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interioribus a 0-5 cm. long. lamina deltoideo- i ay varie 
sa vel lacerata onustis, — in toto vix 1:0 em. long. extus 
papilloso- seco lobis 0°83 em. long. lineari-oblongis apice extus 
echinulatis, acheeniis pallide tC 0-2 cm. long., 0°14 em. lat., 
pappi setis 0:2-0-25 cm. long., albis 
ab. So maliland oe Sheik, 1897; Mrs. Lort Phillips 
(Herb. Mus. Bri 
The affinity ‘of the genus here proposed is undoubtedly with 
Bothriocline, which, with similar achenes, has yet a different 
inflorescence, seaimees: and pappus. As-regards its "involusre, 
Stephanolepis shows an approach towards Contrather but in 
achene and pappus the two are quite different. The position 
proposed for Stephanolepis is next to Bathriocting. 
The pappus is so extremely caducous as to render the exact 
geaoel std . the sete a alten of shiek difficult ‘de 
Vernonia (§ Lermetia) Phillipsiz, sp. nov. Suffructicosa 
inuloso-acuminatis (intimis potius mucronatis) et sursum pur- 
pie is et puberulis, acheniis hispidulis obscure 10-costatis, pappi 
straminei aquans anceolatis abbreviatis setis scabriusculis 
Hab. maliland, Wagga Mountains, and above The Upper 
Sheik, 1897 ; v9 Lort Phillips (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
Folia circa 0°8 cm. long. et Q-4 cm. lat. (summa vero minora), 
coriaceo-membrariacea, margine saltem in sicco revoluta, creberrime 
nigro-glandulosa. Capitula 1:0 cm. long., 0-8 em. lat. _— neuli 
em. long. Involucri phylla extima circa 0-2 cm. long.; 
pisrioede Gaby 0-4 cm. et intima 0-6 cm. long. Plossl 08 cm. 
his is very distinet from any species pac described. The 
small often lobulate leaves, the sparse heads on long peduncles, 
ria — Nery short outer involucral seales are ‘sees its distinctive 
fea 
cubhalvide tomentellis, anil parvis circa 8-flo sis in Beatie 
terminalibus sat densis minute pubescentibus ‘folia subequantibus 
digestis, involucri ampanulati circa 6-serialis phyllis 
ucrl anguste campa 
(intimis lanceolatis elongatis exemptis) ovato- oblongis obtuse acutis 
laxe adpressis membranaceis ananeoso-ciliolatis, acheniis subtur- 
binatis 4-costatis heat ee: pappi fulvidi setis exterioribus paucis 
interioribus scabridi 
ab. Rabai Hills, Mombasa, 1885; Rev. W. E. Taylor (Herb. 
Mus. Brit.). 
