840 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
V. senegalensis Less. var. acuminata, var.nov. Involucri phylla 
intermedia longe acuminata intima sepius acuta. Schimba Mt. 
No. 201. 
Vernonia (§ Srenerx1a) Kaessneri, sp. nov. Caule folioso 
valido subtereti in longitudinem striato velutino dein glabrescente, 
foliis petiolatis anguste ellipticis utrobique acutis impariter sub- 
grosse serrato-dentatis supra puberulis subtus dense griseo-tomen- 
tosis, capitulis mediocribus multi flosculosis in paniculas corymbosas 
ij 
una cum his appendice brevi pallide brunnea vel virescente acuta 
obtusave coronatis, flosculis involuerum bene superantibus, corolle 
M gy 33 
glanduloso-pubescentibus, pappi straminei setis pluriseriatis ex- 
timis abbreviatis intimis achenia multo excedentibus scabriusculis. 
Ha imba River. No 
_ To be inserted next V. masaiensis 8. Moore, hoa which it differs 
in the thickly tomentose under side of its leaves, much broader and 
longer-stalked panicles of heads, the compressed peduncles, some- 
what different involucral 1 aves, long corollas, glandular achenes, &c. 
Spheranthus Kirkii Oliv. & Hiern. Near Mariakani. No. 450. 
Blepharispermum zanguebaricum Oliv. & Hiern. Kibwezi. No. 698. 
fertilibus anguste obovato-oblo 
ti — y ongis compressis dorso 1 
carinatis marginibus hirsuto-ciliatis ceteroquin glabris, acheniorum 
