AKKICAX COMPOSTTK 1U3 



frutex, canJe erecto sursum ramoso" folioso subtereti eximie plurl- 

 striato minute pubescente ; foliiH sessilibus linearibus rarius ang-uste 

 lineari-oblongis apice mucronnlatis utrobiijue scabriusculis ; capiliilis 

 mediocribus fere 'jO-fiosculosis corvmbos laxos 8-5-cephalos ramulos 

 terminantes efformantibus peduneulis propriis sat elongatis -fultis ; 

 involvcri minute pubescentis ])hyllis 5-6-serialibus oblongis in- 

 terioribus gradatim longioribus ; recepiaculo convexiusculo foveolato ; 

 jioscnlis breviter exsertis ; ach<fniis subcylindricis (basi paullulura 

 coartatis) callo basilari prominente pra?ditis 12-costatis griseo-setosis ; 

 pappi squamis lineari-lanceolatis acutis setis ultra 20 achseniis circiter 

 sequilongis dilute brunneis. 



North bank of Zambesi at Mazabuka ; n. 8744. 



Planta saltern bispithamea. Folia longit. 5 em. attingentia sed saepius 

 minora {± 2-5 cm. long.), 2-5 mm. lat. Corvmbi 5-10 x 4-7 em. ; 

 horum bractese ■± 5 mm. long., lineares. Pedunculi proprii ple- 

 rumque 2-5 cm. long. Capitula pansa circa 1x1 cm. Involucri 

 phylla exteriora 2-4 mm., intermedia 5 mm., intima 7 mm. long, 

 Corollse purpurese; tubus subcvlindricus (superne leviter ampliatus), 

 extus microscopice puberulus, 4*5 mm. long., quam-lobi oblongi longior. 

 Styli rami 2 mm. long. Achaenia 3-3*5 mm. long. Pappi squamaj 

 •75 mm., setae 3 '5-4 mm. long. 



Near V. jurjalis O. & H., but different in several respects. 



Vernonia (§ Lepidella) amcena, sp. nov. CauJe sat valido erecto 

 ramoso subtereti optime striato uti ramuli erecto-ascendentes multo 

 minores validi foliosique minute pubescente ; foUis oblongo-oblanceo- 

 latis vel lanceolato-oblongis apice mucronnlatis basi in petiolum 

 brevem desinentibus membranaceis supra scabriusculis subtus pr*- 

 sertim in nervis pubescentibus deinde glabrescentibus ; capitulis 

 mediocribus circa 35-flosculosis in corymbos elongatos oligocephalos 

 digestis peduneulis propriis ssepius quam sese multo longioribus fultis ; 

 involucri campanulati pubescentis phjdlis 5-serialibus lanceolatis 

 acuminatis viridibus interioribus gradatim longioribus ; coroUis 

 breviter exsertis ; ochceniis subcylindricis (inferne paullo angustatis) 

 callo basilari perspicuo insertis 8-costatis inter costas appresse setu- 

 losis ; fcippi squamis pluribus linearibus acutis uti sette ultra 23 multo 

 longiores scabriusculis albis. 



South Phodesia, Wankie ; n. 13300. 



Folia usque ad 8 x 3 cm., plerumque vero minora, e. g. 4 x fere 

 2 cm., superiora imminuta nee summa in bracteas non transeuntes, 

 pag. inf. glandulis immersis paucisque aliis superficialibus lucentibus 

 praedita, in sicco viridia ; petioli 5-10 mm. long. Corvmbi 

 + 12x8 cm.; pedunculi j)roprii 2-5 cm. long.; bractese ulteriores 

 lineares, -j- 5 mm. long. Capitula pansa 1'5 x 1*2 cm. Involucri 

 phylla extima 3-5 mm. long., intermedia circa 8-10 mm., intima 

 13 mm. long., omnia glandulis lucentibus pilis intermixtis gaudientia. 

 Corolla verisimiliter alba ; tubus angustus, sub Umbo ampliatus, 

 extus pubescens, 8 mm. long. Stjdi rami puberuli, vix 3 mm. long. 

 Achsenia 4 mm. long. Pappi squamae 1 mm. long. ; setae 6 mm. 



At first sight this m^ght be mistaken for V. chloropappa Baker, 

 but the heads and involucral leaves of the new plant are somewhat 



