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brevem nisi longum longissimumve gradatim angustatis integris vel 

 undulato-denticulatis supra pilis longis appressis pubescentibus 

 dein puberulis vel fere omnino glabris subtus arctissime albo- 

 tomenfcosis, scapo folia facile superante fulvo-tomentoso, involucri 

 pbyllis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis dense fulvo-tomentosis, 

 ligulis pluribus involncriim excedentibus, achseniis cylindricis 

 tomentosis, pappi setis scabrinsculis dilute fulvis. — Gerbera 

 piloseUoides O. Hoffm. in Boll. Soc. Brot. x, 185 (non Sch. Bip.) : 

 Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. II, iv, 22. Perdicium ahyssini- 

 cum Hiern, Cat. Welw. pi. i, 615. 



Hab. Angola; Welwitsch, 3599, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3603: 

 junction of rivers Longa and Lazingua ; Baum, 641. Nyassa- 

 land ; Buchanan, 992 : Milanji Mt. ; A. Whyte, 111, Mrs. Arthur 

 Shinn : Nyika plateau ; Miss Henderson. 



Some Ehodesian specimens referable to this species with 

 leaves densely velvety above, the " velvet " remaining for a time 

 and possibly in some cases permanently, may be distinguished as 



Var. velutina. Ehodesia,'Mt. Pene, 6500-7000 ft. ; Swynner- 

 ton 1821, 6113: Mt. Chirinda ; Sioynnerton. 



This species is known at sight from S. ahyssinica Sch. Bip. 

 by the leaves with the dense tomentum covering their underside. 



Crepis Swynnertonii, sp. nov. Scaposa, foliis radicaHbus 

 oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis vel obtusissimis apice ipso mucro- 

 natis inferne in petiolum brevem sensim coartatis margine dentatis 

 tenuiter membranaceis glabris additis perpaucis scapo affixis quam 

 cetera argutius dentatis sessilibus necnon basi leviter amplexi- 

 caulibus, scapo folia facile excedente bracteis perpaucis parvis 

 prasdito glabro, capitulis mediocribus in paniculam laxissimam 

 oligocephalam ordinatis, pedunculis propriis fihformibus capitula 

 saspissime longe excedentibus bracteis parvulis filiformibus onustis, 

 involucri campanulato-cylindrici phyllis int. 12-14 lineari-oblongis 

 apicem versus leviter angustatis apice obtusis dorso obscure 

 carinatis prsesertim basi cinereo-puberulis exterioribus paucis 

 brevibus necnon bracteis ultimis similibus, receptaculo piano nudo, 

 flosculis pro capitulo circiter 30, achasniis anguste linearihus ali- 

 quanto compressis superne leviter gradatimque attenuatis pluri- 

 costatis microscopice papillosis, pappi setis quam achaenia paullu- 

 lum brevioribus scabrinsculis sordide albis. 



Hab. Khodesia, grazed pasture near Chipete ; Sioynnerton. 



Rhizoma 1 cm. crass. Folia radicalia 10-18 cm. long, (incluso 

 petiolo circa 1 cm. long.), 2-5-4-5 cm. lat. Folia e scapo oriunda 

 7-13 cm. long. Inflorescentia (scapo ipso 30 cm. long, baud 

 exempta) fere 60 cm. long. Panicula circa 11 cm. diam. Pedun- 

 culi proprii sacpius 4-6-5 cm. long., superiora breviora ; horum 

 bracteae 3 mm. long. Involucra 7 mm. long. Corollae plane 

 exsertae, ligulis dentatis flavis. Acheenia 7 mm., pappus 6 mm. 

 long. 



Seems allied to C. bumbensis Hiern, but the foliage and 

 achenes of the two are dissimilar. 



A Swynnerton specimen from Mt. Chirinda with smaller leaves 

 (6-8 cm. long) seems referable to this species. 



