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corymbs, broader corolla-lobes, a one-celled ovary, and narrower 
stigma. 
ComposIT#—VERNONIACER. 
Erlangea (§ ited ras @ hispida, sp. nov.Herbacea, metra- 
lis, caule erecto ramoso ramis sat validis soem striatis his- 
nd | de pube- 
rate obtusis aegis crenato-serratis “again seabri idis subtus pilis 
hispidis onustis, ca itulis ad normam. generi # “adihinediondibas, 
ovoidei i= 
latis acutis hispidis velit ‘Bde avitts ert: ‘acittainingth 
anguste scarioso-marginatis intermediis superne —— et ut in- 
teriora intimaque dorso tenes panepie copiose inspersis, flos- 
tuguese West nes Kakango, at Forte Princeza 
Amelia; Gosswerer 3868. ‘ 
Folia exempl. unici nobis obvii summum 3-5 em. long. et 
: im 
m., intima 
long., hins inde glandulifere ; tubus superne leviter eanplintaa, 
3°5 mm. long. ; lobi lineari i-lanceolati, obtusi. Styli rami 1°75 mm 
long. Achenia 2 mm. 7 sate curvata, brunnea. Pappi seta 
pallide straminea, 1-2 m 
The hispid clothing tid shave of the involucres easily serve to 
won meg this plant, which Mr. Gossweiler has noted as being 
fra 
aes Gossweilera, genus novum. 
Capitula homogama, untae Tnvolucri oo cig phylla 
pluriseriata, subscariosa, extima abbreviata cetera appendice 
scariosa onusta. Receptaculum Bisyitat conicum, paleis involucri 
: . it 
r tinomorphe tubus sursum gradatim amplificatus; lim- 
bus 5-lobus. Antherz basi breviter sagittate auriculis aliquanto 
connatis obtusi Styli rami filiformes, : i 
Acheen i ntia, subcylindrica, pappo cupuliformi 
tenero ore denticulato coro erisimiliter frutex alterni- 
folius. Capitula sat in corymbo pluricephalo bracteato 
ra a Sete 
lan 
a, sp. unica. Caule erecto rupee piri in 
longitude acorn felis Soe anguste lanceolatis (sum- 
abbreviatis angust te lineari- lanceola latis) superne attenuatis apice 
supra scabridis subtus spars rsim pubescentibus, corymbis pube- 
scentibus foliis cirea ezquilongis, bracteis linearibus — 
