2o2 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



llhodesia, Victoria ; Monro^ 1956. : 



Folia uiajora 4 X 2'o cm., minora (prtesertim ramulis insidentia) 

 l"5-3 cm. X 7-12 mm. Inflorescentia +10x8 cm.; peduncvili 

 primarii plerumque 4-Gcm. long., ordinis sccundi patentes, 1-2*5 cm. ; 

 pedunculi proprii teneri, ± 4 mm. long. l^racteaj vetustiores 

 ±4 mm. long., juniores circa 2 mm., pedunculorum propriorum 

 circa 1 mm. long. Capitiila pansa 7x5 mm. Involucrum 4'5 mm. 

 1 )ng., calvculi phylla ±1 mm. Corolla? infundibulares, 5-loba, 

 5"5 mm. long. Styli rami 1 mm. long. Achajnia (hucusque minime 

 maturaj) 1-1'2 mm., pappus 5 mm. long. 



Keadil}^ known from S. deltoideus Less, by the foliage. 



Helianthoide^. 



Wedelia Gossweileri, sp. nov. Caule sat valldo sm-smn pauci- 

 ramoso iiti rami distanter foliosi scabro ; foliis amplis superioribus 

 gradatim imminutis petiolatis ovatis acuminatis apice ipso acutis basi 

 aliquanto obliqiiis cuneatis margine indurato-serratis membranaceis 

 ntrobiqne piloso-pubescentibns ; cort/mhis ad apicem ramulorum laxe 

 oligocephalis bracteis foliaceis pra^ditis peduncidis propriis pubescen- 

 tibus longit. capitula manifeste superantibus fultis ; involucri cam- 

 2)anulati 2-serialis pliyllis exterioribus oblongo-lanceolatis acvitis 

 inferne paucistriatis fere glabris superne foliaceis hispideque scabridis 

 phyllis interioribus qviam exteriora brevioribus ovato-oblongis breviter 

 acuminatis striatis membranaceis superne microseopice puberulis; 

 Teceptacnll paleis quam involucri phylla int. longioribus apice 

 incisis ; JJoscuIis paucis ligulisabbreviatis verisimiliter albis ; acTiceniis 

 oblongis subtrigonis microseopice rugulosis glabris ; pap]^i aristis 

 2-3 quam aclnenia brevioribvis barbellatis. 



Angola. Libolo ; Gossweiler, 6388. 



Foliorum limbus 10 x 5 cm., see plus vero 7-8 x 3 cm. ; petioli 

 foil. inf. adusque 4 cni. long., foil. sup. ±1 cm. Bracteje +2 cm. 

 X 6 mm. Corymbus circa 7 mm. long. Pedunculi proprii summum 

 3 cm. long. Involucri phylla ext. 9 mm. long., int. 7"5 mm. Recep- 

 taculi palese 9 mm. long. Ligulaj oblongo-obovatse, bidentatse, 

 1'5 mm. long. Iladii corollte 4 mm. long. Achjenia fusca, .5"5 mm. 

 long. ; pappi aristse rigidse, 2"5-3 mm. long. 



Among the salient features of this species are the ample lengthily 

 petioled leaves and the short ligules. 



Mutisiace.t:. 



Erythrocephalum caudatum, sp. nov. Adusque bispithameum 

 vel pauUo altius ; cnnle A'erisimiliter decumbente pauciramoso satis 

 valido in longitudinem optime striato bene foliato laxe araneoso 

 pilisque articulatis villosulo ; foliis sessilibus obovatis vel obovato- 

 oblongis acutis obtusivisculisve basin versus coartatis basi breviter 

 amplexicaulibus mai'gine calloso-denticulatis pag. sup. mox fere 

 glabris pag. inf. laxe araneosis ; capitulis homogamis oo -jBosculosis 

 solitariis terminalibus pedunculo folia subsequanti vel quam se 

 -breviori impositis ; involucri circa 5-serialis subhemisphagrici leviter 



