Vermnia.'] Lxxiii. composite (oliver and iiirKN). 279 



alternate, membranous, more or less elliptical, apioulate, obtuse or sud- 

 denly narrowed at base, denticulate orrcpand-dentate, dark and puber- 

 ulous or thinly pilose above, pale slightly tawny and tomcntose be- 

 neath, ranging up to 4 in. long and 2 in. wide. Petioles about ^ in. 

 long, villous-tomcntous. Capitula about 12-liowcred on unequal pedi- 

 cels, in rather dense corymbose or rounded terminal panicles 3-<J in. 

 wide. Bracts linear or filiform. Receptacle small convex glabrous. 

 Scales of the involucre iTither few, narrowly lanceolate, apiculuto, vil- 

 lous; inner oblong-lanceolate nearly glabrous, lower at lengtii spread- 

 ing, somewhat smaller. Corolla gradually narrowed, sessile-glandular ; 

 lobes hair-tipped. Anther-base shortly produced. Achenes pale, 

 5-angled, with a few sparse short setse between the angles. Pappus 

 scabrous, reddish, duplex ; outer setaa few, very short. 



Mozaznb. 3>l8tr. Zanzibar, Bojer, Dr. Kirk! Peters/ HUdcorandt ! (in dry 

 places). 



27. V. urticBBfolia, Bich Fl. Abyss, i. 378. Diffuse or scandent 

 shrub of 2-3 ft. or more, with terete striate often flagelliform branches 

 glabrous or pubescent at the extremities. Leaves alternate, ovate 

 narrowly elliptical or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, narrowed to the 

 base, glabrous or scabrid above and thinly pubescent beneath, serru- 

 late crenate-denticulate or subentire, 2 or 3 to 5 in, long, 1-H in. 

 broad ; petioles short, varying to ^ in. Capitula campanulate, ^~-}^ in. 

 diam., shortly pedicellate in crowded or lax axillary and terminal cymes 

 collected in ample panicles. Scales of involucre 3-4-seriate, obtuse or 

 subobtuse, with or without a mucro, outer ovate, inner longer, oblong, 

 nearly glabrous. Corolla gradually narrowed. Anther-base shortly 

 sagittate. Ovaries obscurely 8-10-costate (the alternate ribs weaker 

 and not reaching the base), glabrous, callus-based. Achenes 4-5-cos- 

 tate (ex VatJce). Pappus biseriate or subimbricate, setiform, subequal, 

 barbellate, subferrugiuous, outer shorter. — V. (Cyanopis) flagdlaris, 

 Vatke in Linnaea, xxxix. p. 479 (1875). 



Wile Kand. Abjssinia,Pe^i7.' Schimper ! Ankober Roth! 



28. V. plumbagrinifolia, Fenzl, in Flora, 1844, p. 312. Herbace- 

 ous, lJ-2 ft. high, much branched from a Avoody stock ; branches 

 terete, striate, puberulous. Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong or the 

 upper linear, rounded at the apex or the upper ones obtusely jwinted or 

 apiculate, narrowed at the base, puberulous, entire, J-H in. long, 

 ^V-3 in. wide, sessile or subsessile. Capitula subcampanulate, many- 

 flowered, ^ in. wide, on slender pedicels varying to If in. in divaricate 

 much branched terminal cymes. Scales of the involucre pauciseriat/e, 

 outer lax lanceolate, inner oblong, lanceolate and acute at apex, pur- 

 plish and pubescent towards tip and sessile-glandular outside, glabrous 

 inside, 3-nerved. Corolla sessile-glandular, gradually and uniformly 

 narrowed. Achenes 4-5-sided and -costate, pilose, obscurely sessile- 

 glandular. Pappus duplex, barbate, sordid ; outer setae short. 

 wile X*an(l. Sennaar, Kotschtj ! Bongo-land, Schweinfnrth ! 



