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Folia usque ad 2"5 cm. x 3 mm., etsi ssepissime minora, e.g. + 2 cm. x 

 2 mm., summa modo 5-10 mm. long., supra saltem in sicco fusca. 

 Inflorescentia tota 5-10 cm. diam. Pedunculi proprii +2 cm. lono-., 

 interne bractea unica minuta saepe onusti. Capitula pansa 4 mm. 

 diam. Involucri phylla 1-5-2 mm. long. Corollae purpureas, usque 

 medium divisaj ; tubus infundibularis, extus pubescens ; lobi lineari- 

 lanceolati, acuti. St3'li rami ex androecio eminentes, 1 mm. long. 

 Achainia leviter papillosa, fere 1 mm. long. 



A remarkable little species, quite different from its congeners. 



Tbis is published as a nomeu nudum in Ann. Mus. Congo Belg. 

 ser. iv. ii. p. 157 : included with it is Kassner 2S02, which in the 

 British Museum set is Berklieya gracilis O. Hoffm. 



Gutenbergia Kassneri, sp. nov. Herba spithamea a basi vel fere 

 a basi ramosa ; ramis satis crebro foliosis ut caulis laxe araneosis ; 

 foliis inferioribus oppositis superioribus sparsis sessilibus lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis obtusisve basi leviter rotundatis nonnunquam 

 brevissime amplexicaulibus supra scabridis subtus albo-araneoso- 

 tomentellis ; capitulis plm-ibus 5-flosculosis corjmbum sublaxum 

 paucibracteatum referentibus pedunculis propriis quam se ipsa 

 brevioribus insidentibus ; involucri campanulati 4-serialis araneosi 

 phyllis lineari-lanceolatis longe acuminatis intimis equidem acutis ; 

 Jiosculis subinclusis ; achceniis subturbinatis 4-costatis glabris politis. 



Belgian Congo, slopes of Mt. Kundelungu ; Kassner, 2711. 



Folia usque ad 5 cm. x 6*5 mm., pleraque ±2-5 cm. x 4 mm., firme 

 membranacea, pag. sup. in sicco dilute olivacea, folia summa gradatun 

 immmuta et in bracteas ti-anseuntia. Pedunculi propi-ii 1-2 nnn. long. 

 Involucri phyUa exteriora 4 mm., interiora 4*5 mm. long., nervo per- 

 sjjicuo superne purpurascente percursa. Corolla; extus villos* ; tubus 

 2-5 mm. long., inferne "4 mm. superne 1 mm. lat. ; lobi longit. 1 mm. 

 paullulum excedentes. St3di rami 1 mm. long. Acha;nia brunnea, 

 1"3 mm. long. 



Differs from G. i^olyce-pliala O. & H. chiefly in the araneose 

 clothing and the narrower lengthily acuminate involucral leaves. 



Var. ANGUSTIPOLIA. Minus araneosa. Folia linearia, summum 

 4'5 cm. X 3 mm., sed sajpius ± 3 cm. x 2 mm. 



Belgian Congo, Lebembe Valley ; Kassner, 2386. 



No. 2711 has been published by De Wildeman and Muschler (Ann. 

 Mus. Congo Belg. ser. iv. ii. p. 1G4) as Vernoiiia ISinithiana Less. 



Erlangea (§ Bothriocline) concinna, sp. nov. Caule stricto 

 sursum pauciramoso striato pilis hispidulis induto ; foliis oppositis 

 (raro suboppositis) superioribus inteixlum alternis oblongis vel 

 oblongo-linearive-lanceolatis apice obtusis ipso breviter mucronatis 

 basi levissime cordatis inferioribus subsessilibus superioribus leviter 

 amplexicaulibus pag. sup. scabridis pag. inf. albo-tomentosis ; capitulis 

 })ro rata majusculis co - flosculosis i-imulos solitatim terminantibus 

 pedunculo quam se ipsa longiori insidentibus; involucri tubuloso- 

 campanulati laxe araneosi phyllis circa 7-seriaIibus ovato-lanceolatis 

 (intimis oblongis) breviter acumlnutis coriaceis ; Jiosculis exsertis ; 

 acliceniis oblongis subtrigonis glabris pallidis ; pap])i setis perpaucis 

 caducissimis. 



