Vemonia.'] Lxxiii. compositj: (olivee and hieen). 281 



32. V. Burtonl, 0. 8f H. An erect simple pubescent herb, 

 scarcely 1 foot bigh (?). Stem terete striate. Leaves alternate, upper 

 ascending, narrowly elliptic, acute at both ends, shortly stalked, sca- 

 brid-puberulous above, veined beneath and paler, about 1 in. long by 

 ;J— J in, wide. Capitula campanulate, -^-^ in. wide, many-flosvered, 

 mostly on short pedicels, in terminal rather dense cymes 2-3 in. wide. 

 Scales of the involucre multiseriate, linear, acute, outer recurving 

 towards apex, pubescent. Achenes (immature) 5-4-costate, slightly 

 setose, sessile-glandular. Pappus duplex, white, outer very short, inner 

 caducous, barbate. 



ItO-wer Guinea. Congo, Bicrton ! 



33. V. bluxneoides, Hook. jil.inJoum' Linn. SocLond. yu. p. 198. 

 Herbaceous, 2-3 ft. Stem erect simple or but little branched, terete 

 except at apex, striate, shortly and densely tomentose, leafy. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, rounded or narrowed at the base, membranous, 

 scabrid especially above, pubescent especially on the veins beneath, 

 subentire, 1-2^ in. long by ^— | in. wide ; petioles wide, very short. 

 Capitula about J in. wide, about 20- flowered, on unequal pedicels ar- 

 ranged in rather dense corymbose terminal panicles 3-7 in. diameter. 

 Scales of the campanulate involucre multiseriate, 3-nerved, loosely 

 tomentose, shining within, lanceolate to linear apiculate, the outer 

 shorter. Corolla gradually narrowed, purple ; segments linear. An- 

 ther-base acutely produced, apex linear-lanceolate, acute. Achenes 

 glabrous, acutely 5-angled, with basal callus. Pappus duplex, barbel-, 

 late, dirty white ; outer much shorter. Receptacle narrow, glabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, alt. 4-7,000 ft. fl. Nov. Jan., Mann! 



34 V. purpurea, Sch. Bip. in Hb. S chimp. Abijss. ii. n. 1197, WaJp. 

 Bep. ii. p. 946. Rigid, erect herb, ^-4 ft. high, simple or branched above. 

 Stem terete, striate, thinly setulose- scabrid, leafy to the top. Leaves 

 alternate, elliptic-oblong, acute and apiculate, narrowed at base, serru- 

 late, erect-patent or ascending, scabrous, obscurely more or less 

 pellucid -punctate, ranging to 6 in. long, 1^ in. broad ; petiole very short. 

 •Capitula hemispherical, many- flowered, f-1^ in. diara., solitary or in 

 few-headed terminal cymes, surrounded at or near the base with leaf- 

 like bracts equalling or usually much overtopping the involucre. Scales 

 of involucre multiseriate, loosely appressed, from ovate to oblong, nar- 

 rowed to a rigid acute apiculus, arachnoid- pubescent or tomentose 

 especially when young, purplish at tip, innermost nearly ^ in. long, 

 j- in. broad, outer shorter and somewhat narrower. Corolla dull pur- 

 ple, sessile- glandular, tube very gradually and slightly dilated above, 

 lobes tipped with short setaa. Anther-bases much produced. Achenes 

 oblong, hirsute or pilose, about 13-costate, callus-based. Pappus pluri- 

 seriate, scabrid, sordid or ferruginous, persistent, seise stiff, outer 

 irregularly shorter. — V. jaceoides, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 376. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger, Barter ! -/ax. 



XTile I.and. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Q. Dillon and Petit ! Woods, Madi, (Speke 

 Joiirn. App. 137), Speke and Grant ! . 



Mozamb. Oistr. Mt. Chiradzura, Manganya range (imperfect speonien), 

 Lr. MeUer J 



