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lineari-subulatis quam pedunculi proprii capitula plerumque super- 
antes plane brevioribus, involucri puberuli phyllis 5-serialibus 
extimis paucis parvis lineari-lanceolatis acutis ceteris ob ongis 
appendice suborbiculari denticulata terminatis, corollis breviter 
casper alah iis hucusque crudis glabris pappum breviter ex- 
ages 
Ha Eras West Africa, Kakonda, where it is rare; 
Gossweiler, 4344. 
Folia usque ad 10 cm. long., sed sepe breviora, 15-2 om. lat., 
in sicco pag. sup. lete viridia, pag. inf. vero pallidiora ; petioli 
circa 1 cm. lat.; folia summa pauca, 4—7 cm. long., 7-10 mm. lat. 
Co 
filifo: pu , sepius 1-2 em. long.; horum bractez solem- 
niter 2-7 Involucrum humectatum 7x8 mm. ; phylla 
extima 3 mm. long. ; intermedia ‘5mm.; intima 6 mm. long.; 
lineari-lanceolate, Brees haud exclusa 6 mm. long., appendix 
ipsa su uborbicularis, 15x 1:5 em. Corolle in toto 6 mm. long. 
extus sparsissime glandulose. Styli rami vix 2mm. long. Achienia 
1:5 mm. lo a 
This is a stage agit plant, and on account of the style-arms 
should, I think, be placed in Vernoniacee, although in several 
ways it Reson oe Pani ae. ernoniacee with a paleszeceous 
receptacle are very rare; such are the Brazilian Heterocoma, and 
one or two more, including the recently described Dewtldemania 
the 
O. Hoffm., from which the nile plant differs entirely in 
pus. 
Veronnia (§ Leripenta) Tufnelle, sp. nov. Caule peoendente 
a ramuloso in longitudinem ’prominenter striato. pube- 
x puberulo i pitoneg dense Kevo-poeseetios, pis 
petiolatis, Ianceolatis ve tt 
eS 
atis apice ac brotundati ndulatis 
) cidilate-dantadaa pom accui in sicco > viridibus supra 
adichifannels subtus puberulis, capitulis ad en 
formibus involucra excedenti — involucri late campanulati 4- 
sensim amplificato, achzeniis cylindrico-turbinatis 6-costatis pube- 
scentibus adjectis glandulis paucis lucentibus intercostals, 
pappi squamis angustissime linearibus acutis setis scaberri 
albidis 
ab. Unyoro,in grass; Mrs. Herbert Tufnell. 
Folia 2-5-4 em. long., 1-2:5 em. lat., glandulis — copi- 
osis gaudientia, sub paullo palliaions petioli 4-7 mm. lon 
Panicule usque ad 10 cm. long. et 20 cm. lat. ; hase genes 
vetustiores foliis similes, juveniles meras ad squamas redacte. 
