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MR. T. KASSNER’S BRITISH EAST AFRICAN PLANTS. 
Tue plants described or referred to in the following pages form 
part of a collection made during the last few months in British 
i om 
o attempt at a full catalogue is here made, a place having been 
found in it only for such things as seemed wort y on account of 
. 
Tareness or novelty. It is hoped to print other notices of the col- 
t 
Composit. 
By Spencer Moors, F.L.S. 
Gutenbergia pembensis, sp. nov. Ramulis gracilibus appresse 
pubescentibus dein glabris, foliig caulinis parvis sessilibus lanceo- 
lato-oblongis obtuse acutis basi cordatis amplexicaulibus integris vel 
summum leviter undulatis supra scabriusculis in sicco fuscis subtus 
appresse albo-sericeo-tomentosis, cymis laxis paucicapitulatis folia 
multoties excedentibus, pedicellis sepissime capitula magnopere 
Superantibus gracilibus pubescentibus, capitulis parvis pluriflosen- 
puniceo-membranaceis, acheniis minimis cylindrico-pentagonis pu- 
bescentibus 5-costatis. 
ab. Pemba River. No. 866. 
Folia radicalia ignota; caulina 1:0-2:0 em. long., 0-5-0-7 — 
lat., horum nervi supra impressi subtus eminentes. Cyme circa 
‘0 cm. i ce 
45 cm. long. Capitula 0-8 cm. diam. Involucri phylla extima 
0°3 cm., interiora 0:5 em. long. : hee circa 0:15 cm. lat., margini- 
bus microscopice serrulatis. Corolle puberule in toto 0°6 cm. long. 
tubus deorsum attenuatus sursum gradatim dilatatus ; lobi lineari- 
lanceolati, acuti, 0:22 cm. long. Achenia vix 0°15 cm. long., 
0-1 cm. diam., fusca. 
The five ribs on the achene are so strongly pronounced as to 
make the achene pentagonal. 
Known by the small amplexicaul leaves, the small heads, acu- 
ae involucral leaves, and small pentagonal 5-costate hairy 
chenes, 
Erlangea brachycalyx 8. Moore. Makindo River. No. 594. 
E. calycina 8. Moore. Kiu. No. 665. 
ernonia zanzibarensis Less. Schimba Mt. Nos. 168, 202. 
V. pauciflora Less. Makindo River, 3200 ft. No. 549. 
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