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breves subcongestas digestis, involncri anguste ovoidei brunnei 

 phyllis 4-serialibus lanceolatis appendice brunnea ovata obtusa 

 scariosa indutis, ilosculis omnibus hermaphroditis, acbamiis 

 adbuc Orudis parvulis cylindricis glabris, pappi setis corollas sub- 

 aequantibus ima basi connatis scabridis albis. 



Hab. Ehodesia, near top of Fairview Mt., near Melsetter, 

 6000 ft. ; Sioynnerton. 



Caulis crassus, circa 1 cm. diam. Folia pleraque 13-15 cm. 

 long., nonnunquam 20 cm. attingentia, 2-3 cm. lat., inferne usque 

 ad 8 mm. angustata ; folia in bracteas transeuntia 5-10 cm. lo«g. ; 

 bracteae 1-2-5 cm. long., lanceolatas, acuminatae. Scapus alt. 

 35 cm., tomentosus. Inflorescentiae circa 2x4 cm., hujus rami ± 

 8 mm. long., tomentosi. Pedunculi proprii 1-4 mm. long. 

 Capitula 5 x 5 mm. Involucri pbylla dorso pubescentia glabrave, 

 extima 3-5 mm., reliqua 4-5-5 mm. long. Eeceptaculi paleae 

 oblongae vel oblongo-ovatae, integrae vel apice denticulatae. 

 Corolla anguste infundibularis, in toto vix 3 mm. long. ; lobi 5, 

 triangulares, extus papillosi. Styli rami truncati, fere 1 mm. 

 long. Achaenia -75 mm. long. ; pappus 3-75 mm. long. 



The affinity of this is with H. latifolnmi Less., from which it 

 can be distinguished at a cursory view by the differently shaped 

 leaves permanently hairy on both sides. 



Helichrysum Wrightianum, comb, nov, (H. i^lantaginifolium 

 C. H. Wright in Kew Bull. 1901, p. 123, non 0. Hoffm.). 



Hab. Ehodesia, grazed pasture near Chipete ; C. F. M. 

 Sivy nner ton. 



Melanthera ugandensis, sp. nov. Caule decumbente sulcato 

 striatoque scabriusculo, ramis tenuibus quadrangularibus foliosis 

 scabriusculis, foliis oppositis raro suboppositis (summis alternis) 

 petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis margine serratis basi 

 obliquis cuneatis trinervibus utrobique scabridis, capitulis parvis 

 longipedunculatis ex axillis superioribus oriundis, involucri cam- 

 panulati phyllis 2-3-serialibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis coriaceis 

 superne herbaceis scabridis, ligulis circa 13 subinclusis, receptaculi 

 paleis exsertis acuminatis, achaeniis nondum maturis oblongo- 

 obtusis, pappi aristis 1-2 (rarissime 3) inter se in^quilongis. 



Hab. Uganda, grassland at Uamananzi ; Dmimer, 2564. 



Folia 5-6 x 1-5-2 cm., in sicco grisea subtus griseo-viridia ; 

 petioli 3-8 mm. long. Pedunculi graciles, ± 2 cm. long. Capitula 

 pansa 8 mm. diam. Involucri phylla ext. 4-4-5 mm., int. 5 mm. 

 long. Eadii flosculi neutri. Ligulae fiavae, oblongo-obovatae, 

 trifidae, 4-5 mm long. Eeceptaculi paleae lanceolatae, dorso 

 superneque scaberrimae, 5 mm. long. Achaenia cruda fere 1 mm. 

 long. Pappi arista major 1-5-2 mm., minor -5-1 mm. long. 



The leaves cuneate at base and the small heads with narrower 

 involucral leaves and small ligules afford an easy means of 

 distinguishing this from M. varians Hiern. 



Hypericophyllum Gossweileri, sp. nov. Suffruticosum 

 oaule simplici vahdo erecto crebro folioso longitrorsum sulcato 

 scabride pubescente, foliis sessiUbus oblongis obtusis basi leviter 



