Su 
. 8.4. DC. pr. YV.p. 44. . 
15. Vernenia rubrienulis H.B. K. — DC. pr: V. p.46.. 
+2, 177. 
Columbia, Merida in graminosis rarins, fl. Nor, Moritz 
(Nor. rosei) n. 1427. 
Obs. Eandem habeo a cl.. Hartweg! in Mexico, n.1087, 
leeiam. 
16. Vernonia Meritziana C.H. Scholtz Bip. Mess. 
h, ramis, siriatis pubescentibus, foliis breve petiolatia, 
oblongo-ellipticis, utrinqne acutis, sabintegerrimis, supra 
scabris, : subtus impresso-punctatis et sparse hirtis, cy- 
mis scorpieideis, terminalibus longis, capitulis axillarihus 
23 —24-Noris, geminis vel solitariis, sessilibns folio ferali 
malto breviorihns,  involueri campanulati sqnamis triangalari- 
orato-oblongis, obtusis, praecipnd ext. mucronalis, saheilia- 
tis, eorollae lobis hirtie, achaenie hirto, pappo Argenteo, ext. 
hrevi paleareo, int. setoso snbantennaeformi, subeadaeo, 
Folia 1 poll. longa, 1/, poll, lata; petiolus brevissimus, 
sabnullns. Alfinis Vern. axilliflorae Mart.! — DC, pr V. 
p.%7. n. 184, sed glabrior, 
Columbia, Caracas, Jan.. 1843. Moritz! ». 73. 
&5. DC. pr. V.p- #8. 
17. Vernonia gracilis H.B.K. £. villosa Less. — DC, 
pr. V. 9.50. — Variat: 
a. involueri squamarım Arcumine squarroso. 
Froutex 3-pedalis, die 6. Apr. 1840 ad Nlurios et in lo- 
eis humidis alt. 5000 ped. prope Tipe ad Caracas Columbiae 
let. Otto! n. 687. 
Variat foliis lanceolatis v. elliptieis, capitalis solitariis 
r. 2 — 4 glomeratis, involueri squamis brunneis v, gurpu- 
rascentibus, Capitala 24flora, achaenia hirta, pappus albus 
ext. brevis, palencens, persistens, int. hand maltisetus, ca- 
ducas. 
