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nilo; foliis radicalibus sat longe petiolatis oblongo-oblanceolatis 

 obtusis basi extenuatis margine calloso-dentatis pergamaceis utro- 

 bique eximie reticulatis pag. sup. nitidis scabriusculisque pag. inf. 

 sparsira pubescentibus ; capitulis mediocribus circa 2.5-HoscuIosis in 

 corymbura laxum paucibracteatum oligocephalum folia longe exceden- 

 tera puberuluin dispositis ; pednnculis propriis capitulis multo 

 longioribus ; involucri subhemispliaerici 5-serialis puberuli phvllis 

 exterioribus ovatis intermediis ovato-lanceolatis coriaceis ambobus 

 appendice scariosa ovata obtussima veri.similiter purpurea onustis 

 phyllis intimis late oblongis appendice oblonga gaudientibus ; corolUs 

 exsertis ; achceniis cylindricis 10-costatis breviter setulosis ; pappo 

 biseriali ser. ext. e squamellis brevibus angustissime lanceolatis sistente 

 setis intei-ioribus scabriusculis dilute fulvo-stramineis. 



Rhodesia, Lukanda river, in open fields ; Kassner, 2186. 

 Folia (petiolo anguste alatoScm. long, incluso) summum 22%5 cm 

 long., 3'5-4 cm. lat., ssepe revera minora, accedit forsan unum minus 

 e scapo oriundum 7-10 cm. long. Scapus sesqui — bispithameus ; 

 hujus bractetB gradatim diminutje, lineares, vetustiores circa 2-3 cm. 

 long., juniores 5-10 mm. Pedunculi proprii plerique 7-13 cm. long. 

 Capitula pansa 15 x 14 cm. Involucri pbylla extei-iora 3-5 mm. long., 

 intermedia 7-9 mm., intima 11 mm. long. Corolla sparsissime 

 papillosa ; tubus inferne cylindricus superne infundibularis, 8 mm. 

 long. ; lobi 3'5 mm. long., styli rami 3'5 mm. long. Acha^nia 4 mm. ; 

 pappi squama? 1 mm. sette 6'5-S mm. long. 



Near V. arinerioides O. Hoffm., which has different foliage, 

 achenes and pappus. A plant at Kew collected by A. Whyte on 

 Mt. Malosa, N^-asaland, may be conspecitic but its leaves are smaller 

 and less conspicuously toothed and nerved. 



Vernonia (§ Stexgelia) kuluina, sp. nov. Planta scaposa, 

 sesquispithamea ; foliis radicalibus petiolis elongatis gracilibus insi- 

 dentibus ovatb-oblongis vel anguste oblongo-obovatis obtusis basi 

 cuneatis margine undulatis leviterve denticulatis membranaceis supra 

 scabriusculis subtus pubescentibus postea in nervis puberulis ; sccipis 

 cajspitosis ascendentibus pubescentibus bracteis perpaucis linearibus 

 prajsertim apicem versus pneditis ; capitulis Yaa^ioQYihnu co -flosculosis 

 ad apicem scapi solitariis vel 2-4-nis pedunculis propriis dense pubes- 

 centibus quam sese brevioribus incidentibus ; involucri canipanulati 

 4-serialis phyllis oblongo-lanceolatis appendice brevi acuta fusca vel 

 purpurea onustis exterioribus dorso griseo-pubescentibus intimis glabris 

 vel fere glal)ris ; corollis exsertis ; achceniis basi prominenter ciUlosis 

 cylindrico-turbinatis 5-costatis appresse setulosis ; pappo ext. squamoso 

 squamis brevibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis pappo int. setose setis sca- 

 briuscvdis sordide stramineis. 



Angola, oj)en woods at the Kului river near Forte Dom Affonso ; 

 Gosstveiler, 2904. 



Folia in sicco griseo-viridia, pleraque (absque petiolo) 4-5xl"5- 

 fere 2"5 cm., etsi minora exstant ; petioli usque 5 cm. long, sajpius 

 ± 3 cm. Scapi 22-fere 30 cm. alt. ; horum bractete plerumque 7- 

 16 mm., raro 30 mm. attingentes. Capitida pansa 12 X 15 mm. In- 

 volucri pbylla extima 4-5 mm., intermedia 6-7 mm., intima 7-8 mm. 

 Journal of Botany.— Vol. oQ. [Jult, 1918.] p 



