280 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND hiern). [Vemonia, 



29. V. VnionlB, Schultz Bip. in Walp. Bep. ii. p. 945. Stemher- 

 baceons, erect, from a tomentose- tufted stock, terete, striate, thinly 

 tomentose especially above or glabrescent, leafy, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 

 alternate, ovate or ovate-elliptictical, upper lanceolate, acute, narrowed 

 into tbe dilated petiole, dentate-serrate, scaberulous above, thinly ap- 

 pressed-tomentose or glabrate bcDeath, varying to ^ ft. long by 3 in. 

 broad ; petiole ^ in. more or less. Capitula many- flowered, ^ in. diam., 

 nsually shortly pedicellate, unilateral, on the spreading branches of a 

 broadly corymbiform terminal panicle J-1 ft. diam. Involucral scales 

 mrilti seriate, recurved or subpatent above, acute or acuminate, more or 

 less tomentose, outer shorter, subulate, inner oblong or oblanceolate- 

 linear. Receptacle naked. Corolla gradually narrowed, rose-purple. 

 Anther-base shortly produced, acute. Achenes 6- (6-)co3tate, with 

 minute intercostal setae ; callus prominent. Pappus whitish, duplex, 

 outer set89 minute, inner scabrous, caducous. 



Xrile 3band. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Gallabat, Sckweinfurth ! 



The dried branches are used for torches (Rich Fl. Abyss, i. p. 375). 



30. V. Ascliersonil,iSc?i. Bip. m/Sc/meiTi/. l<7.^/7«tqp. p. 161. Dif- 

 fuse, much branched, from a shrubby base, about 1 ft. high ; branches 

 terete, extremities and leaves clothed with a soft short appressed white 

 pubescence. Leaves alternate, thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate, acute 

 or subacute, attenuate to base, pinnately veined beneath, sessile, 

 \-\\ in. long, yV'i ^^- broad. Capitula campanulate, about 20-flowered, 

 J in. broad, on slender pedicels ^-1 in. long, in numerous terminal lax 

 cymes. Scales of involucre pluriseriate, linear or linear-lanceolate 

 acute, pubescent, purplish towards the tip, outer smaller. Receptacle 

 alveolate, glabrous. Corolla purple, tubular, scarcely narrowed, 

 Bessile-glandular. Anther-base short, obtuse. Achenes 4-5-costate and 

 -angled, callus-based ; costse hispid with ascending setae, intercostal 

 spaces thinly setulose and sessile-glandular. Pappus duplex, white, 

 outer setae very short, inner barbellate. — Y. eruhescens^ Hochst. in Hb. 

 Schimp. Abyss., 1854, n. 2185 ; V. cyanopidea, Hochst. I. c. 



Wile 3band. Abyssinia, alt. 6500 ft., Schimper ! Hildehrandt ! Flowers in 

 September. 



31. V. karagruensis, 0. 8f H. ex Oliv. in Trans, Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 xxix. p. 91. A coarse, erect, simple herb, about 3 ft. high. Stem terete 

 stout striate covered with short crisp pubescence. Leaves alternate, 

 narrowly elliptical or lanceolate, acute, narrowed at base, subsessile, 

 coarsely papillose-scabrous above, densely and shortly pubescent be- 

 neath, serrulate, f-l-J in. long by ^-| in. wide. Capitula subturbinate, 

 many-flowered, ^ in. wide, subsessile on the divergent branches of ter- 

 minal corymbose cymes 4-6 in. wide. Scales of the involucre in several 

 series narrowly oblong, subacute, pubescent, purplish above with 

 darker mid- vein and tip ; tips of the lower scales recurved. Corolla gra- 

 dually narrowed, purple. Anther-base acute. Acheneswith 5 glabrous ribs 

 and setulose as well as' sessile-glandular intercostal spaces, caUus-based. 

 Pappus duplex, white ; outer very short, inner barbellate, deciduous. 



:^ile &and. Karagu^ (Vemonia, ep. n. 10, Speke Joiim. App. 637), 5000 ft. 

 ah. Flow^ers in February, Speke and Grant J 



