48S MR. J. G. BAKER 0:S THE 



Acheiie 4-angled, many-riblDcd, drab, glabrous, | in. long. Pappus 

 ^ in. long. — Baron 3577 ! 



Ver]S'ONia (§ Strobocaltx) grisea, n. sp. 



Arborea, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis alternis petiolatis oblongis acutis 

 dentatis subglabris utrinque viridi])us, capitulis 7-8-floris copiose corym- 

 boso-paniculatis, involucro campariulato piloso bracteis pauciseriatis ovatis 

 vel oblongis obtusis, aclieulo glabro, pappo albido setis exterloribus pluri- 

 bus brevibus linearibus. 



Brancblets woody, terete, grey, pubescent upwards. Leaves 

 3-1 in. long, 1-1| in. broad at tbe middle, very acute, thin in 

 texture, penninerved, pubescent on tbe midrib beneatb. Panicle 

 4-6 in. broad; brancbes pubescent, tlie loAver springing from tbe 

 axils of large leaves. Involucre ^ in. in diani. ; bracts few, deci- 

 duous, brow^nish black ; outer small, ovate ; inner oblong. Corolla 

 not seen fully developed. Pappus flexuose, -^ in, long. — Baron 

 3437! 



A^ERXois'TA (§ Strobocaltx) exserta, n. sp. 



Arborea, ramulis apice tenuiter adpresse pubescentibus, foliis alternis 

 breviter petiolatis lanceolatis serratis utrinque viridibus glabris, capitulis 

 5-6-floris copiose corymboso-paniculatis, involucro campanulato bracteis 

 pauciseriatis adpressis deciduis ovatis vel oblongis, floribus ex involucro 

 conspicue exsertis, achcnioglabro, pappo flexuoso albido setis exterioribus 

 multis brevibus linearibus. 



Brancblets woody, terete, obscurely pubescent upw^ards. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long, under an incli broad at tbe middle, narrowed 

 gradually to tbe acute apex and short petiole, obscurely serrulate, 

 tbin in texture. Panicle terminal, 4-6 in. broad, tbe lower 

 brancbes springing from tbe axils of large leaves. Involucre ^ in. 

 in diam.; bracts greenisli brown, rigid, sligbtly pubescent ; outer 

 small, ovate ; inner oblong. Corolla reddish, 1 in. long. Flowers 

 twice as Ions as tbe involucre. — Baron 43G4 ! 



CoxYZA skrratifolia, n. sp. 



SufFruticosa, caule glabro, foliis sessilibus lanceolatis membranaceis 

 serratis glabris, capitulis parvis copiose corymboso-paniculatis, involucro 

 campanulato bracteis pauciseriatis lanceolatis glabris, floribus fiUformibus 

 pluribns, tubulosis paucis, achenio glabro compresso facie uninervato, 

 pappo flexuoso albido. 



An undersbrub, glabrous in all its parts, with long virgate 

 terete stem^. Leaves 3-4 in. Ions, ^-# in. broad, narrowed gra- 

 dually to both ends, green and glabrous on both sides. Panicle 



