Plate 2464. 



DICOMA QUINQUENERVIA, Baker. 



Composite. Tribe Mutisiace.e, 



D. quinquenervia, Baker in Kew Bulletin^ 1895, 290; herba 



perennis, caule erecto simplice striate primum parce lanuginoso toox 

 glabrato, foliis anguste ovalibus utrinque angustatis acutis basi caulem 

 longe vaginantibus integris v, obsolete denticulatis 5-7-nerviis supra 

 glabris reticulatis subtus appresse argyreo-lanatis, capitulis, majusculis 

 subsessilibus 5-8 apicem versus caulis aggregatis, involucri aibidi 

 campanulato-turbinati squamis rigidiusculis glabris laxe adpressis 

 exteriorlbus brevioribus et intermediis elongatis disco dimidio longioribus 

 omnibus linearibus gradatim graeiliterque acumiiiatis interioribus 

 brevioribus absconditis disco brevioribus lineari-oblongis acutatis, 

 reeeptaculo foveolato. 



Hab. South Tropical Africa : hills near the Cliania Kiver, Mwero, 

 west of Lake Tanganyika, Carson. 



Caiilis bipedalis, strictus. Folia coriacea, infcriora recurva v. 

 patentia, superiora stricte erecta, cum vagina cylindrica 5-8 poll, longa, 

 inferiora |-1| poll lata. Capitula horaogama 1^ poll. diam. Inrolncri 

 squamae intermedire longiores, U-l| poll, longre. Corolla tubulosa, 

 5-fida, segmentis linearibus. Antlierce apice connectivo lineari-oblongo 

 acuto productae, basi longe sagittatie, caudis setis adscendentibus 

 instructis. ^ Ovarium sericeum. Pappus 2-4-seriatis ; setae cxteriorcs 

 breviores, interiores corolla? fere sequilongse, sparse plumos£e, 



A very fine addition to the genus, conspicuously different from a fe-w 

 species which resemble it at first sight in its deeply sheathing leaves. 

 Ine capitula m size and disposition on the stem are similar to those of 

 i>. sessiliflora, Harv.— D. Oliver. 



Fjg. 1. Inner bract of involucre. 2. Flower. 3. rappus-bristle. 4. Anthers. 

 0. xoung stigma. All enlarged. 



