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Plate 2514. 



ECHJNOPS BROMELIJEFOLIUS, Baker. 



Composite. Tribe Cynaroide.e. 



E. bromelisefolius, Baker (sp. nov.) ; a speciebus omnibus hactenus 

 cognitis differt foliis linearibus longitudinaliter crebre nervosis. 



Herba perennis. Caulis strictus, simplex, erectus, validus, glaber. 

 Folia caulina sessilia, contigua, ascendentia, linearia, 6-8 poll, longa, 

 spinulis marginalibus stramineis crebris ciliata, facie glabra, dorso 

 albo-gossypina. Capitulum compositum solitarium, oblongum, breviter 

 pedunculatura. Receptaculum cylindrical^ areolis quadratis. Invo- 

 lucrum 1 poll longum, bracteis exterioribus multis setosis, centralibus 

 paucis angustis apice dilatatis, interioribus coriaceis lanceolatis serratis. 

 Corolla tubo basi cylindrico, superne infundibulari, lobis linearibus 

 erectis tubo brevioribus. Antherce lineares, basi profunde sagittate. 

 Achenia brevia, pilosa, pappo coroniformi, paleis apice liberis truncatis 

 ciliatis. 



East Central AfrJca : Nandi, Scott Elliot, 7001. 



^ This very diirious new species of Echinops was gathered by Mr. 



Scott Elliot on his expedition to explore Mount Ruwenzori, on his 



route between Mombasa and Uganda, at an elevation of probably 6,000- 



7,000 feet above sea-level. Of the species already known in Tropical 



Africa it comes nearest the Abyssinian E. long if otitis, A. Rich.— 

 J. G. Baker. 



Fig. 1, portion of leaf; 2, a one-flowered capitulum and involucre; 3, portion of 

 receptacle ; 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, bracts of involucre : 9, corolla ; 10, achene with pappus j 

 11, pappus, unrolled; 12, three stamens; 13, style-branches.— All enlarged. 



