ALABASTRA DIVERSA 155 
Folia modice 4:0-6:0 cm long., et 2°5 cm. lat., minora vero 
exstant nequaquam ultra 2:0 cm. ORB microscopice glandulosa, 
membranacea ; petioli circa 0°3 ¢ m. long., pubescentes. Paniculi 
ye 0-5-0 cm. diam. Ca itula 0°8 cm ‘long 0°35 em. lat. Involucri 
5 cm. long. phylla extima 0-18 cm. long.; intermedia 0°25 
et intima 0-35 cm. long., phylla omnia aliquantulo carinata. 
culi 0-7 cm. long. Acheenia 0-2-0-25 em. long. Pappi sete interiores 
0°6 cm. long. 
The crenate- dentate leaves and close panicles of small heads, 
together hs the tawny pappus, are the chief characteristics of 
this specie 
Vernonia (§ Cyanoris) Bellinghamii, sp. nov. Fruticosa 
ramulis sat eoalidis adpresse et subfulvide tomente llis maturitate 
pappi stcatiiitfel cath axterionbid paucis interioribus sealividie. 
H Lukoma, Lake Nyassa, 1887; Wm. gee asta 
Mus. Brit.) : Coe 1891; Buchanan (No. 1 in Herbb. 
Mus. Brit. & Kew 1124 in Herb. Kew.): raise East 
Africa ; Rev. al hApaenee Johnson (No. 48 in Herb. Kew.). 
Folia usque 7:0 cm. long. (modice vero 4-0-5-0 cm. long., et 
Involueri 0°8 cm. long. vix 0:3 cm. lat. phylla extima 0°15 cm., 
intermedia 0°83 cm., in ee 0-6 es ie Flosculi 0- 6 cm. long. 
Achenia turbinata, 0: 25¢ 0 lat 
Hasily recogni ized by reason of “the elliptical leaves tomentose 
pap and the sabuubéllnge masses of narrowly cylindrical 4-flowered 
capitula. 
Vernonia (§ Cyanoris) meiocalyx, sp. nov. Fruticosa, Sry 
gracili tereti minute edna ats foliis spe ovato-cordatis acu 
atis margine acute dentatis denticulatisve basi in petiolum fats 
longum subito eauseaistina supra fere glabris subtus pubescentibus 
tenuiter membranaceis, capitulis parvis dense paniculatis circa 10- 
flosculosis, hi Ae abbreviati 4. serialis phyllis exterioribus lineari- 
lanceolatis 
dorso avidin tis margine araneoso-ciliolatis, acheniis cylindricis 
6-costatis costis pubescenti 
Hab. British East Afr frica, Cantalla and a also Ela4mo 
(4500 ft. )s ee Lord Delamere (Herb. Mus. Bri 
Caulis iam., wtate haud meridians Folia matura 
10: 0-120 © em. long., 5°0-8-0 cm lat.; petioli 1°5-2°0 cm. long., 
minute tomentelli. Paniculi 5-0-6-0 cm. diam. Involucri 0°3 em. 
long. phylla viridescenti-subscariosa, exteriora 0°17 cm long., 
intima 0°3 em. long. et 01 cm. lat. Corolla 0-7 cm. long. Acblvientes 
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