ALABA.STRA DIVEKSA.— Part XXIX. 

 By Spencer Le M. Mooke, E.Sc, F.L.S. 



(Concluded from p. 212.) 



4. Composite Africans ulteriores. 

 Senecionide^. 



Emilislla, gen. nov Capitula parvula, homogama, disciformia, 

 fk)sculis omnibus verisimiliter fertilibu.s. Involucriim ecalyculatum, 

 cylindricum, pbyllis 1-seriatIs inferne connatis superne liberis. lie- 

 ceptaculum planum, nudum. Corollw tubulosaj, limbo 5-lobo. 

 AathercB basi obtusfe, integrse. Sti/li rami cojnplanati, truncati, 

 penicillati. Achce/iia (matura baud visa) comparate elongata, 

 linearia, apice pauUulum angustata, glabra. Papjyus e squama 

 unica unilateraliter affixa Integra bifida vel lacerata sistens. — Herba 

 parva, annua. Caulis simplex vel pauciramosus. Folia alterna. 

 Capitula minima, vultu EiailicB, ad apicem ramorum 2-3-na, pedun- 

 culata. CorollcB violaceo-cyaneae, 5-meraj. 



Emiliella exigua, sp. umca. Caule tenero piloso-pubescente ; 

 Joliis paucis basalibus exiguis ovatis obtusissimis sat longe graciliter- 

 que petiolatis superioribus sessilibus etsi basi longe petiolatim extenu- 

 atis oblongo — vel anguste ovato — spathulatis obtusis vel obtusissimis 

 margine sparsim dentatis membranaceis utrobique puberulis vel fere 

 glabris ; capitulis 8-flosculosis peduneulis filiformibus capitula inter- 

 dum excedentibus insidentibus ; involucri phyllis G lineari-oblongis 

 obtusis glabris ; corollis (sec. cl. detectorem violaceo-cyaneis) in sicco 

 dilute roseis ; acliceniis quam corolbe longioribus obscure costatis ; 

 pappi squama lineari vel lineari-lanceolata plerumque corolke tubo 

 eirciter sequilonga. 



Angola, along the Cubango in moist situations ; Gossweiler^ 

 2093. 



Planta 6-8 cm. alt. Folia infima 4-6 X 3-4 mm., horum petioli 

 4-5 mm. long. ; folia vetustiora l*o-3 cm. long, (pars petioliformis 

 + 1 cm.), 4-6 mm. lat., in sicco viridia. Pedunculi +5 mm. long. 

 (2-9 mm.), puberuli. Capitula 6'5 x 2 mm. Involucrum 5 mm. 

 long. CorolliB vix usque medium divisaj, in toto 2 5 ram. long. 

 Styli rami "3 mm. long. Acha^nia (valde cruda) 4 X '3 mm. Pappi 

 squama 1'25-fere 2 mm. long. 



A curious little plant distinguished from Senecio and its allied 

 genera by the singular paprjus crownmg the relatively long achenes. 



G-ynura eximia, sp. nov. Planta herbacea, elata ; caule erecto 

 robusto sursum pauciramoso tistuloso pi-ominenter longitrorsum striato 

 uti ramuli puberulo ; /b/Z/s infenoribus amplis sessilibus auriculato- 

 ami)lexicaulibus(jue ambitu obovatis lyrato-pinnatilidis ajjicem versus 

 gradatim angustatis apice obtusis lobis paucis triangularibus ova- 

 tisve obtusis vel obtusissimis integris vel denticulatis membranaceis 

 utrobique priesertim in nervis pag. inf. puberulis vel fere glabris 

 foliis ramulorum breviter lobatis vel undulatis basi in petioluui sat 

 longum exteiiuatis; capitulis homogamis cc -tloscidosis corymbum 

 .IuLR>AJ. UF BOTA-NV. — Voi,. 56. ^AroiST, 191S.] Q 



