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tomentose below, and 5-7*5 cm. in length by 1 cm. (or less) in 

 breadth. 



V. Melleri Oliv. & Hiern in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 282. 



Mazoe ; Eyles, 185 



11 Grows 3-4 ft. high among long grass on unburnt veld." 



Felicia lutea N. E. Br. in Kew Bull. 3901, 123. 

 Bulawayo, on schist formation, and on the open veld at 

 Sebakwe; Eyles, 161 and 1216. 



Aspilia polycephala, sp. nov. Herba erecta, ramosa, foliosa, 

 caule foliisque pilis hispidis patulis copiose onustis, foliis sessilibus 

 subsessilibusve lineari-lanceolatis raro lanceolatis obtusis basi an- 

 gustatis, capitulis parvis breviter pedunculatis pauciflosculosis ad 

 apicem ramulorum brevium in glomerulos paucicephalos a foliis 

 ultimis involucratis congestis, involucri auguste campanularis 

 2-serialis phyllis exterioribus oblongis obtusis sursum membranaceis 

 hispidis quam interiora oblonga vel anguste oblongo-ovata obtusa 

 vel obtusissima omnino vel fere omnino cartilaginea et puberula 

 vel apice hispidula paullo longioribus, ligulis 5 ex involucro emi- 

 nentibus rotundato-obcordatis albis, achaeniis oblongo-turbinatis 

 appresse sericeo-pilosis, pappo cupulari fimbriato additis setis duabus 

 brevibus inter se insequilongis. 



Hab. Fort Portal, Toro ; Bayshawe, 993. 



Planta saltern semimetralis. Caulis robustus, deorsum alte 

 sulcatus necnon glabrescens, solum versus 0-7 cm. diam. Folia 

 modice 3*5-5-0 cm. long, iraro 6-0 cm.), 0-6-1*4 cm. lat. (rarius 

 adusque 2*0 vel etiam 2-5 cm.), in sicco viridia, integra vel obscure 

 denticulata, margine ciliata, firme membranacea. Glomeruli circa 

 3-4-cephali, summum 2*0 cm. diam. Pedunculi circa 0*2 cm. long. 

 Capitula circa 1*0 cm. long. Involucri phylla exteriora 0-75 cm., 

 interiora 0*6 cm. long. Receptaculi palese 0*8 cm. long. Ligulae 

 0*6 x 0-45 cm., 5-nervosae, nervulis laxe reticulatis percurs^e. Disci 

 corollarum tubus 0-4 cm. long., dimidio inf. attenuatus, 002 cm. 

 diam. superne 0*1 cm. diam. vel paullulum ultra. Ach*enia fusca, 

 0-45 cm. long. ; pappi cupula 0-05 cm., aristae 0-1-0-15 cm. long. 



Differs from A. helianthoides Oliv. & Hiern, which also has white 

 ligules, in the narrower sessile or subsessile leaves, the congested 

 heads, somewhat different involucres, only five ray-florets, &c. 



Aspilia Eylesii, sp. n. Caulibus e rhizomate robusto erectis 

 sparsim ramosis gracilibus scabridis, foliis sessilibus lanceolatis vel 

 lanceolato-ovatis utrinque obtusis basi trinervibus margine insequa- 

 liter dentatis vel crenulato-dentieulatis firme membranaceis utrinque 

 scabridis, capitulis submediocribus terminalibus solitariis vel binis 

 pedunculis scabriusculis folia magnopere superautibus fultis, invo- 

 lucri abbreviati 2-serialis phyllis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis appresse 

 scaberrimis inferne cartilagineis superne membranaceis, receptaculi 

 paleis apice subito acutatis, ligulis circa 12 involucrum paullo ex- 

 cedentibus, pappo brevissimo laeerato-ciliolato exaristato. 



Hab. Sebakwe ; F. Eyles, 164. 



Planta summum 80 cm. alt. Folia 3-5-5-0 cm. long., 1-6- 

 2-0 cm. lat. ; petioli lati, scaberrimi, 0*2-0-3 cm. long. Pedunculi 



