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Vernonia (§ Strobocalyx) brachylaenoides, sp. noy. Fruti- 

 cosa, ramosa, ramis sparsim foliosis subteretibus longitrorsum 

 sulcatis prima juventute pubescentibus citissime glabrescentibus, 

 foliis parvis brevipetiolatis apice mucronatis basi plus minus 

 obtusis margine denticulis distantibus praeditis coriaceis utrobique 

 glabis necnon pallide nitentibus, capitulis parvis 7-9-nosculosis in 

 corymbos breves oligocephalos bracteatos griseo-tomentosos ordi- 

 natis, involucri 2-3-serialis phyllis ovato-oblongis obtusis pube- 

 scentibus interioribus quam extima plane longioribus, corollis 

 exsertis, achaeniis cylindrico-turbinatis aliquantulum compressis 

 4-5-costatis dense sericeis, pappi setis ciliolatis sordide albis paucis 

 extimis reliquas circiter semiaequantibus. 



Hab. South Congo, Elisabethville ; Bogers, 10,300. 



Eamuli ascendentes nisi patentes, 3-4 mm. diam. Folia 

 4*5-5 x 2-2-5 cm., in sicco griseo- vel badio-viridia ; costa media 

 pag. inf. optime eminens, reticulum utraque facie perspicuum; 

 petioli circa 5 mm. long. Corymbi pled que 1*5-2 x 2-2-5 cm. ; 

 riorum bracteae oblongae, obtusae, tomentosae, + 3 mm. long. 

 Capitula pansa (corollis inclusis) 9x6 mm. Involucrum 5 mm. 

 long. ; phylla extima 2-2*5 mm. long., cetera 3*5-4 mm. Corollse 

 purpureas, extus glandulis nitentibus sat copiose praeditae ; tubus 

 anguste infundibularis, 5*5 mm. long. ; lobi triangulares, 2 mm. 

 long. Styli rami 2 mm. long. Achaenia 2 mm. long., pappi setae 

 exteriores + 3 mm., interiores circa 6 - 5 mm. 



Near V. glabcrrima Welw., but different in the foliage, the 

 short few-headed tomentose cymes, the pubescent involucres, &c. 



Helichrysum (Lepicline § Aptera) angustifrondeum, sp. 

 nov. Caule bispithameo erecto subsimplici omnimodo crebro 

 folioso tela araneoso-tomentosa arete obclucto, foliis sessilibus 

 linearibus margine revolutis supra araneoso-pubescentibus deinde 

 glabrescentibus subtus incano-tomentosis, capitulis parvis cylin- 

 drico-turbinatis homogamis circa 25-flosculosis in cymam brevem 

 ramosam subdense agglomeratis, involucri circiter 5-serialis phyllis 

 extimis obovato-oblongis reliquis gradatim longioribus oblongis 

 omnibus appendice haud radiante obtusissima brunneo-straminea 

 nitente onustis, corollis inclusis, achaeniis hucusque crudis cylin- 

 drico-turbinatis glabris, pappi setis pluribus ima basi connatis 

 deciduis scabridis sordide albis. 



Hab. N.W. Khodesia, Lake Chirengwa ; Rogers, 8406. Also 

 Angola, Kubango, in open woods at Gimbundo Jamaiambe ; 

 Gossiccilcr, 3975. 



Caulis inferne validus, sc. 3 mm. diam., etiam sub tela mani- 

 feste striatus, superne attenuatus. Folia inferiora usque ad 4 cm. 

 long, et 1-5 mm. lat., superiora in summa modo 1 cm. long. 

 gradatim imminuta. Cymae 2 cm. diam., hujus rami araneoso- 

 tomentosi ; bracteae foliis summis similes nisi minores. Pedunculi 

 proprii solemniter circa 2 mm. long. Capitula 4x3 mm. In- 

 volucri phylla extima 2 mm., intermedia 3 mm., intima 4 mm. 

 long. Receptaculi squamae anguste oblongae, truncatae, *5 mm. 

 long. CorolUe 3 mm. long. Antherae simpliciter tenuiterque 

 caudatae. Achaenia *6 mm., pappus 3 mm. long. 



