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ciliolatis rubiginoso-stramineis. — V. guineensis 0. Hoffm. in Bol. 

 See. Bret. xiii. p. 12, non Benth. V. tdophylla O. Hoffm. var. 

 Hoffmanniana Hiern in Cat. Welw. PI. i., p. 534. 



Hab. Angola, Pundo Andongo, in forest between Calunda 

 and Mangue ; Welioitsch, 3278. 



Folia 9-10 X 2-8-3 cm., exstant vero pleraque minora + 

 6x2 cm., pag. sup. fusca; petioli modo 2-3 mm. long. Corymbi 

 usque ad 16 x 12 cm., sed saepius breviora, rarissime ad capitulam 

 unicam reducti. Bractea3 foliis similes sed multo minores, 

 sc. + 15 x 5 mm. Pedunculi proprii + 6 mm. long., borum bractese 

 + 10 mm. long. Capitula pansa 2x2 cm. Involucri phylla 

 extima circa 6 mm., intermedia 11 mm., intima 13 mm. long. ; 

 appendix + 3x3 mm. Corollae caerulescentes ; tubus angustus, 

 12-5 mm. long. ; iobi lanceolato-oblongi, 5 mm. long. Styli rami 

 4 mm. long. Achsenia 3 mm. long.; pappi setae extimse 2-4 mm., 

 interiores 11 mm. long. 



Eemarkably homoplastic with V. ulophylla 0. Hoffm. and 

 V. guineensis Benth., but easily recognisable from the former by 

 the short and broad appendices to the involucral leaves, from the 

 latter by the differently shaped foliage leaves and the larger heads 

 V7ith different involucres. 



V. Kaessneri S. Moore. British E. Africa, Ukamba, Lamuru ; 

 Scheffler, 273. 



F. clithonocephala O. Hoffm. Belgian Congo, Elisabethville ; 

 Bogers, 10009. 



F. nanclensis S. Moore. Uganda, Toro ; Mrs. Tufnell. 



V. subaphylla Bak. Belgian Congo, Elisabethville ; Rogers, 

 10163, 10389. 



This belongs to § Stengelia, the affinity being with V. arvie- 

 rioides 0. Hoffm. 



Involucre 5-seriate, its outermost leaves 3-5 mm., inter- 

 mediate 7-9 mm., and innermost 12 mm. long, palest green with 

 a brown-purple appendage usually 3-5 mm. in. length. Corollas 

 subincluded. Achenes 8-ribbed, narrowed towards the slightly 

 callous base, pale straw-coloured. Outer pappus of narrowly 

 hnear 2 mm. long scales; inner 7 mm. long, of shortly but closely 

 ciliate hairs, straw-coloured. 



3. ACALYPHJ3 EX PerUVIA SPECIES NOVA. 



On p. 263 of this volume appeared descriptions of three now 

 South American Composites from a small collection made by 

 Mr. H. 0. Forbes. A fourth plant, believed to be new, is the 

 following : — 



V Acalypha Forbesii, sp. nov. Caule folioso dense albo- 

 pubescente mox glabrescente, foliis parvis ovatis saepe breviter 

 3-lobis obtusis basi rotundatis 5-nervibus margine crenatis mem- 

 branaceis supra pilis strigillosis appressis sparsim inspersis subtus 

 praesertim in nervis pubescentibus petiolo sat longo tenui 

 albo-pubescenti fultis, spicis subsessilibus axillaribus terminali- 

 busque bisexualibus parte masc. valde abbreviata, mox deflexa 



