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than normal; and other plants that can only be put under V. cistifolia occur with 

 the phyllaries partially reflexed. In its extreme it is striking, and I consider the 

 following transfer necessary :V. cistifolia O. Hoffm. var. bothrioclinoid.es (C. H. 

 Wright) Brenan, stat. nov. 



Vernonia bellinghamii S. Moore, Jour. Bot. 38: 155. 1900. 



Mombera District: 10 miles N. of Mzimba, common on stony ground in Brachy- 

 stegia woodland, shrub 2-2.5 m. tall, leaves grey beneath, pappus of fruit white, 

 1370 m., Aug. 9, 1946, 17144. Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, and S. 

 Rhodesia. 



Vernonia melleri Oliv. & Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 282. 1877. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, in Brachystegia woodlands, perennial herb 

 25-50 cm. high, flowers pale blue, 1100 m., June 17, 1946; 16333.* Mlanje Dis- 

 trict: Likubula Gorge, occasional in Uapaca-Brachystegia woodlands, herb 50-70 

 cm. high, with one or more stems erect from a stout woody stock, flowers pale 

 blue, 840 m., June 20, 1946, 16379. Kota-kota District: Nchisi, rare, in Brachy- 

 stegia woodland, perennial herb 80-120 cm. high, stem one, erect from a thick 

 woody stock, flowers cornflower-blue, showy, 1350 m., Aug. 1, 1946, 17088. Por- 

 tuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, N<, and S. Rhodesia, Belgian Congo. 



Vernonia paludigena S. Moore, Jour. Bot. 52: 91. 1914. 



Kota-kota District: Cnia area, one example in dry sandy woodland of lake 

 plain, herb, flowers pale greenish-blue, 480 m., Sept. 6, 1946, 17548.* Belgian 

 Congo and Nyasaland, probably also in N» Rhodesia and Tanganyika Territory. 



Vernonia pteropoda Oliv. & Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 283. 1877. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, occasional in forest 

 opening, shrub 2-2.5 m. high, little branched, just beginning to open flowers, 

 flowers white, 1850 m., July 8, 1946, 16731.* Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, 

 occasional in rain-forest undergrowth, herb up to 1 m. high, flowers white, 1300 

 m., Sept. 20, 1946, 77679. Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, S. Rhodesia. 



Vernonia amygdalina Del. Cent. PI. Afr. Voy. Meroe 41. 1826. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi, common in old fallow lands and on roadsides, tree 

 4-5 m. high, compact, attractive, flowers white, pappus of fruit yellowish, native 

 name (Chinyanja) fusa, 1350 m., Aug. 1, 1946, 17080. Kasungu District: Kasungu, 

 on brushy banks of stream in Brachystegia woodland, shrub 5 m. high, flowers 

 white, 1000 m., Aug. 24, 1946, 17407. Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, 

 on sandy river-banks, shrub 2 m. high, flowers white, 180 m., Oct. 3, 1946, 17930. 

 Widespread in tropical Africa. 



Vernonia glabra (Steetz) Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 27: 194. 1877. 

 Linzia glabra Steetz in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 353. 1863. 



Zomba District: Zomba, frequent in long grass of woodlands, herbaceous shrub 

 1.5-2 m. high, very showy, florets bright pale blue, pappus of fruit purplish, 1150 

 m., May 26, 1946, 16037. Kota-kota District: Nchisi, occasional weed in old gar- 

 dens, herb about 1 m. tall, stem simple, erect, florets purple in bud, pale blue at 

 anthesis, 1100 m., Aug. 3, 1946, 17118. Kenya to South Africa. 



Vernonia obconica Oliv. & Hiern in Oliv, Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 286 (1877) does 

 not seem to me to be separable specifically from V. glabra. 



Vernonia glabra (Steetz) Vatke var. laxa (Steetz) Brenan, comb. nov. 



Linzia glabra Steetz var. laxa Steetz in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 354, 1863. 



? Vernonia ondongensis Klatt ex Schinz, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3: 430. 1895. 



Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, occasional on grassy alluvial plain, woody 

 herb to 2 m. high, flowers purple, 200 m., Oct. 2, 1946, 27898. Lower Mwanza 



