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ALABASTRA DIVERSA.—Parr VI. 
By Spencer Le M. Moors, F.L.S§. 
(Puates 409, 410.) 
New Compositz. 
_ Gutenbergia araneosa, sp. nov. _Fruticulosa, ramosa, foliosa, 
acutis margine undulatis supra araneosis subtus albide rena 
sis infer un breviter petiolatis faperiontbis cordato- 
i axl 
oblongis margine scariosis lete purpureis nibus breviter spinu- 
loso-acuminatis araneoso-pubescentibus, achzniis 4-gonis 4-costatis. 
Hab. British East Africa, between Lé and Peein: 1898; Lord 
ment (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
a 2°0-4:0 cm. long., 0-7-1:0 cm. lat., snel nervosa. 
oun 4-0-6-0 cm. diam. Pedicelli modici 0°6-1:0 lon 
graciles, appresse pubescentes. a ecto 0-8 cm, diam. olaechiad 
-5 cm. long. phylla extima 0:22 ¢ . long., interiora 0-4 cm 
long., 0°12 cm. lat. Corolle cubaralay in toto 0°7 em. long. lobi 
lineares. Acheni nia 0:1- . 12 em. long., fere omnino glabra 
In external appearance this is most like G. Riippellit Soh. Bip. 
The chief peculiarities spunk it are the clothing of the leaves, the 
shape of the inner involucral scales, and the 4-costate achenes. 
Stephanolepis 
Compositarum e fe Vernoniacearum genus novum (tab. 409). 
a, multiflosculosa. Involueri late campanu- 
ra, in 
lati phylla luriseriate, extima minora, inappendiculata, reliqua 
mina scariosa erosa coronata Receptaculum planum, alveolatum 
Corolla stricte actino sensim angus 
ata, 5-fida. 
Anthere basi sagittate satin ‘obins sis contiguis, apice connectivo 
lanceolato instructe. Styli sursum incrassati rami lineari-subulati, 
hirtelli. Achzenia parva, 4- B- -gono-cylindrica, truncata, fere glabra. 
Pappus uniserialis, e ner circa 10 brevibus ‘scabridis caducissimis 
compositus.—Suffrutex foliosus. Folia parva, alterna, membran 
acea, penninervia. Capita solitaria, pedunculata, terminalia eal 
axillaria. Flosculi purpurei 
Stepha — centauro ides, sp. unica. Caule sparsim 
ramoso usque at 15-0 em. alt. aticabente sates puberulo, en 
subsessilibus sbianeeolatie brevissime spinuloso- sdsneninetin margin 
dentato-undulatis pubescentibus mox scabriusculis in sicco viridibus 
usque ad 3-0 cm. long. et 1:0 cm. lat. cree not vero 1°0-1'5 cm 
long. et 0-8-0:4 cm. lat., pedunculis 2 2'0-3-0 cm. long. appresse 
pubescentibus, capitulis 1- 0 cm. long. usque 1° 5 a diam. circa 40- 
flosculosis, involucri 6-serialis phyllis extimis serr. 1 et 2 hisieentah 
acuminatis illis 0°1-0-15 cm. long. his duplo sacar phyllis 
Journat or Borany.—Vou. 88. [May, 1900.] 
