156 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
-this is given it may be mentioned incidentally that I find speci- - 
mens with all the leaves opposite to be very rare indeed, the usual 
thing being for at least one, if not two or even more, of the highest 
to arise un 
“Mature leaves dlatdous or at eek puberulous beneath :— 
Inner involucral leaves scarious and purple in their upper 
portion 
Cymes s rather densely-headed, the stout tomentose proper 
peduncles rarely longer than the capitula. Involucral leaves 
with conspicuous scarious edging. Heads with a 4 
florets. Corollas 0°9.cm. long E. WN chimiert. 
Cymes of few loosely- -arranged heads, the slender proper 
peduncles usually longer than the heads, and pilose o r pube- 
rulous. Scarious edging of the involucral leaves not con- 
spicuous. oa — with not more than 25 florets. Corollas 
0:5-0°6 cm 
Involue me paths nula, ick nan = green and glossy aes 
ssi pe lengthily acu . lax 
Involucres cylindrico- -aanpanlate, the leaves dull eae 
ost acute E. angolenst is 
Taner ‘Teaves of involuere ‘concolorous with outer (never 
purple 
Geiss 3 many-hea aded. ee involueral leaves broad. 
Heads with not more than 2! 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate. Tavolgccall leaves for the most 
part very obtuse . milanjiensis. 
Leaves elliptical. Tnvolucral leaves obtuse or poets 
E. longipes. 
Cymes of few laxly-arranged heads. Outermost involucral 
leaves much narrower than the inner. Heads with about 
50 florets ; E. huillensis. 
Mature leaves pubescent beneath :— 
— ellipti Cymes tomentose, shorter than the leaves, 
e small heads very densely aggregated E. spissa. 
pace lanceolat Cymes densely ubesce ent, ‘lo onger than 
the leaves, the medium-sized ~~ eer ce ‘closely aggre- 
gate , E. pubescens. 
Mature leaves tomentose below 
Upper side of leaf green. (yaks s tomentose. Leaves of 9; 
voluecre ieterlencealy scarious-edged. Heads with about 4 
florets E. Gann. 
Upper side of leaf blacks, ‘at least when n dry. ‘Cymes pubescent. 
Leaves of invo. a ee omy poercus ole Heads 
with 7 most 25 flore E. fusca. 
The specific seca are panes in more dates] in the descrip- 
tions which follow 
E. aniictanili sp. nov. Herba elata, circa orgyalis, ramulis 
quadrangolatibu plane costatis inter costas pubescent sub- 
nde puberulis, foliis plerumque ternis rarius oppositis oblongo- 
oblanceolatis acuminatis basi in petiolum brevem josie kerma em 
