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Compositae 



auctore G. Hieronymus. 



1 . Vernonia suaveoleiis Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et spec, 

 am. IV. p. 30; DC. Piodr. V. p. 31 ii. 88. 



Var. hirsnta Hieron. n. var. 



DifTert a speciinino oriuinali fonnnc fypicao in HiMharii) Wili.de.nowiano 

 sub n. 14 825 conservato et a descriplione foliis uiajoribus usque ad 20 cm 

 longis et 6 cm latis supra manifeste praesertim in nervis subsetoso-hir- 

 sutis subtns densius hirsuto-lomentosis (nec hirto-tomonlosis; , ramis den- 

 sissime hirsuto-tomentosis, pappo niveo (nec sordide albidoj. 



Arbor 6 — 8 m alia. 



Crescit in regione sul)andina (Soniuo n. 1 6\ 



2. V. micrantha Kunth in llumb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. ct s{)e(:. IV. 

 p. 29; syn. V. caneseens Klatt in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. YIII. p. 32, non 

 Kunth. V. canescms j3 micrantJia Less, in Linnaea <83<, p. 637. 



Crescit in regione subandina (S. n. 1/4). 



3. V. Sodiroi Hieron. n. sp. 



Lepidaploa scorpioidea, suffruticosa (volubilis ?) ; ramis teretibus, ob- 

 scure strialis, nigrescenti-griseo-tonientosis, usque ad inflorescenlias foliatis ; 

 foliis 4 — 6 cm distantibus, petiolatis (petiolis crassiusculis, 5 — 10 mm 

 longis, nigrescenli-griseo-tomentosis) ; laminis lanceolatis, apicc longe acumi- 

 natis, basi subrolundatis, rugosis, charlaceis, supra minute scabriusculis, 

 denique glabralis, subtus griseo-tomontosis, pinninerviis (nervis laleralilms 

 primariis crassioribus in ulraque dimidia parte c. 7 — 9, subtus promincn- 

 tibus, supra immersis), inter nervos laterales reticulato-venosis-venulosisque 

 (venis vcrmlisijue subtus prominnlis, supra iniincrsis): laniinis maximis in 

 specimine c. 13 cm longis, 3Y2 cm latis; inllorescenliis lerminalibus vcl in 

 ai^llis foliorum supremorum axillaribus, simpliciter scorpioideis vel pseudo- 

 dichotome rarius rciietito psendo-(licli(»iome ramosis; ramis 6 — 8-cephalis; 

 capitulis splitariis vel binis, rarius ternis, approximatis, sessilibus vel bre- 

 vissime pedunculatis 17-— i9-floi»f*11tfblucris campanulatis, c. 6Y2 nun 



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