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The radical leaves, if any, were not seen, but tlie affinity being 

 apparently with S. tabuJiculus Baker, wliioh has none, the chances 

 are in favour of this proving a member of § Paiicifolii. 



Except that the florets are said to be pale blue, there seems no 

 difference between the above and No. 3577 from the river Kuebe 

 near Munonque. 



Senecio (§ Rtgidi) vicinus, sp. nov. Herba perennis, sat elata ; 

 cnule erecto inferne nudo superne bene folioso striato leviter araneoso 

 dein glabro ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis basin versus petiolatim 

 coartatis ima basi amplexicaulibus indeque optime decurrentibus mar- 

 gine integris lirme membranaceis supra leviter araneosisdeinde glabres- 

 centibus subtus griseo-tomentosis junioribus linearibus summisque 

 in bracteas transeuntibus ; cap ih/ lis heterogamis radiatis fere 50- 

 Hosculosis corymbum amplum multiramosum bracteatum pluricepha- 

 lum hac atque iliac obscure araneosum constituentibus ; involucri 

 campanulati glabri phyllis 13 oblongis acutis apice leviter sphacelatis 

 dorso striatis margine sat late scariosis ; ligjilis 10 luteis ex involucre 

 plane eminentibus ; radii flosculis breviter exsertis ; sfyli ramis 

 truncatis penicillatis ; achceniis (crudis) subcylindricis (basin versiis 

 levissime angustatis) 5-costatis, glabris ; pappi setis scabriusculis 

 albis. 



Angola, moist grassy marshes on bank of river Kuelai near 

 Masaca ; Gossiveiler, 3073. 



Rhizoma ±5 mm. crass., copiose fibrillosum. Caulis fere 10 dcm. 

 alt., 4 mm. crass., griseo-brunneus. Folio pleraque 7-10 cm. x 8- 

 14 mm., horum pars petioliformis ± 1 cm. long., in sicco grisea ; 

 superiora circa 4 cm. x 5 mm. Inflorescentia usque 30 X 18 cm. ; 

 bracteaj lineares, 3-8 mm. long. Pedvmculi proprii filiformes, 1-2 cm. 

 long. Capitula pansa 6x8 mm. Involucrum 5 mm. long. Ligulae 

 oblongcB, obscure 3-denticulat«, 4-nerves, 3 mm. long. Corolhe disci 

 infundibulares, in toto 6 mm. long., harum lobi 5, aegre 1 mm. long. 

 Antheraj fere omnino exsertie. Styli rami "5 mm. long. Achaenia 

 2 mm., pappus 5 mm. long. 



Near S. serratiiloides DC. ; the entire leaves tomentose on the 

 lower face serve to distinguish it on sight; the longer involucral 

 leaves of S. vicinus would also at once attract notice. 



Senecio (§Rigidi) katubensis, sp. nov. Planta ultra bispi- 

 thamea ; rhizomate villoso copiose fibroso reliquiis foliorum evanidorum 

 obducto ; catile erecto fere a basi paucifolioso striato obscure araneoso; 

 foliis sessilibus oblongis obtusis basi amplexicaulibvis decurrentibusque 

 margine dimidio distali crebro dcntatis vel denticulatis ceterum in- 

 tegris vel fere integris firme membranaceis glabris summis gradatim 

 imminutis in bracteas transeuntibus ; capitulis heterogamis radiatis 

 ultra 70-flosculosis corymbum terminalem bracteatum laxe oligo- 

 ceplialum refercntibus ; hracteis linearibus acutis summis capitulum 

 appropinquantibus minoribus ; involucri campanvilati ima basi leviter 

 araneosi alibi glabri phyllis 20 oblongis acutis apice ipso pubescenti- 

 bus sphacelatisque dorso carinatis medioque canaliculatis additis 

 calyculi phyllis perjjaucis anguste linearibus sat elonggtis ; lipdis 



