VERSONIA. 55 



hirlo-p„l,.,cratl., ,1, ,,„.Jripollic.ri., d„., p„||ic„, |.,., p„,„„, ,„mip„;]i,.„,, l,i„„.p„b.,c„„,. 

 S„ci .„li.re, ct ,.rm,„.lc., gcrnl».,., , p,J„„c„l„ c„mm„„i ,„mil., ._. ,/. „„llic„ 1„„.„ .1,„. 



ioterdum .bbreviaw ; j„„i„re, apice sul)revol„ta:. Pf.o, 



, long„s rli.' 



.....l.,e deo,i„ime o.„e.ce„ii .p„he,ce„,i.. Fconr, ,ol,i.rii , .li„r„i , ,e„ile,, ,ppr„,i„,ii, „„1].,.. 

 r.les, Ire, l,„e., Io„gi. Involdcrum liemi,ph»ricum , polvphyllom; foliolis circicer 25 , imbric.ii, 



i.„„col.ii,,.„„,o.„,„„„„„i,,,„biri„e„ „bc„ri.cei,,'exler„epilo,o-p„be,ce„tib„.i'm,eri„,ibiJ 



brev.onh,,,. R.c.mcc.ctt „„d„m, sl.hrom. Fm.cuii eirciier .5, i„v„l„cr„m ,uper.„ie,. Cojoit, 

 purpure., gl.br. , l„b„l„,„-i„f„„dib„liformi,, ,„l„q„clid, , l,ci„ii, l,„ceol.li, , .c„li, . p.leutibui 

 Am«R« e»,erii. Ov..,to „„„„,„„ , puhc«,e„s. Sttcu, gl.her. SrioM, hip.riiium , euertum. 

 ATO,„,li„„re,,„lc„o.,„s„l.,„m,gl.h,i„,cuium,dimidi.mli„e.miouEum, P.,|,„,d„plei,e>leri„r. 



,,„.„,. crebr.,h,.ve,,li„e.,i.,.h„l.,.,hi,pid„.,c,,hraii„,„,i„,pil„,„,jpiii,,c,b,i,,.ibi,,„oroIi.m 

 siibiBquaatibus , patulis. 



VerQoni» scorpioidi CConyza scorpLoiiJes Lam.) prosima, foliorum fornia lameusalis (Jislincla. 



5. VERNOMA CANESCENS. t Tab. CCCXVII. 



V. herbacea!'; volnl.ilisj foliis oblongo-lanreolatis, acuminatis, basi angustatis , iniegern- 

 mis, subrugosis , rigidis , supra pubescenlibus, stibtus piloso-sericeis canescentibus: spicis 

 termiDalibiis et axillaribus , subsecundis. 



Crescit /irnpe Giiaiicabamlia Peruvianorum in re^ione temperata , alt. 127 hex. t, Floret 

 Aprili. 



Herba suffrulicosa?, volubilis; ramis aiternis , teretibus , pubescentibus. Folia alterna, breviler 

 peliolata , oblongo-ianceolala, acumiiiaia , basi anguslala, integerrima , rettculato-venosa, venis pri- 

 mariis subparallelis nervoque sublus prominentibus, rigida, supi-a subrugosa pubesceatia viridta, 

 tublus piloso-sericea c^inescenlia, bipollicaria , quiniiue llneas lata. Petioli.s lineam longus, sericeo- 

 pilosus. Splcb axillares et tcrminales , in apice ramnrum approximata; , suLsecunJs, sublripollicares , 

 interdumramounoalterove brevi insirucuc; rbacbi dense piloso-pubescente. Flohes (/^. i.)solitarii , 

 sessiles, dislantes, subunilalerales, tres lineas longi. I^vollchum hemispha;ricum , polyphjllum ; 

 foliolis {fig. a ) circiter 35, imbricalis, lanceolalis, apice subulalis, enerviis , eilerne pubescentlbus; 

 exterioiibiis Lrevioribua. RECEPr*cuLrM nudum, glabrum. Flosculi (/ig-. 3.) circiler a5, involucrum 

 superanles. Coroll* palliJe violacea, glabra; tubo lenui , cjlindraceo; limbo quinqueparlito; lacinii» 

 lanceolalis , aculis , palentibus. Antheh* exserta. Ovarium cuneatum , bKpidum, Stvlcs glaber. Stigui 

 biparlilum, exsertum. Akenium immaiurum. Pirpos (/g. 4,) ut in Vernonia prjecedente. 



6. VERNONIA geminata. t 



V. herbacea; vwlubilis; Ibliis laticeolalo-oblongis , acuminatis, basi obtusis, integerrimis, 

 supra rugosis puberulis, subtus ramisque molliler piloso-pubescentibus, junioribus sablus 

 sericco-lauuginosis; spicis terminalibus , geminis. 



Lrescit m ripa Jluminis Catamayo prope pagum Gonzanama Novo-Granatensium , alt. 



1070 kex. % Floret Julio. 



IltBin volubilis j ramis allernis ,sulcatis, sulmngulatis , molliter scricco-l.inuginosis. Foi.T* allerna, 

 breviter pciiolala, juniora sessilia, lanceolato-oblonga, acuminata , basi ob[usa,inte;;errima, reliculato- 



