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Arbor parva (Aylmer) ; ramuli sicco laete virides, subangulares, 
giabri, internodiis 2-3 cm. longis. Folia oblonga vel oblongo- 
elliptica, basi breviter cuneata, apice longe et acute caudato- 
acuminata, 8-14 cm. longa, 2-5-4°5 cm. lata, tenuiter chartacea, 
utringue sublaxe reticulata, glabra, sicco pallide viridia; costa 
Supra impressa, infra prominens, straminea; nervi laterales 
marginem conjuncti, gracillimi;.petioli 5-6 mm. longi, supra 
canaliculati; stipulae cupulatae, caudato-acuminate, 3-4 mm. 
longae, margine setoso-ciliatae. Pedunculi supra-axillares, 
circiter 6 mm. longi, complanati (fere alati), glabri. Flores 
pauci, dense capitati; bracteae binae, oppositae, triangulari- 
lanceolatae, acutae, 2 mm. longae, parce ciliatae; bracteae 
breviter cupulate, minute ciliolatae. Receptaculum late obconi- 
cum, 125 mm. longum, minute-puberulum. Calyx 0-65 mm. 
Jongus, minute 5-denticulatus ét ciliolatus. Corollae tubus 
4 mm. longus, extra glaber, intra parce pilosus; lobi 5, oblongi, 
intra breviter cucullati, 2-5 mm. longi, 15 mm. lati, intra glabri. 
tamina exserta; filamenta 2 mm. longa; antherae 1 mm. longae, 
minute puberulus, pedicellis fructiferis 4 mm. longis. 
This distinct species may be at once recognised by its small 
closely capitate inflorescences, the long-pedicellate subumbellate 
fruits, and the oblong long-caudate leaves. 
1643. Senecio Snowdenii, Hutchinson { Compositae-Senecio- 
nideae]; affinis S. Schultzit, Hochst., sed planta ubique breviter 
et dense glandulosa, foliis marginibus minute crenulatis et 
recurvatis, capitulis anguste campanulatis bracteis paucioribus 
differt. : 
Herba usque ad 0°75 m. alta, erecta, ubique dense glandulosa; 
caulis subsimplex vel parce ramosus. Folia 
mox abrupte reflexa, linearia, apice obtusa et cartila- 
glandulosis dense induta. Capitula solitaria, terminalia, vel 
xe 4 i 
gi, foliis 
lata, marginibus obtuse erenulatis late recurvatis, utrinque pilis 
Flores radii 4 em. 
expansi, flavi; corollae tubus cylindricus, 6 mm. longus, glaber ; 
lamina lineari-oblonga, apice rotundata, 1-5-2 cm. longa, 5 mm. 
lata, 4-nervia; pappus albus, tubo parum longior. Flores disci: 
corollae tubus 8 mm. longus, superne sensim latior; lobi 5, obtuse 
‘iangulares, 0°75 mm. longi; pappus corollae tubo aequilongus, 
Achaenia parce puberula. 
TRopicaL AFRICA. Uganda: Mt. Elgon, herb in short grass- 
land, 3600-3900 m., 22 Oct., 1916, 3D. Snowden 463: 
