Bopra leitiam et toBc 4*- 5 ramnii 4t€hotonie orittntur valde 

 approximati in axilla foliorum ad mifiimum Hdoctornm ini« 

 deficientiuni. Ramnli nltinii 4 — 9 poll, long! filiformes, capi- 

 tnlis imilatcraliter obsessis approximalis — 40 et ultra, Ca- 

 pUula 11 — ^13-<flora parra, sessitia. InTolucrnm ^/^ — 11/3 

 liD. altnnij hemispbaericum , siibpnbescenti-glaudulosaniy squa- 

 mis 4-9erialit€r imbricatis, orato - oblongia > ob^cnre vindU 

 cariaatis, brere mucronatis , margiDe pallido, praecipue ^a-- 

 perne in roseum vergente, subpellncido. Flores % lin. longi^ 

 tubnlosi, glabriy bine iude, praeripne snperne globulis resi- 

 nosis adspersi, ad ^/^ snp. in denies 5 lanceolalo-lineares, 

 acutos abennlcs; antherae snbexsertae, corond lane^olald mo- 

 nitae, candatae esse ridentur; sljli rami exserti, filiformes^ 

 iispidulf. Aefaaenia % lin, longa, cjliudraceo- torbinata, 

 btria, callo basilar! magno albente instrncta; pappus «adncos^ 

 biserialis, serie exi, brevi, setacea, int. 1% liu. €t ultra longa 

 snbantennaeformi. 



Colombia^ YillaTicencio (Meta), alt. 455' met, leg, cl. 

 Karsten! 



Obs. h Eandem foliis infra cauo-hirto pnbescenti-snb- 

 lome:j(osi9 et capitnlis — SO-floris faabeo e proT. Not, Granat, 

 Mariqnita inter Honda et Tocaj, Febr, 1843, alt. 1200 ped. 

 a cl F. Linden! n. 1169. iecl, c. adn. Sores palHde riofa- 

 cei = Vemonia secundi/lora C, H. Sz* Bip. in Iitt. ad eU 

 Linden an, 1849. 



Obs* //. Hnic Talde affinis esse ridetor Vemonia (Le^ 

 pidupioa $. 2.) brachiata Bentb. in Oersted Con^ros. Cenlro- 

 americ. p. 67, (an. 1653)> in Costa Riea» alt. 2 -^ 5000^ lect, 

 Differre vero ridetnr foliis supremjs 8 — 9-pollicaribnSf supra 

 scabrinsculiSf subtos pnbernlis, irregulariter dentalis, capitolia 

 20^ florid » inTolocris 2 lin< longis. 



