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vel 4-loculare, placentis 2 pro loculo ; styli 3 vel 4, basi 0°5 mm, 
connati, 2°6-3 mm. longi, aurantiaci (5°5 mm. longi stigmatibus 
inclusis) ; stigmata 3-3°5 mm. longa, rubra. 
oPIcCAL Arrica. Congo State. Described from a living 
plant received from the Botanic Garden, Brussels. 
1395. Vernonia crataegifolia, Hutchinson [Compositaec-V ernonieae |; 
affinis V. corymbosae, Less., sed foliis sessilibus vel subsessilibus 
subtus tenuiter arachnoideo-pubescentibus differt. 
Planta 1°25-1°6 m. alta, raulticaulis; caules subteretes, arach- 
noideo-tomentosi, plerumque dense foliati. Folia alterna vel sub- 
alterna, sessilia vel subsessilia, elliptica, obovato-oblanceolata vel 
(in ramulis sterilibus) suborbicularia, basi cuneata, 2-5-9 cm. longa, 
1-5-7 em. lata, membranacea vel tenuiter rigide chartacea, utrinque 
tenuiter arachnoideo-pubescentia vel fere glabra, subtus glandulis 
flavis dense instructa, grosse repando-dentata vel subpinnatifida, 
dentibus plus minusye triangularibus acute mucronatis, nervis later- 
alibus utrinque 5-6 rectis vel leviter arcuatis infra prominentibus 
intra marginem conspicue ramosis, Corymbi usque ad 15 cm. 
expansi, foliosi. Capitula 4-5-flora, anguste obovoidea vel sub- 
cylindrica, circiter 6 mm. diametro, 6-8 mm. longa. Jnvolucri 
bracteae 4-seriatae, ellipticae vel oblongo-ellipticae, apice rotun- 
datae, extra apicem versus pubescentes. Pappi setae numerosae, 
interiores corollae tubo paulo longiores, exteriores multo breviores, 
omnes minute barbellatae. Corolla lilacina (Pegler) vel purpurea 
(Tyson); tubus 5 mm, longus, medio 0°5 mm. diametro, minute 
glandulosus ; lobi lanceolato-lineares, subobtusi, 3 mm. longi, vix 
0°75 mm. lati, glabri. Antherae 2°5 mm. longae. Stylus 6 mm. 
ongus, ramis 2 mm, longis. Achaenia 2 mm. longa, pilosa, dense 
landulosa.— Vernonia mespilifolia, E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pf. 
ocumente, 152, 228, non Lessing. 
Soutm Arnica. Eastern Region: Transkei Div, ; Kentani 
district, in valleys (April), Pegler, 999. Pondoland ; between St. 
Johns River and Umsikaba River, 305-610 m. (May), Drege, a 
and 6, East Griqualand; Shawbury (May), Baur, 219; near 
ete (March), Tyson, 1188, 1242. Natal; Tugela River, 
Colenso, Rehmann, 7184; and without precise locality, Gerrard, 
711; Cooper, 2579. Kalahari Region: Transvaal ; Kaap Valley, 
Barberton (April), Galpin, 1350. 
This species is most closely allied to V. corymbosa, Less., and 
vz mespilifolia, Less., and it has even been associated with the latter 
in the Drégean herbarium. From both, however, it may readily be 
distinguished by its sessile or subsessile, coarsely toothed leaves, and 
from the former more especially by the loose indumentum on their 
lower surfaces. 
woe ex bene Hutchinson | Ebenaceae] ; affinis M. natalens:, 
%9 us leviter emar i i icellatis i is 
9-3-floris dispositis differt, ginatis, floribus pedicelilatis in cymis 
lente emarginata, basi subcuneata, 1-5-2-5 cm. longa, 0°7-1°5 cm. 
a chartacea, glabra, utrinque subnitida, juniores breviter ciliata, 
tinete reticulata ; petioli 2 mm. longi, rugulosi, pubescentes. 
