Vemonia.] lxxiii. composite: (olivek and hiern). 295 



tacle narrow, glabrous. Achenes apparently glabrous. Pappus uni. 

 seriate, dense, scabrid, equal, subsordid, in bud not exceeding the 

 involucre. 



xrile Xiand. Niamniam-land, Nahambosso, Schweinfurth ! 



72. V. Donlana, BG. Prodr. v. p. 23. Shrub of 6 ft. ; bi-anches 

 . terete, rusty- torn entose as well as the underside of leaf- midrib petioles 



and peduncles. Leaves elliptical, more or less acute at both ends, entire, 

 gkbrous except midrib, uppermost 4 in. long, 1^-1^ in. on petiole of 

 ^— Jin. Capitula about 10-flowered, campanulate-turbinate, ^ in. diam., 

 on pedicels equalling the involucre or subsessile in pedunculate racemes 

 or dense few-headed clusters arranged alternately along the branches 

 of the ample terminal panicle ; bracts oblong or lanceolate, ^-^ in. long. 

 Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, from ovate to ovate-oblong, nearly 

 glabrous, brown, darker towards tip; inner ones caducous, broadly 

 pointed, divergent. Receptacle narrow flat glabrous. Corolla gra- 

 dually narrowed ; lobes linear-lanceolate. Anther-base rather obtuse, 

 apex lanceolate, acute. Achenes 4-5-angled, with obscure interme- 

 diate ribs, glabrous. Pappus subscabrid, with few irregularly shoi-ter 

 setae, pale tawny colour or white. — Eupatoriwn pariiculatum, Lindl. in 

 Hb. ! nee auct. alior. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Leinster Mount, Miss Turner ! G. Don ! 



73. V. Tl&omsoniana, 0. Sf H. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Sue. 

 Lond. xxix. p. 91. Shrub; branches sulcate, obscurely angular 

 and pubemlous above. Leaves alternate, submembranous, elliptic- ob- 

 long, acute, attenuate at base into^the narrowly winged petiole, obsolete- 

 serrulate, glabrous or obscurely sessile-glandular, puberulous beneath, 

 3-4 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad. Capitula campanulate-oblong, ^ in. diam., 

 on slender unequal usually very short puberulous pedicels, closely 

 crowded in corymbose terminal panicles, -^ ft. wide. Scales of invo- 

 lucre multiseriate ; outer smaller, ovate; inner obovate-oblong, cadu- 

 cous, obtuse, erose or denticulate, pale-yellowish green, nearly glabrous. 

 Receptacle naked. Corolla gradually narrowed. Anther-base acutely 

 produced. Achenes (immature) not setulose, with 5 distinct ribs (and 

 a few obscure ones ?), intervals with scattered minute sessile glands ; 

 callus-based. Pappus uniseriate, scabrid, white. — V. Vogeliana, Thorns. 

 in Speke et Grant, Journ. App. 637 (non Benth.) 



Wile :Land. Madi, fl. Dec. (Salt-bush), Speke and Grant! Mittu-land, 

 Schweinfurth/ (large shrub). 



74. V. Ziivlngrstoniana, 0. ^^ H. Erect perennial herb, 3-4 ft. 

 high, somewhat shrubby below. Stem simple, terete, striate, straight, 

 puberulous, naked below, leafy above. Leaves alternate, ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, narrowed at base, denticulate or subentire, pu- 

 berulous or nearly glabrous above, shortly and closely pubescent- 

 tomentose beneath, ranging up to 3 in. long by 1^^ in. wide; petioles 

 up to \ in. long, hairy. Capitula campanulate-oblong, about G-flowered, 

 ^ in. wide, on short pedicels, crowded in globose or corymbose clusters 

 terminating the upper branches and arranged in a terminal leafy 



