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pols apice 0-6 cm. -_—— ; phylla extima 0°6 cm., intermedia 
m., intima 0:85 ¢ ong., omnia membranacea necnon 
brevissime sebiihe. aiariealas Flosculi purpurei raro punicei. 
Corolle 0:75 em. ae ps cheenia besides 0-15-0°2 cm. long.; 
pappi setz 0-2-0:3 em 
A very distinct oat legis species, with nearest affinity to 
E. Schinzii O. Hoffm. From this it differs in indumentum, shape 
of leaf, xis of involuére and involucral leaves, &c. 
a (§ Cyanopis) porphyrolepis, sp.nov. Planta 1-2- 
metralis, tails erecto valido tereti A a foteinees pubescente tandem 
glabrato, foliis lanceolato-oblongis apice mucronatis basi obtusis 
is is supra 
tibus, involucri campanulati 5-serialis phyllis extimis abbreviatis 
sg reliquis gradatim longioribus o oblongo-lanceolatis trinervi- 
bus omnibus acuminatis dorso microscopice puberulis purpureis 
seine sactcoctettins patenti-recurvis, corollis exsertis, achzeniis ob- 
longo-turbinatis 4-costatis pilis simplicibus ‘plaindutls intermixtis 
pubescentibus, pappi setis auger any quam interiores 
scabriuscule — albz multo brevior ; 
Hab. Mazoe, on Iron-mask and Beesthaien Hills; F. Eyles, 371. 
Caulis destooin 0-7 em. diam., in sicco late branneus. Folia 
7-5-8'5 cm. long., 2°2-2°5 em. lat., superiora circa 5:0 x 1:0 cm., 
mi 
petioli 0°5 em. long. vel minus. Inflorescentia circa 20-0 x 15° seit 
Bractez lineari-lanceolate vel lineares, + 05 cm. long. Pedunculi 
proprii 0:3-1:0 cm. long. Capitula 0°8 x 0-7 cm. Involueri 
phylla extima 0:15 cm., intermedia + 0:35 em., intima 0-5 
long. Achznia 0-2 cm. long.; pappi sete exteriores 0-05 em. * 
interiores 0-5 em. long. 
n a first view this might be taken for V. Elliotii 8. Moore, 
which, besides having somewhat different leaves and flower-heads 
and sifaply glandular achenes, is a fay reel of § Lepidella. The 
affinity is with V. Burtont Oliv. & Hiern, which has elliptical, 
nearly glabrous foliage leaves, involucres with a greater number of 
Pp not purple, a and nearly Dme achenes. 
Vernonia (§ Stencexi) integra, sp. ee pm 
ramosa, ramulis season plarigtriatis tae griseo pubescentibus, 
la : 
petiolum brevem attenuatis j MATBING : — membranaceis supra 
tiflosculosis ramulos : superiores solitatim terminantibus ita corym- 
bum p paucicephalum - foliis intermixtumn referentibus, pedunculis 
involueri campanulati ¢ circa 6-serialis griseo-pubescentis phyllis 
oblongis extimis abbreviatis intermediis et interioribus appendice 
spathulato-oblonga obtusa foliacea onustis intimis quam interiora 
paullo brevioribus anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis, flosculis bre- 
