x 
379 
Caules plures usque ad 1 m. alti, costati, glabri, circiter 
3mm. crassi, lignosi. Folia densiuscula, ascendentia, oblanceolata, 
apice subacute triangularia, basi longe cuneata, 4-7 cm. longa, 
1—2 cm. lata, rigide coriacea glabra utrinque prominenter nervosa, 
supra nitidula laxe reticulata marginibus integris recurvatis; 
nervi Jaterales utrinsecus 5-6, ascendentes. Capitula terminalia 
subsessilia, pauca, subcorymbosa. late turbinata, pallide coerulea, 
circiter 2 cm. longa et apice 1-5 cm, diametro. Involucri bracteae 
7-8-seriatae ab exteriore gradatim longiores, exteriores triangulari- 
evatae, acutae, interiores oblongo-lanceolatae, usque ad 1-4 cm. 
longae, purpuratae, marginibus lanatis. Corollae tubus 1-5 cm. 
longus; lobi lineari-lanceolati, subacuti, 5 mm. longi. Antherae 
5 mm. longae, subacute acuminatae, basi sagittatae. Styli rami 
4 mm. longi, minute puberuli. Achaenia oblonga, minute et 
parce puberula. Pappi setae numerosae, stramineae, exteriores 
breviores circiter 6 mm. longae, interiores corollae tubo 
aequilongae. 
NorTHERN NIGERIA. Naraguta, 20 pated 1921, 2-3 ft. high, 
flowers cornflower-blue, H. V. Lely No. 286. 
A very distinct plant with the habit of a Saussurea, not 
related to any particular Tropical a earn abe of Vernonia. 
Vernonia purpurea, Sch. Bip.; F.T.A. iii. ‘ 
Plains between Hepham & Ropp, 4600 vip 1 ft. high, heads 
single, purple, No. 375; 3 ft. high, heads i Sete 
No. 376. Ropp, 4600 ft., 19 July, 18 ins., No. 
Vernonia nigritana, Oliv. & Hiern in F.T.A. iii. 288 ; ea. 
380. 
ee pe ft., 19 July, 12-18 ins., deep red inflorescence, 
Distrib. Decale to Northern Nigeria; described by Barter 
as a highly ornamental a with fine crimson flowers. 
Vernonia Kotschyana, Sch. Bip. ; ¥.T.A. iii. 289; Holland, 380. 
Mongu, 4300 ft., 8 July, 15 ins., all the bitaéte white, flowers 
mauve, No. 385. 
Distrib —North Tropical Africa from Northern — to the 
Sea. 
Vernonia procera, 0. Hoffm. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. lv. Mem. 
vill. 39. 
ee eae 4000 ft., 3 ft., flowers mauve, No. 70, 30 May 
Distrib cert Nigeria to the Chari. 
Vernonia glaberrima, Welw. ex O. Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. xiii- 
“Wiese aguta, 3-4 ft., heads white, Nos. 65, 
Distrib —Here and d ‘there over most of ie: Lge plateau, 
especially in Angola and the Zambesi Basin. 
Vernonia lappoides, 0. Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Broter. xiii. 19 (1896). 
Ropp, 4600 ft., 19 July, 1 ft. high, flowers mauve, No. 453. 
Distrib.— Angola and the Congo State. 
