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oblongis aliquanto compressis 5-costatis dense etsi breviter setulosis ; 

 pappi setis scabriusculis albis. 



Angola, woods near Forte Princeza Amelia ; Gossweiler, 2491. 



Ehizoma 7-12 mm. crass., radices paucos validos emittens, foliorum 

 infimormn reliquiis eiremndatum. Folia infima 8-18 cm. long, 

 (petiolo 3-4 cm. incluso), 2-4 cm. lat. ; cetera ±10x3 cm., hsec 

 interdum leviter panduriformia, omnia in sicco griseo-viridia pallide- 

 que nitida ; costae laterales plm-es, uti reticulmn maxime laxum pag. 

 utravis bene visas etsi tenerse ; folia summa modo 3-5 cm. long. 

 Inflorescentia 20-30 x 6-10 cm. Bracteae infimae 15 mm., smiimae 

 circa 3 mm. long. Pedunculi proprii ±2 cm. long. Capitula pansa 

 11x7 mm. Involucrum 6x4 mm.; calyculi pliylla circa 2-5 mm. 

 long. Corollae in toto 8 mm. long., dimidio inf. cylindricae, sursum 

 campanulataB breviterque 5-lobae. Androscium apice exsertum. Styli 

 rami exserti, segre 1 mm. long. Achaenia 2 mm., pappus 6-5 mm. 

 long. 



Easily distinguished from ^S*. isatideus DC, by the prominently 

 reticulate leaves and the broader capitula with many more florets 

 to each. It is nearer >S^. brachyantherus {Otlionna irachyanthera 

 Hiern), which, with somewhat dissimilar foliage, has involucres and 

 capitula in many respects unlike. 



No. 2376 from the same district is evidently conspecific with 

 this. 



Senecio (§ PAUCiroLii ?) kacondensis, sp. nov. Herba perennis, 

 erecta, elata (fere 3-orgyalis), glabra; ca«Ze valido flstuloso promi- 

 nenter costato ; foliis inferioribus magnis obovato-oblanceolatis 

 inferne longe attenuatis (igitur quasi petiolatis) apice obtusis basi 

 decurrentibus margine creberrime dentatis firme membranaceis foliis 

 superioribus gradatim diminutis lineari-lanoeolatis basi obtusis summis 

 in bracteas transeuntibus ; capitulis majusculis heterogamis radiatis 

 cK -flosculosis corymbum elongatum pluriramosum sparsim bracteatum 

 referentibus ; hracteis linearibus acutis ; pedunculis propriis involucra 

 saepissime excedentibus ; involucri campanulati pbyllis 13 oblongis 

 obtusis apice sphacelatis barbellatisque dorso perspicue striatis margine 

 scariosis additis pluribus lineari-lanceolatis acutis calyculum con- 

 stituentibus ; ligulis 7 bene exsertis flavis ; corollae disci exsertis ; 

 styli ramis truncatis penicillatis ; achceniis oblongis o-costatis glabris ; 

 pappi setis quam acluenia paullo brevioribus scabriusculis albis. 



Angola, along the river near Kaconda in marsliy situations ; 

 Gossiveiler, 4239. 



Caulis inferne 1 cm. ci-ass. Folia inferiora 50x11 cm., in sicco 

 griseo-viridia, subtus leviter pallidiora ; costa media pag. inf. eminens ; 

 costae laterales utrinque circa 20, pag. inf. visibiles interjectis aliis 

 minoris valoris ; folia superiora 5-10 cm. x 7-10 mm. Inflorescentia 

 30 X 20 cm. BractciB inferiores 2-2'5 cm., summae ±5 mm. long. 

 Capitula pansa 1'5 X 2 cm. Involucrum 11 nmi. long.; cal^^culi 

 phylla 4-6 mm. Ligulae late oblongata, apice tridentatae, nervis 

 8 percursae. Disci corollae 5-mei"e, infundibulares, 10 mm. long, 

 lobis 1 mm. long, incliisis. Styli rami 15 mm. long. Achaenia 

 5-5'5 mm., pappus 8 mm. long. 



