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muricately ridged. Steud. in Eich. Fl. Abyss. II. 320, 1847. Walp. Ann. 
II. 694, 1852; Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. III. 7," 1877. Engler Hoch- 
gebirgsfll. Trop. Afr. 316, 1892; in Engler and Drude, Veg. der Erde 
IX. 1, i. 106, t. 88, 1910. 
Tropical Africa. Nile Land, Abyssinia . Schimper 7 and 1241 ! Near 
Endschedcap towards Schoata, Schimper, 559 ! On Mount Aber near 
Dschenausa, Schimper, 848 ! 
Var. Fischeri, Engler Hochgebirgsfll. Trop. Afr., 316, 1892, is said 
to differ from the type in the shorter involucral segments. Engler in 
Pflanz. Ost Afr. C. 298, 1895. 
Tropical Africa. Masai Highlands, Ukira, Victoria Nyanza, Fischer, 
280. 
I have not seen this variety. 
23. A. Thodei, Diimmer, sp. nov. 
Herba pusilla, glaberrima, 10-20 cm., alta, caule subnudo 1-3-cephalo. 
Folia radicalia 4-8, subpetiolata vel petiolata, petiolo 3*5 cm. longo ; 
lamina 2*5-6 cm. longa, 1-2-1-8 cm. lata, ovata, obovata vel elliptica, 
obtusa, apiculata, basi leviter oblique rotundata vel subattenuata, chart- 
acea, margine dentata vel serrato-setosa, setis rigidis 4-6 mm. longis 
saepe decurvatis. Capitulum 15-30-florum. Involucrum magnum, 1*8- 
3 cm. diametro, segmentis 11-15 patulis inaequalibus a medio connatis 
obtusis vel acutis integris. Calycis dentes 0*5 mm. longae, subacutae. 
Fructus immaturus, subcompressus, apice vel toto muricatus. 
Plant dwarf, 4-8 in. high, glabrous ; stem subnude, terete or slightly 
angular, bearing a solitary terminal large fiower-head or occasionally 
three, the two lower smaller and opposite ; lateral peduncles 1-1-|- in. 
long. Eadical leaves 4-8, suberect or spreading, thin in texture and 
reticulate on both sides, petiolate or subpetiolate ; f-ll- in. long, mem- 
branous, usually channelled ; blade 1-2^ in. long, f-f in. broad, ovate, 
obovate to elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, subobliquely rounded or tapering to 
the base ; margin dentate or serrate-setose with the teeth keeled and the 
setae 2-3 lines long, rigid and often recurved; cauline few, distant, ascend- 
ing or adpressed acuminate and coarsely toothed, the uppermost opposite, 
connate, subtending the lower branches of the inflorescence. Flower- 
heads 15-30-flowered, flowers purplish. Involucre large, when expanded 
■|-1J in. across ; segments 11-15, united at their middle, unequal, 
spreading, obtuse to acute, entire with subparallel veins, greenish with- 
out, pale ochre within, larger segments 5-6 lines long, 1-3 lines broad. 
Calyx-teeth ^ mm. long, subacute. Immature fruit subcompressed, muri- 
cate all over or only on the ridges or at the apex. Alepidea, sp.. Wood, 
