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oligocephalum ramulos termiiiantem bracteatum efficientibus ; hracteis 

 inferioribus lanceolatis basi lobatis superioribus lineai'i-lanceolatis 

 integris summis in calyculi phylla pauca linearia transeuntibus ; 

 involiicri anguste campanulati phyllis 13 oblongis acutiusculis apice 

 ipso pubescentibvis dorso striatulis puberulisque margine firme scarlo- 

 sis iiiia basi connatis ibicpie dense pubeseentibus ; coroUis breviter 

 exsertis tubo basi dilatato inde anguste oylindrico superne ini'undi- 

 bulari ; styJi ramis exsertis; achceniis subeylindricis curvulis apice 

 subito ampliatis 10-costatis glabris ; papj^i setis scabriusculis albis. 



Angola, along rivulets in moist shrubby situations at Kaconda ; 

 Gossweiler, 3(388. 



Planta plusquam bimetralis (8 ped. alt.). Caulis usque 5-8 mm. 

 lat., in sieco brunneus. Hamuli compressi, circa 2 mm. lat. Folia 

 inferiora ]2-14x5'5-8 cm., in sicco brunnea, subtus pallidiora ; 

 horum lobi sfepivis 1-2 cm. long., ±1 cm. lat. ; costse laterales utrin- 

 que circa 7, parum vel miraine arcuatae, integrse vel marginem versus 

 dicliotomas; folia superiora (petiolo 2-8 cm. long, excluso) 6-8x2-8 

 cm., basi saspe obliqua. Cor3"mbus saltern 15 cm. long. ; bracteo 

 vetustiores 1-2 cm. long., juniores ±6 mm. Pedunculi proprii 

 l'5-4 cm. long. Capitula pansa 14 X 12 mm. Involucri pb^^lla viva 

 purpurea, 11 mm. long., calyculi 5-6 mm. Corolla} aurantiaca? ; 

 tubus 10 mm., lobi 1-25 mm. long. Styli rami 2 mm. long. 

 Acbfenia 4 mm. long., "5 mm. lat. apice "75 mm., sordide alba. 



To be ret'erriid here is Gossweiler No. 4315 from marshes of the 

 Seculu river near Kaconda, with somewhat smaller leaves. 



The species is known among its African congeners by the large 

 prominently lobed amplexicaul leaves together with the large heads. 



Crassocsplialuni Gossweileri, sp. nov. Herl)a sesqui-bispithamea 

 glabra ; canle sat gracili sparsini ramoso nunnunquam simplici in nodis 

 aliquantulum anfractuoso; /b/iw sessilibus linearibus vel lineari-oblongis 

 obtusis vel acutis basi obtusis obscureque decurrentibus integris mem- 

 branaceis ; capitulis homogamis co -flosculosis caulem et ramulos 

 solitatim terminantibus longipedunculatis pedunculis sparsim bractea- 

 tis ; involucri anguste campanulati phyllis 8 oblongi-s apice acutis vel 

 obtusis necnon pubeseentibus alibi glabris dorso inconspicue striatis 

 margine anguste scariosis ; corollis violaceo-i'ubris ex involucro 

 eminentibvis tubo anguste infundibulari ; (jenitalihus sursum exsertis; 

 styli ramis elongatis; ach(sniis oblongis compvessiusculis 5-costatis 

 glabris ; jyappi setis scabriusculis albis. 



Angola, Cuito, " Mumua " woods of the Campulua valley ; Goss- 

 iveiler. 2797. 



Folia pleraque 4'5-7 cm. long., 2-4"5 mm. lat., in sicco griseo- 

 vlridia ; costa media pag. inf. eminens, costis lateralibus paucis, 

 obscuris. Pedunculi 12-20 cm. long. Braotese inferiores 12-20 mm. 

 long., superiores usque 1-4 mm. reductae. Capitula pan.sa 12 x 12 ram. 

 Involucrura 8-9 X 6 mm. ; phylla basin versus diutule inseparabilia, 

 nunc 1-5-2 mm. nunc 1 mm. tantura lat. Corolla tota 10 mm. long. ; 

 tubus 7 mm., ima basi paullulum dilatatus. Styli rami 3'5 mm. long., 

 horum appendix Jiliformis sola 2 mm. long. Achseniis 4 mm., pappi 

 setae 4-5 mm. long. 



