocline) Rogersii, sp. nov. Caule erecto 

 sat valido supenie ramulos paucos graciles procreante hispide 

 pilose deinde glabrescente, foliis oppositis oblongo-oblanceolatis 

 acutis basi in petiolum brevem angustatis margine serrato-dentatis 

 membranaceis pag. sup. pilis strigillosis appressis inspersis subtus 

 in nervis sparsim pubescentibus, capitulis submediocribus circa 

 24-tiosculosis in corymbum laxum folia excedentem bracteatum 

 pubescentem digestis, involucri 4-serialis phyllis ovatis obtusis 

 intimis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis inteiioribus perspicue purpureo- 

 marginatis fere nisi admodum glabris, Hosculis longe exsertis, 

 achseniis cylindrico-turbinatis pi-ominenter 5-costatis glabris, 

 pappi setis caducissimis scabridis dilutissime stramineis. Erlangea 

 longipes S. Moore quoad specimina Swynnertoniana (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. xl. 104). 



Hab. Belgian Congo, Elisabethville ; Archdeacon Rogers, 

 10918. 



Folia profecto evoluta 6-9 x 2-5-3 cm., in sicco Igete viridia, 

 subtus paullo pallidiora; petioli lati, pubescentes, 5-8 mm. long. 

 Corymbus circa 10 x 13 cm. ; bujus rami sat distantes, 

 saepissime 6-10-cephali ; bractete inf. foliaceae, 2-5 cm. long., 

 summae lineares, + 5 mm. long. ; pedunculi proprii graciles, 

 plerique 5-10 mm. long. Capitula pansa 8 x Toiim. Involucri 

 pliylla ext. 2 mm., interiora 4 mm., intima 5 mm. long. Corollge 

 fere a basi gradatim amplificatae, in toto 7 mm. long, (lobi 3 mm.). 

 Achaenia pallida brunnea, 1'5 mm. long. ; pappi setae 1"75 mm. 

 long. 



Differs from E. longipes S. Moore chiefly in the shape of the 

 involucral leaves and in the achenes. 



Erlangea (§ Eu-Erlangea) schebellensis, sp. nov. Caule 

 erecto inferne nudo superne pauciramoso foliosoque pluristriato 

 pubescente cito glabrescente, foliis alternis sessilibus anguste 

 obovato-oblongis obtusis margine calloso-dentatis membranaceis 

 utrobique scabriuscule puberulis, capitulis pro rata parvis pani- 

 culam corymbosam bracteatam pubescentem folia facile exce- 

 dentem efformantibus, pedunculis propriis involucra excedentibus 

 aequantibusve, involucri campanulati 4-serialis dilute straminei 

 phyllis extimis abbreviatis exterioribus ovato-lanceolatisinterioribus 

 lineari-lanceolatis omnibus obtusis margine ciliolatis dorso levitcr 

 scabriusculis, achaeniis adhuc crudis cylindrico-turbinatis quam 

 pappi setae caducissima^ scabriusculoe paullulum brevioribus. 



Hab. South x\byssinia, Schebelli ; Donaldson Smith. 



Eolia subapproximata (internodiis 1-1'5 cm. long.), + 4 cm. 

 long., 1-5-2 cm. lat., in sicco dilute viridia. Panicula circiter 

 10 X 8 cm. ; bracteac inferiores foliis similes sed minores, cetera^ 



