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Kasily panne from the seoole rosulate radical leaves woolly 
below and glabrous above, and the terminal subspheroidal cymes. 
The small aed were ines at 12,000 ft. of elevation; the 
pci one probably lower down. Sie xcept in the matter of height, 
I e no difference between the 
specimens in the Kew Faciaccoe gathered by Purdie at 
Banta gE ae most probably be referred here. They differ 
m Mr. Sim only in having somewhat larger cymes, an 
es larger ead ves oe to the scales of the involucre. 
Gnaphalium Simonsii, sp. n Planta ascendens, 
mosa, ramis tenuibus folingia scot Ianatle maturitate araciccid 
flosculis iaastis 8 8, involucri S Ohyltis lanceolatis interioribus 
lamina acuta straminea auctis, acheniis immaturis subteretibus. 
Hab. Sierra Nevada, Sona Marta, New Grenada ; "P. 7 aw 
Simons, 1880 (Herb. Mus. Bri 
olia modice 1:0-1'5 em. gs fe (inferiora vero sepe 3:0 cm. 
attingentia) et 0°1-0:2 cm. lat., membranacea. Cyme 1:0-1°5 cm. 
di apitula 0°5 cm. long., 0°35 em. lat. Involucri phylla 
rie the last, from which it can seadily be told by its 
iad habit, non-rosulate narrow leaves, more laxly massed 
capitula, straw- colou red tips to the inner involueral scales, heads 
with only = hantiaplsiiie — &e. 
licaria Phillipsiz, sp.n Suffruticosa, humilis, cerebro 
ramosa, p basins, ramis erectis Aolioss foliis confertis Sadailibas 
longe spadlinkato- oblongis deorsum integerrimis sursum pinnatifido- 
lobulatis, pedunculis a excedentibus terminalibus solitariis mono- 
phalis, capitulis pro genere majusculis radiatis multiflosculosis, 
involucri phyllis Tneari- lanceolatis exterioribus acutis _herbaceis 
dcativalati, disci flosculorum lobis longe acuminatis, antheris sires 
breviter ac simpliciter caudatis, acheniis puberulis, pappi 
exterioribus in cupulam brevem laceratam connatis cote 
paucis cous 10) scabridis. 
Hab. Somaliland, Upper tr and Wagga Mountain, 1897 ; 
Mrs. Lon Phiilips (Herb. Fes Bri 
sus, rarissime Abrilliferas Folia modice cm. long., 
ho i oblongi, obtusi, 0-3-0-4 cm aa cli 5:0- 
» bracteis anguste aes 0-5- long. 
] a 0°8 ong. 
Ligule 0°85 cm. long., 0-2 em. lat. —_ nia 0- 15-0: 25 aa sae 
Pappi sete interiores 0°5 cm. long., stram 
The lowly habit—much that of P. / Renschiana Vatke—the 
