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grcadatim angustatis margine clentatis membranaceis supra sub- 

 tilifcer puberulis subtiis gnseo-tomentosis, capitulis mediocribus 

 circa 25-flosculosis paniculara corymbosam pleiocephalam folia 

 facile superantem constituentibus, involucri campanulati 5-serialis 

 phyllis oblongo-ovatis crustaceis appendice lanceolato-oblonga 

 acuta rosea vel roseo-brunnea onustis margine ciliolatis exfcimis 

 immiiiutis dorso puberulis, flosculis exsertis, corollas tubo filiformi 

 sub limbo dilatato, achoeniis subcylindricis basi callosis pauci- 

 striatis pubescentibus, pappi setis 3-seriatis leviter scabriusculis 

 dilute stramineis paucis exterioribus brevioribus. 



Hab. Uganda, in thickets at Kirirema ; Dilmmer, 84. 



Folia pleraque 5-8 cm. long., 10-23 mm. lat., pagina utravis 

 glandulis paucis lucentibus pilis interraixtis obsita ; costae laterales 

 utrinque parum aspectabiles. Panicula velutina, circa 15 x 10 

 cm. ; hujus bracteae plerumque lineares, + 3 mm. long. ; pedun- 

 culi proprii + 5 mm. long., crebro bracteati. Capitula pansa 

 9x9 mm. Involucri phylla extima 2-3 mm., intermedia 5 mm., 

 intima 7-7-5 mm. long. Corollae dilute purpurese ; tubus minute 

 glandulosus, 8 mm. long. ; pars dilatata 3 mm. long. ; lobi 2 mm. 

 long. x\ndroecium exsertum, styli rami fere 2 mm. long. 



This also is very near to V. Kaessneri S. Moore, but with 

 narrov^er leaves, more open inflorescences with smaller flowering 

 heads, broader purple-tipped involucral leaves and shorter corollas 

 with a broader dilated upper portion. 



Aster {Di2:)lopap2ms) milanjiensis, sp. nov. Herba circiter 

 sesquispithamea, caule ascendente simplici sat debili in longitu- 

 dinem striate cito glabro, foliis paucis sessilibus anguste lineari- 

 lanceolatis rare vere lanceolatis obtusiusculis obscure nervosis 

 membranaceis praeter marginem calloso-denticulatum glabris, 

 capitulis majusculis oo-flosculosis solitariis terminalibus, pedun- 

 culis ultra folium ultimum varie elongatus, involucri late cam- 

 panulati phyllis 3-serialibus lineari-lanceolatis margine scarioso 

 plus minus ciliatis trinervibus, ligulis circiter 26 ex involucre longe 

 eminentibus, achasniis compressis ovoideo-oblongis sericeo-villo- 

 sulis, pappi setis paucis exterioribus abbreviatis ceteris elongatis 

 scabridis dilute rubiginoso-stramineis. 



Hab. British Central Africa, Mt. Mlanji ; Mrs. Arthur Shinn, 

 A. Whyte, McGlounie, 58 in Herb. Kew. 



Folia 1-5-3 cm. (ultima mode 5 mm.) long., 2 mm. lat. vel 

 pauUulum ultra, rarissime 6 mm. attingentia, in sicco grisea. 

 Pedunculi nonnunquam 10 cm. aequantes, sapius vero breviores, 

 sc. 3-4 cm. Capitula pansa circa 2-5 cm. diam. Involucri 

 phylla extima 5-6 mm., intermedia 8 mm., intima 8*5 mm. long. 

 Disci corollae 4 mm, long. Antherae basi obtusae, 1-25 mm. long. 

 Styli rami (incluso cono stigmatico fere aequilongo) 1*25 mm. long. 

 Achaenia adhuc cruda l-25-l'5 mm. long. Pappi setae exteriores 

 •5 mm., interiores circiter 4 mm. long. 



The small narrow leaves, smooth except at the margin, at once 

 distinguish this from A. hispidiis (Diplopappus asper Less.). A. 

 serrulatus [Diplopappus serrulatus Harv.) has leaves with a similar 



