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ALABASTRA DIVERSA.— Part XXVII. 

 By Spencer Le M. Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



(Concluded from p. 106.) 



Epallas:e africana, sp. nov. Herbacea, ± spithamea ; caule 

 erecto inferne nudo superne folioso ramulosque teiieros filiformes 

 emittente pubescente deincle glabrescente ; foliis parvis petiolatis 

 interioribus ovatis obtusis basi truncatis margine lobulatis dentatisve 

 junioribus aiigustioribus in bracteas traiiseuntibus omnibus utrobique 

 scabriusculis ; cap it ul is pro rata parvis pluriflosculosis in corymbos 

 oligocephalos paucibracteatis caiilem ramulisque terminantes digestis ; 

 peduiicuUs propriis filiformibus capitula longe excedentibus pubemlis ; 

 involucri late campanulati phjdlis 2-3-serialibus oblongis apice 

 foliaceis obtusisqiie dorso puberulis ; receptacioli paleis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis ex involucro breviter eminentibus ; lifjidis usque circa 

 8 parvis uti disci corollse breviter exsertis ; anther is basi breviter 

 caudiculatis ; styli rarais brevibus compressis apice obtusis ; adiceniis 

 linearibus aliquanto compressis angulatisque puberulis ; pajjpi squamis 

 ovatis laceratis aristis 5 achajniis brevioribus levibus alternantibus. 



South Rhodesia, Wankie ; n. 13229. 



Folia summum 18 x 16 mm., plerumque vero minora, e. g. 

 + 12 X 8 mm., tenuiter membranacea ; petioli 5-8 mm. long., fili- 

 formes. Pedunculi proprii plerique 2-1 cm. long. Bractese ±4 mm. 

 long. Capitula pansa 7 mm. diam. Involucrum S'o mm. long. 

 Receptaculi palea? 4 mm. long., apicem versus bidentatee. Ligulae 

 oblongai, apice 3-dentatae, 4-nervosa^, 3 mm. long. Disci corolla3 

 2*25 mm. long. Achsenia 1'5 mm. long. Pappi squamae "4 mm. 

 long., aristae aegre 1 mm. attingentes. 



EpaUage has hitherto Jjeen known onl}'^ as a Madagascar genus. 

 The filiform branchlets and peduncles and the small heads are the 

 miost easily seized features of the species. 



Bentham describes the anthers as " subentire " at base, and refers 

 the genus to Helianthoidece and in this he is followed by O. Hoff- 

 mann. So far as I have studied the genus, however, I find the 

 anthers to be distinctly although doubtless very shortly tailed, which 

 suggests its proper place to be among the Inuloidew close to 

 BphacopTiyllum, from which it differs only in the pappus. 



Senecio oligolobiis, sp. nov. Bamis lignosis gracilibus novellis 

 laxe albo-araneosis cito glabris ; foliis angustis pinnatifidis (summis 

 saepe integris) inferne j)etioliformi-extenuatis basi aliquanto dilatatis 

 lobis paucis linearibus obtusis glabris; capitulis submediocribus hetero- 

 gamis radiatis pluriflosculosis ad apicem ramulorum solitariis necnon 

 pedunculo gracili sparsissime bracteato apice araneoso insidentibus ; 

 involucri campanulati puberuli phyllis 9-10 anguste ovato-oblongis 

 obtusis vel obtusiusculis obscure sphacelatis margine membranaceis ; 

 ligulis luteis 6-7 ; disci flosculis circa 25, breviter exsertis ; antlieris 

 basi minute auriculatis ; styli ramis truncatis penicillatis ; achwniis 

 (baud maturis) oblongis compressis vel compressiusculis obscure 

 costatis marginibus ciliatis ; fyappi setis scabriusculis albis. 



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