Gongrothamnus.'] Lxxiii. compositj: (Oliver and hiern). 4,01 



setaceous, tawny or nearly white, outer setsB short. — Scrambling or 

 erect shrubs with alternate ovate triplinerved leaves and terminal 

 corymbs of orange or yellow capitnla. 

 Peculiar to S.E. Tropical Africa. 



Heads about 22-25-flowered 1. G. divaricatus. 



Heads about 11-1 2 -flowered. 



Leaves acute. Pappus tawny 2. G. iolidaainifolim. 



Leaves obtuse. Pappus nearly whit« Z. G. HUdebrandtii. 



1. G. divarioatUB, Steetz in Peters Beise Mossamh. Bot. p. 342. 

 Glabrate, climbing, shrubby ; stems several ft. in length, terete, striate ; 

 branchlets divaricate. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acutely acumi- 

 nate, obliquely or suddenly cuneate at the base, dark above, whitish 

 beneath with an obsolete tomentum, repand or irregularly dentate, 

 1-3 by ^-1^ in., besides petiole of ^ in. Capitula campanulate, 22-25- 

 flowered, ^-^ in. long, on slender bracteolate pedicels of ^^ in., in a 

 divaricately branched dense cyme of 3-6 in. diam. Involncral bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla yellow or bright orange. 



XMEozamb. Bistr. Inhambane, Peters! Lower Valley of River Shire, Kirk! 



Metier ! 



2. a. 8olidag>lnifoUu8, 0. ^ H. A shrub, 8-10 ft. high. 

 Branches erect angular and pubescent- scabrid at the apex. Leaves 

 subsessile, lanceolate, acute, serrate, glabrous above, glaucous and 

 along the nerves pubescent beneath, the upper ones 1^ by ^—^ in. 

 Cyme corymbose ; pedicels very bracteolate ; florets yellow. Outer 

 involucral scales short, almost subulate, inner ones broadly linear, acute, 

 Capitula about 12-flowered. Achenes nearly terete, striate, closely 

 puberulous. Pappus of a pale cinnamon colour, outer row setose, 

 short. -—Vernonia solidaginifolia, Bojer ex DC. Prodr. v. p. 30. 

 Mozamb. Dlstr. Zanzibar Island, Bojer. 



3. G-. Rildebrandtli, 0. Sf H. A puberulous shrub, with terete 

 striate branches. Leaves petiolate, ovate or oval, repand -crenate, ob- 

 tuse, narrowed towards the biauriculate base, 1-I| in. long by |-| in. 

 wide ; auricles ^-^ in. long, oblong, arching downwards from a patent 

 base; petiole ^-^ in. Capitula campanulate, ^— J in. long, on short 

 slender pedicels, in moderately dense corymbose cymes. Involucral 

 bracts lanceolate or the inner ones oblong, obtuse or the outer ones 

 subacute, apiculate. Florets about 11 in a head. Achenes obovoid, 

 setulose and sessile-glandular, unequally 6-7- costate. Pappus nearly 

 white. — Vernonia (Lepidaploa) Hildehrandtii^ Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. 

 Zeitschr. 1875, p. 323. 



jnKozamb. Bistr. Zanzibar Island, Hildebrandt ! 



The colour of the corollas is unknown but the involucre style -branches and pappus 

 are quite those of Gongrothamnus. 



79. GYNITRA, Cass. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. FL ii- P- 445. 

 Capitula homogamoug discoid ; florets all tubular ^ or some of 

 the outer with imperfect anthers. Involucre at first cylindrical or 



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