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1446. Senecio baberka, Hutehinson ee ee emnccionidens | ; 
affinis S. Marlothiano, O. Hoftm., sed foliis coe e minori 
semper integris, involucri bracteis angustioribus diffe 
Herba usque ad 30 cm, alta; caules simplices vel 9 parce ramosi, 
erecti, subteretes, glabri, internodiis 1°5-2°5 em. longis. olta 
ar lanceolata vel oblanceolata, apice obtusa, basi angustata, 
15-45 em. longa, 3-8 mm. ata, integra, tenuiter chartacea, 
glabra, pallide viridia, e basi 3-5-nervia, nervis cum margine 
subparallelis utrinque prominentibus. Capitula flava, solitaria, longe 
edunculata, radiata, ambitu oblonga, 1°5 cm. longa et Rog 
pedunculi 4-15 em. longi, ebracteati, circiter 1*5 mm, crassi i 
Involucri bracteae uniseriatae, liberae, lineares vel Secodeeebuoaes 
obtuse acuminatae, 1 em. lon ngae, coriaceae, margine membranaceae, 
praeter apicem puberalum, utrinque glabrae. eceptaculum leviter 
concavum, laeve, circiter 5 mm. diametro. lores radii fertiles, 
lobi 5, Juaeniiiaatineg Brters 1 mm. longi, ex eilepabe. 
scentes ; antherae 2°5 mm. longae ; stylus leviter late bilobus, 
lobis truncatis apice a pappus 6 mm. longus, bar- 
bellatus ; achaenia lineari-o 7 mm. longa, costata, “costis 
breviter albo-pubescentibus. 
TROPICAL APRICA, Northern Nigeria: Katagum District, 
Dalziel 390. 
_ According to Dr, Dalziel Lae lca name is “* Baberka,” and 
ae ae produces a bitter medicine, 
447. Asystasia emt Turrill, [ Acanthaceae-Acan- 
thoidene} ; ab affini A. macrophylla, ‘Lindan, foliis minoribus facile 
distinguenda. 
Herba erecta: caules teretes vel obscure quadrangulares, supra 
suleati, primo pubescentes, mox glabri. Folia late ovata, apice 
obtuse acuminata, basi subrotundata vel cuneata, usque a 
longa et 3°5 cm. lata, chartacea, pagina utraque minute pubescentia, 
margine integra, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 5; petioli 2-3 
mm. longi, pubescentes. Inflorescentia terminalis vel axillaris, 
pluriflora ; pedicelli usque ad 1°3 cm. longi, pubescentes ; bracteae 
inferiores foliis similes sed minores et sessiles, superiores lanceolatae 
vel lineares, acutae, sagen circiter 3°5 mm, longae et 0°75 mm. 
latae, pubescentes; bracteolae 2, lineares, apice acutae, sessiles, 
4-5 mm. longae, 0°5 mm. ii pubescentes. Sepala 
libera, inter se aequalia, linearia, apice acuta, 3 mm. longa, 0°75 
mm. lata, leviter pubescentia,  Corollae tubus cireiter 3°5 cm. 
longus, infra cylindricus, 2-3 mm. diametro, superne ampliatus, 
‘cireiter 15 cm. diametro, extra glaber, intra parte inferiore 
pubescens ; limbus circiter 4 cm. diametro, 5-lobatus, lobis rotun- 
datis inter se su baequalibus, circiter 1°3 em. diametro. Stamina 4, 
ib 
longis, omnibus glabris; antherarum loculi 2, uno. altero paulo 
altiore affixo, glabri, apice tee basi omnes calcare bidentato 
‘instructi; _pollinis granula ny Sr See 75 longa, 45 
diametro. Diseus cu eupuliformis, 1 mm, =_— ovarium — 
