286 Lxxiii. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND hiern). [Venionia. 



brate and angular above, about a foot bigh. Leaves linear, subsessile, 

 nearly or quite glabrous, subapiculate, narrowed toward the base, 

 green on both sides, ^-2 by ^-J in., entire, minutely punctate below. 

 Heads turbinate-hemispherical, §-| in. diam., on rigid peduncles of 

 i-3 in., solitary or in stiff corymbose cymes. Involucral bracts linear, 

 apiculate, puberulous, the outer ones acute and successively shorter, 

 the outermost ones minute. Flowers reddish violet. Achenes very 

 hairy, 10 ?-costate. Pappus rufous, pluriseriate. 



IVile Kand. Bongo-land, Djur4and and Mittu-land, Schweinfurth ! 



46. V. obconica, 0. $• fl^. Branches terete, striate, more or less 

 pubescent. Leaves alternate, oval, narrowed at both ends, very shortly 

 petiolate, nearly glabrescent, distantly dentate, 1^3 in. long by ^-1 

 in. wide or more, scattered beneath with minute sessile glands. Gapi- 

 tula turbinate, several-flowered, on pedicels about J-f in. long, in dense 

 corymbose many-headed cymes 4-6 in. wide. Scales of involucre 

 puberulous with scabrous margins ; the outer ones rigid, erect, subulate, 

 small ; the inner ones linear, acute at the very apex, f in. long, ulti- 

 mately spreading. B/eceptacle narrow. Achenes about 10-costate, 

 columnar, slightly narrowed below, uniformly and shortly hirsute. 

 Pappus 2-4-seriate, barbellate, rufous ; setas unequal, outer shorter. 



Soutb Central. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Zanzibar (a fragmentary specimen only), Capt. Burton r 

 Perhaps a variety ; without glands on the lower surface of the leaves. 



47. V. fflabra, Vathe in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxvii. p. 194 

 (1877). Glabrous herb, probably 2-3 ft. high ; stem erect angular 

 above, leafy. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate-oblong, sessile or subsessile, 

 broadly pointed, rounded or obtuse at the base, serrate, membranous, 

 lower 3-4 in. long, 1 in. broad. Capitula turbinate ^— | in. diameter 

 on unequal slender pedicels varying to j in., in terminal corymbose 

 panicles i-1 ft. diameter. Bracts minute acute. Scales of involucre 

 very unequal, pluriseriate, rather loosely appressed, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, sub-1-nerved, minutely ciliolate with ascending setae, lower scales 

 minute, glandular-puberulous above. Receptacle glabrous, flat, areolate. 

 Gorolla gradually narrowed, purple. Anther-base produced. Achenes 

 hirsute, multi- (lO-)costate, callus-based. Pappus reddish -brown, 

 barbellate, rigid, pluriseriate ; setae unequal, outer somewhat shorter. — 

 Linzia glabra, Steetz in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 353. 



Soutb Central t Lat. 23°, Chapman and Baines I 



Mozamb. I>l8tr. Zambesi and Shire, Drs. Kirk and Metier ! fl. and fr. in 

 January ; Shupanga, Dr. Stewart .' Sena, Peters ! 



4^. V. InulaDfoUa, 8teud. ; Eich. Fl. Abyss, i. 375. Stem branched 

 at base, erect, terete and nearly simple above, scabrous, striate, 1-2 ft. 

 high, closely leafy. Leaves alternate, erect, ovate or lanceolate above, 

 acute or shortly acuminate, rounded or narrowed at bascj submembran- 

 ous, often remotely serrulate, 1-4 in. long by ^1^ in. wide, petioles 

 dilated and somewhat clasping at the base, about ^ in. long, pubescent. 

 Capitula ^f in. diameter, many-flowered, on short scabrid pedicels, 



