A New Erlangea. 
BY 
SrENCER LE M. MOORE, - Bisc. “B-L.5. 
Erlangea (§ Bothriocline) venustula, sp. nov. MHerba erecta, 
caule subsimplici subtereti folioso sericeo-tomentoso ; /oltis 
inferioribus oppositis superioribus alternis brevipetiolatis (summis 
subsessilibus) ellipticis vel elliptico-oblongis obtusis basi angus- 
tatis integris membranaceis supra pilis glandulosis perpaucis sim- 
plicibus intermixtis puberulis subtus albo-sericeo-tomentosis ; 
capitulis parvis campanulatis fere 50-flosculosis in cymam ter- _ 
minalem pluricephalam sparsim bracteatam sericeo-tomentosam 
ordinatis ; pedunculis propriis involucro plerumque longioribus ; 
involucri phyllis 3-serialibus lanceolato-oblongis obtusis interior- 
ibus saepe pallide roseo-marginatis extus pubescentibus ; flosculis 
exsertis ; achaeniis oblongo-obovoideis apice truncatis pauci- 
costatis puberulis ; pappi setis perpaucis ciliolatis. 
British East Africa ; cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh, from seeds collected in 1916 north of Nairobi by 
Rev. Andrew Urquhart ; alt. about 6000 ft. ; fl. in cult. March— 
May 1920. 
Folia 3—4.5 cm. long., 1.5-2.5 cm. lat., summa gradatim 
usque I-2 cm. long. imminuta, supra in sicco laete virentia ; 
petioli plerique 3-5 mm. long. Cyma 5x5 cm. Bracteae 
lineares, 3-5 mm. lee Pedunculi proprii + 7 mm. long. 
Involucra 5x5 mm.; phylla extima 2 mm.; intermedia 3-4 
mm.; intima 5 mm. long. Corollae puberulae, violaceo-pur- 
pureae ; tubus cylindricus, 3 mm. long. ; lobi lineari-oblongi, 
acuti, tubo circa aequilongi. Androecium superne exsertum. 
Styli rami ex involucro eminentes, 2 mm. long. Achaenia 
humectata 1 mm. long. Pappi setae verisimiliter 4 vel 5, 
circa 1.5 mm. long., maxime caducae. 
Except for the opposite leaves on the lower part of the stem 
this looks much like E. marginata, S. Moore, which, however, 
has a less hairy involucre with the scales running out into a 
sharp point. The involucres are more like those of E. cordifolia, 
S. Moore, but the leaves of this are unlike. Both these species 
belong to § Platylepis. 
In its quite entire leaves this differs from all other described 
species referred to § Bothriocline. 
[Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. LIX, May 1920,] 
Printed under the aeaicagy of His Majesty’s — Office 
B L & Co., Ltp., Edinburg’ 
