ALABASTRA DIVERSA 293 
Pedunculi proprii sepius 1-1-5 cm. long., raro fere 2 cm. attin- 
gentes. Involucrum 8 mm. long., 1 cm. lat.; phylla extima circa 
i 7 mm. long. Corolle 
2 mm. long. pa rami 3 mm. long. chenia 2 mm. long., 
pappi squame 1 mm., set 7 mm. long. 
Similar in foliage to V. Wollaston: 8S. ici but easily dis- 
tinguished —_ it by the quite different involuer 
Vernonia (§ SrencEr1A4) lancibracteata, sp. no bacea, 
spithamea yal paullo u tra, | caule e rhizomate crasso zo ascendento 
rariramoso ramulis striatis f 
puberulis, foliis sessilibus oblongo- oblanceolatis apice wor o> 
margine ob! dentato-serrulatis inferne sensim angustatis char- 
taceis supra scaberrimis subtus in nervis scabriusculo-puberulis, 
capitulis rnajanoulib solitariis inultiflowsaloui breviter pedunculatis 
edunculis ferru ugineo-pubescentibus ipso sub capitulo bracteas 
partes anguste lineari-lanceolatas scabriusculas inv a 
extima mentientes gerentibus, involucri hemispherici 4-serialis 
phyllis extimis lineari-lanceolatis ut bractez cireumstantes mucro- 
natis necnon viridibus phyllis ser. 2 oblongo-ovatis mucronatis in- 
6 aes ikon phyllis interioribus oblongo-ovatis sursum appendi- 
1 
ato, acheeniis cylindricis 6-costatis appresse sericeo-pube- 
scentibus, pappi setis 4-serialibus intus coe longioribus sca- 
riusculis Grins interioribus complanatis 
H a, Mazoe; F’. Eyles, 291. 
Rhizoma plea paucas sat validas tuberoso-inflatas —— 
Folia 5-5-7-5 cm. long., 1°3-2 em. lat., in sicco viridia, summ: 
quanto imminuta sed in hinted nequaquam tra ia. Pe- 
2x2cm.; phylla extima 12-14 mm., intermedia 16 mm., intima 
fere 2 cm. long.. Flosculi dilute lavandulacei. Corolle tubus 
16 mm. long. (pars mplificata modo 1:5 mm.), inferne -3 mm. 
faucibus 1 mm. lat. ; lobi anguste lineari-lanceolati, 2:6 mm. long. 
Styli superne sata rami basi complanati ut nae ipse horum 
sub insertione puberuli, 3-5 mm. long. Achznia 2°5 mm., pappi 
ae exteriores 2-5 mm., interiores 7-9 m avions 
A remarkable plant, ‘easily resogninable by the solitary heads 
with green bracts surrounding the involucres, whose outer leaves 
they closely resemble in size, form, panei and consistence. 
ASCLEPIADE. 
Raphionacme madiensis, sp.nov. Caule erecto e rhizomate 
validiusculo orto pube- 
scentibus, foliis ad normam generis majusculis oblongis vel oblongo- 
olum bre se 
seabeiinegie: pabenbaabics in sicco viridi-griseis, floribus medio- 
cribus in cymis axillaribus beciibes sublaxe plurifloris pubescenti- 
