156 
Involucrum campanulatum, 9 lin. longum, bracteis appressis 
lanceolatis dem pungentibus, spinis stramineis inequalibus 
marginatis.  Ligul lineares, luteæ, 9 lin. longs. <Achenia 
immatura cylindrica, glabra. Pappus yis puer à 
TROPICAL AFRICA. German East Afri ry common on 
hills north of Lake Nyasa and north of the Livingatotte ae 
Rev. W. P. Johnson. British. Central Africa: between Kondow 
and "Karonga, Whyte, 551. 
638. Berkheya rumeur rid [Composite-Arctotidex] ; ad 
B. spekeanam, Oliv., magis ace 
Herba perennis. Von Nb erecti, albo-lanosi, ad apicem 
foliati, foliis decurrentibus spinosis irregula riter alati. Folia 
alterna, sessilia, lanceolata, 2-3 poll. longa, pinnatifida, marginibus 
copiose spinosis, facie setoso-spinosa, dorso albo-lanata. Min ete 
pauca, magna, Sire corymbosa. Jnvolucrum campanulatum 
1 poll. diam. , bract is multiserialibus appressis lanceolatis foliaceis, 
Ligule multe, lutez, 9 lin. longer. Achenia immatura cylindrica, 
glabra. oo paleaceus, 3 lin. longus, paleis paucis integris 
lanceola tis 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Nyika plateau, alt. 6000—7000 ft., 
Whyte, 150. 
639. Gerbera raed di — A goon aera Mop ad 
G. piloselloiden, Cas dit. 
Herba perennis, ine wee swiss — Folia pauca, 
omnia radicalia, eee petiolata, oblonga, integra, 2-3 poll. longa, 
facie viridia glabra, dorso purpureo tincta Aopen al Pedunculus 
monocephalus, 6-10 pol longus, gracilis, erectus, inferne parce. 
superne dense pubescens. —Znvoluecrwuin campanula atum, 6 lin. 
longum, bracteis peucisia [bna linearibus appressis dorso albo- 
pilosis. Lowsn multz, lanceolate, rubro-lutex, 6 lin. long:, dorso 
poe Florum disci corollæ cylindricæ, 3 lin. longæ. Achæenia 
mmatura cylindrica, Purus lj lin. longs. Pappus setosus, 
"pin albidus, 3 lin. lon 
PEL CENTRAL aii Masuku plateau, alt. 6500-7000 ft., 
yte, 
640. Lobelia (Hemipogon) oma oie ec hue ene 
Lobeliex] ; ad L. trullifoliam, Hemsl., 
Herba pusilla, annua, glabra. dodi cd a tes, ramo 
graciles, subpedales, apice ascendentes. Folia distincte pos 
ovata, obtusa, 3-6 longa, distincte crenata, membranacea, 
utrinque viridi ia. Flats pauci, ad ape ramorum laxe racemosi, 
dicellis ascendentibus filiformibus 1-2 poll. longis. Ca/ycis lobi 
lanceolati, 1 lin. longi. Corolla cærulea, t tubo calyce duplo longiore, 
lobis obovatis 1 lin. mi ol Stamina corollae tubo :quilonga. 
Capsula obconica, 15 lin. d 
_ BRITISH CENTRAL pp Plateau of Mount Zomba, alt. 
6000 ft. Whyte; aeiio j ae 312 of 1891 
collection. 
