28 Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbüchern, Nr. 433, 
obtusa, 6—8 cm longa (lamina propria 3,5—5 cm longa, 1,5—1,8 cm lata, 
petiolus alatus 2,5—4 cm longus, 5—7 mm latus), intermedia oblanceolata, 
basin versus cuneatim angustata, 6—8 cm longa, ca. 4 cm vel paullum 
ultra sub apice lata, parte apicali distanter repando-paucidenticulata, sub- 
acuta, basin versus integra, Superiora lineari-lanceolata usque anguste linearia, 
acuminata, 5—4—3 cm longa, 7—3 mm lata, in bracteas transeuntia, 
omnia firme herbacea, supra mox glabrescentia, subtus disperse puberula, 
penninervia, nervo mediano subtus prominulo, venis tenuissimis apicem 
versus arcuatis. Inflorescentiae ex axillis bractearum nati axes 6—8, elon- 
gati, simplices monocephali vel pauciramulosi, bracteolis paucis filiformi- 
bus 5—8 mm longis obsiti vel fere nudi, usque 45 cm longi glabri. Ca- 
pitula homogama, longe pedunculata, pedunculi nudi, glabri, apice turbinatim- 
inflati, 5—10 cm longi. Involucri campanulati, ecalyculati, ca. 7—8 mm 
alti, 5—6 mm diametientis Squamae 8—11, uniseriatae, lineari-lanceolatae, 
7 mm longae, apice trigonae, acutae, papillosae, inaequilatae (1,2—2 mm), 
anguste membranaceo-marginatae, glabrae. Receptaculum nudum, glabrum, 
paullum concavum. Flores in capitulo 30—35, ochroleuci, omnes tubulosi, 
hermaphroditi; tubus cylindricus glaber, 4 mm longus, 0,5 mm vel paullum 
ultra diametiens; limbus turbinatus, basi 0,8 mm, in fauce 1,2—1, 5 mm 
diametiens, 2,5 mm longus lobis oblongo-triangulis 0,8—1 mm longis, 2- 
nerviis et vitta oleifera percursis, apice papillosis inclusis. Antherae 2 mm 
longae, filamenta 0,5 mm tantum longa. Styli rami truncati, minutiuscule 
barbulati, 4 mm longi. Germen cylindricum, paullum a dorso compressum, 
3,5 mm longum, 0,8 mm crassum, costatum, hirtulum, apice annulatum. 
Pappi setae Niveae, tenuissimae, minutiuscule scabriusculae, 5 mm longae. 
Sudanische Parksteppenprovinz: Kamerun: Tibati-Hochland, Weg 
von Njen nach Ngaumdere, Grassteppe (G. Tessmann n. 2724, blühend 6. Sept. 
1914). 
Diese Art ist durch die lang und nacktgestielten Köpfchen, die etwas an Othonna 
erinnern, sehr ausgezeichnet; ebenso auch durch die spatelförmigen unteren Blatter. 
S. Thorbeckei Mattf. Spec. nov. — Herba perennis; caules e caudice 
lignescente erecti vel adscendentes, 30— 50 cm alti, costati, glabri, simpli- 
ces vel supra basin radieibus adventitiis filiformibus praeditam ramos non- 
nullos steriles foliatos emittentes, desuper ramos floriferos nudos emittentes 
vel inflorescentia simplice terminati, medio satis dense foliati, internodiis 
1—2 cm vel desuper usque 7 cm longis. Folia alterna, sessilia, late ellip- 
tica vel oblongo-elliptica, 5—7 cm longa, 2—2,5 cm vel paullum ultra lata, 
basin versus rotundato- vel rarius subcuneatim-angustata, apice rotundata 
vel subacuta, margine integerrima, papyraceo-herbacea, utrinque glaberrima, 
tenuiter penninervia, venis apicem versus arcuatis. Inflorescentia aut sim- 
plex 5—7-capitulata aut pleiochasiali-ramosa 10—20-capitulata, rami bractea 
parva fulti, ceterum nudi, glabri, usque 15 cm longi. Capitula heterogama, 
pedunculata; pedunculi 1—3 cm longi, medio bracteola unica vel nulla et 
