﻿Plate 1506. 



ASTEPHANIA AFRICAN A, Oliv. 



Composite, Tribe Buphthalmeje. 



Astephania, Oliv. (gen. nov.)\ capitula heterogama homochroraa 

 nuliata. Hi (films radii $ 1-seriatis discique £ fertilibus. Involncrnm 

 subhemisphsDricum basi leviter intrusum, bracteis 2-3-seriatis herbaceis 

 ban coriaceifl suba3qualibus. Eeceptaculura convexum pakis august is- 

 siniis flores subsequantibus onustum. Corollffi $ lignlatre, lamina 

 ovali-oblonga apice minutissime 3-denticulata v. integra ; $ regularcs 

 mho angnsto sursum ampliato limbo breviter 5-dentato. Anthera) 

 btal Be auriculis per paria connatis, apice connective) breviter 

 apicnlata?. Styli fl. £ rami lineari-oblongi obtusi apice 

 yix aut leviter sabdilatati. Achsenia leviter angulata apice truncata 

 calva, basi subturbinato-angnstata, glabra, valide 10-costata eostis 



simphcitras multicellularibus laxe hirtella ; caule erecto tereti snperne 

 ramoso. Folia caulina alterna petiolata late ovata basi cordat; . « .1 »t n mi 

 late ( rnato-lobulata laxe pilosnla, 1-H poll, longa et lata. Cnpih'lo 

 >:»!"' I<>iigi: po.lunrulata terminalia solitaria v. in cymis pleiocepbalis 

 ■ - >i posita, I poll, lata, floribus flavis, ligulis radii involucro duplo 

 k.i^,onl)us. Aclicrnia lin. longa. 

 A. afneana, Oliv. (sp. unica). 



Hab. Kilimanjaro, 5,000 ft., H. H. Johnston. 



With the babit and general aspect of Anisopappus afrkanus or of 

 ;;" l V- |Mnm,!, r ,,t ' / " // "'" ' / " / ' / "-'"'f whollv dtstitne of pappus. 

 SSi^^^l^ f* 1 ™ 0 ^*™ ™*« do- Plant ill) 

 „ re , rred to M¥ 1 ^ th °»gh in view of its different, 

 prefer to leave it for the present as 



