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8 verisimiliter flavis exsertis ; corollis disci subinclusis ; styli ramis 

 truncatis penicillatis ; acliceniis cylindricis o-costatis breviter dense- 

 que setulosis ; pappi setis glabris albis. 



N. W. Khodesia, Katuba stream under trees ; Kassner, 2254, 

 2255. 



Folia 5-8 cm. long., 5-10 mm. lat., in sicco griseo-viridia, pauea 

 summa usque 2'5-4 cm. reducta. Intlorescentia circa 10x4'5 cm.; 

 hujus bracteae 5-15 mm. long. Pedunculi proprii 2-5 cm. long. 

 Capitula pansa 10 x 12 cm. Involucrum in sicco fuscum, 9 mm. long. 

 LigulsB anguste oblongse, apice brevissime 3-denticulatce, 7-nerves sub 

 apice 5-nerves, 11"5 mm. long. Corollaj disci infundibulares, in toto 

 7"5 mm. long. ; lobi 5, '75 mm. long. Androecium semiexsertum. 

 Styli rami 1 mm. long. Achsenia 2'5 mm., pappus 7 mm. long. 



Distinguished from the foregoing by several features of foliage 

 and flower. 



Senecio (§ Rigidi) kuluensis, sp. nov. Herbaceus, perennis ; 

 rhizomate satis valido villosulo copiose radicante ; caule simplici 

 ascendente a basi folioso araneoso-piloso vel fei'e glabro ; foliis sessi- 

 libus oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis acutisve basi breviter 

 amplexicaulibus margine crebro calloso-dentatis firme membranaceis 

 sparsim araneoso-pilosis ; capitulis paucis mediocribus homogamis 

 disciformibus corymbum elongatum bracteatum efficientibus ; hracteis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis junioribus linearibus in cal^'culi phylla per- 

 pauca transeuntibus ; involucri subhemispherici prsesertim basi 

 araneosi phyllis 2-1 lineari-oblongis superne angustatis apice barbellatis 

 dorso carinatis margine anguste scariosis ; corollis exsertis luteis ; 

 styli ramis truncatis penicillatis ; acliceniis oblongis plurieostatis 

 setulosis ; pappi setis scabriusculis albis. 



Angola, in thickets at Kului ; Gossweiler, 2911. 



Planta bispithamea. Folia plerumque 4-6 cm. long., 8-10 mm. 

 lat., summa longit. adusque 2-5-3 cm. diminuta, in sicco viridia. 

 Pedunculi proprii 8-20 cm. long. Bracteae inferiores 1-2 cm. long., 

 superiores ±7 mm. long. Capitula pansa 12x12 mm. Calyculi 

 phylla 3-6 mm. long. Involucri phylla basi brevissime connata, 

 8 mm. long. Corollse infundibulares, 6"5 mm. long. Achaenia adhuc 

 eruda aliquanto compressa, 3-3'5 mm. long., pappus 6 mm. 



A species seemingly very distinct from any other of its section. 



To be referred here is Gossiveiler, 2926, also from Kului. 



Senecio (§ Scandentes) callimocephalus, sp. nov. Herbaceus, 

 verisimiliter semiscandens, glaber ; cai/lf; sat valido sparsim ramoso dis- 

 tanter folioso eximie pluristriato ; foliis sessilibus late obovatis basi 

 longiuscule extenuatis apice obtusis margine dentatis raro lobulatis 

 tenuiter crassiusculis ; capitulis inter minores homogamis disciformi- 

 bus 11-13-flosculosis in cor3'mbos paniculatos palycephalos bracteatos 

 folia plane excedentes digestis ; pedunculis proprils involuci'a circiter 

 aaquantibus sat crebro bracteatis ; bracteis oblongis acutis vel obtusis ; 

 involucri anguste oblongo-obovoidei phyllis 6 late oblongis obtusis 

 apice leviter barbellatis margine anguste scariosis ; corollis flavis 

 exsertis; styli ramis trtmcatis penicillatis; achtrniis oblongo-turbi- 

 natis obscure costatis glabris ; juqjj^i setis scabridis albis. 



