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503. Peucedanum valerianefolium, Baker [Umbellifere] ; 
speciebus reliquis africanis facile distinguitur foliis sedie 
integris caulinis lyrato- pinnatifidis. 
Herba t perennis, gracilis, erecta, glabra. Caules leves, profunde 
sulcati. Folia inferi iora distincte petiolata, parva, oblon nga, acuta, 
b 
marginatis caducis; umbellæ secundariæ multifloræ, bracteis 
minutis Wiioribus. Calycis lobi obsoleti. Petala alba. Fructus 
oblongus, planus, Jugis dorsalibus haud prominentibus, lateralibus 
in alas latas produc 
BRITISH PAM AFRICA. Mount Zomba, alt. 4000-6000 ft., 
Whyte. 
504. Vernonia humilis, C. H. Wright ee i penni 
pubescens, foliis oblongis acutis glandulosis, capitulis 4—6-floris 
Caulis herbaceus vel sublignosus, pubescens, 10 poll. me 
Folia 1 poll. longa, 4—5 lin. lata, alterna, oblonga, basi ap piceque 
acuta, brevissime petiolata, dentata, glandulis aureis pellucidis 
punctata. | Capitula 4-6- flora, 4 lin. Jonga, i in corymbos terminales 
disposita. Involucrum campanulatum, bracteis paucis imbricatis 
ovatis obtusis marginibus scariosis. aUor olla regulariter yaar 
Antheræ basi obtusæ, apice appendices triangulares scariosa 
gerentes. St i Aen bipartitus. Achenia leviter striata. Pappi seti 
filiformes, s 
Torrey PIR German East Africa : Lower plateau, north 
of Lake Nyasa, J. Thomson. British Central Africa: Mt. Mlanje, 
6000 ft., HOoni , 30. 
The leaves contain numerous — glands, on the surface of 
which in the recent specimens are golden globules. In 
older sieohneny "ie surfaces of the pnm appear densely 
punctate. 
505. Helichrysum concinnum, N. E. Brown [Composite-Inu- 
loideæ] ; H.cochleariformi, DC. propane sed capitulis mino- 
ribus pallidioribus oblongis di ffer 
Herba 6 poll. alta, e basi ramosa. Caules graciles erecti, supra 
niculato ramosi, laxe foliosi, eur cifre 
vel lineari-oblonga, 3—6 lin. longa, 3-1 lin. lata, ak utrinque 
reece, apice fusco-apiculata. Pale 3 lin. longa, 1 lin 
, laxe comymboso-paniculata, pedicellata, oblonga, 50—60- flora. 
Toa campanulati squamæ Inteo-fulve, bullato-imbricatæ, 
lineari-oblongæ, subacutæ, apice subcucullato-concavæ. Flores 
exteriores filiformes ; r tubulosi, 5-dentati. Pappi setæ 
apice breviter incrassate.—H. cochleariforme, Harv. in Harv. & 
Sond. Fl. Cap. IIl. p. 220, non DC. 
SOUTH AFRICA. Little jenes agent near Ezels Fontein and 
Rood Berg, 3500—4000 ft., November, Drè 
This plant was assigned by Harvey to 2 AO HUS es DC., 
but it is perfectly distinct from that species, altho ugh allied to it, 
differing in its more 2 moa much smaller, bond. and mu ch 
