TABULA 2928. 
BRACHYLAENA HUTCHINSII, Hutchinson. 
ComposiTaE. Tribus INULOIDEAE. 
B. Hutchinsii, pg in Kew Bull., 1910, p. 126; affinis B. 
huillensi, O. Ho fim. et B. Merana e, O. Hofim., ab ila foliis pana ee 
vel oblanceolatis baat oats attenuatis, ab hac foliis petiolis et paniculis 
minoribus differt. 
Arbor 27-30 m. alta, cortice laevi pallide cinereo fere albo ; ramuli 
floriferi late sulcati, juniores pallide tomentelli. Folia bainettnke vel 
oblanceolata, apice sensim et acute acuminata, basi in petiolum acute 
onga ae at ut non oblongo-lanceolatae, hones. dorso 
leviter carinatae, 4 mm. lo mm. c a rudimentum 
brevissimum pt setae valde inaequales, minute barbellatae, usque 
ad 3 mm. longae. Corolla tubulosa, a 5-lobata, glabra ; 
ubus 2 mm. longus, lobis linearibus subacutis. a integer, apice 
subclavatus. Capitula 2 aercres aa 5-flora. Involucri rene 
quam in ¢ paullo majores. Achaenia oblonga, perenne 5mm. , 
5 mm. diametro, pilosa. Pappi sites 2-seriatae, minute pavcliatan 
exteriores 4 mm. longae, interior e. Corollae tubus cylin- 
dricus, 5 mm. longus, glaber, lobis 5 inaequalibus usque ad 1 mm. longis. 
Stylus exsertus, teres, bifidus, glaber 
BritisH East Arrica: Nairobi, Battiscombe, 27, 54 ; Hutchins. 
The species here figured is the most northern outlier of this small 
and interesting genus which was until recently known only from South 
