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equal ; corolla gradually tapering ; achenium glandular-scabrous. — 6' high ; leaves 2"-l", 

 petioles 6"'-4'", involucre 2"' long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; [Cuba!, Haiti!; Texas, 

 Northern Mexico !]. 



43. E. nervosum, Sw. Shrubby ; branches cylindrical, scabrous with minute curved 

 hairs ; leaves opposite, petioled, rigid, ovate, acuminate, remotely and coarsely serrate about 

 the middle, or subentire, triplinerved near the base or 3-5-nerved, scabrous, densely doited 

 beneath with minute glands; corymbs trichotomous, paniculate: heads \7>-20-Jlowered, 

 pedicellate ; receptacle minute ; involucral scales linear, acuminate, subestriate, glabresccnt, 

 most subequal ; corolla; gradually tapering ; achenium scabrous. — 4 '-5' high ; leaves variable, 

 3"-l" (-4'"), petioles 4" -1'", involucre \\'" long ; flowers whitish. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, 

 in the mountains ; [Haiti !]. 



44. E. celtidifolium, Lam. Shrubby, glabrous ; branches slender, striate; leaves 

 opposite, petioled, membranaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with a narrow, usually pro- 

 tracted point, serrate about the middle, or entire, quintupli{-tripli)-nerved, not scabrous, 

 glandular beneath ; corymbs trichotomous : heads 10-8-flowered, pedicellate ; receptacle 

 minute ; involucral scales lanceolate, acuminate or bluntish, slightly striate, glabrescent, 

 often ciliate or subserrate above, most subequal ; corollae gradually tapering ; achenium 

 slightly scabrous on the angles. — Leaves 5"-3", petioles 8"'-4'", involucre 1'" long ; corollae 

 1"' long, whitish. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/. ; Dominica !, Finl., Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 [Cuba, Guadeloupe ; New Granada !]. 



** Stem shrubby ; branches rusty -villous. 



45. E. corylifolium, Gr. (n. sp.). Shrubby; branches rusty-pilose, cylindrical; 

 leaves opposite, long-petioled, flaccid, ovate, pointed or bluntish, rounded-subtruncate at the 

 base, coarsely and unequally serrate, 5-3-nerved, flabellate-veiny, nearly glabrous above, 

 pilose on the nerves beneath, somewhat plaited along them, eglandular ; corymbs roundish- 

 subfastigiate, in a loose, trichotomous panicle : heads 20-ZO-Jlowered, pedicellate; receptacle 

 small ; involucral scales oblong-linear, blunt, 2-3-striate below the middle, puberulous, most 

 subeqnal; corolla abruptly dilated; achenium fusiform, scabrous on the angles. — 2'-3' 

 high; leaves 2"-lJ" long, 1J" 1" broad : petiole 10"'-4"' long; involucre 2'" long; corolla; 

 filiform below, campanulate from the middle, hairy on the teeth, 2"' long ; achenium black, 

 V" long : pappus-hairs straw-coloured, scabrous, slightly thickened at the top. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Mac/., Wils., March, in the mountains of S. Andrews, Coldspring, at 4000' alt. 



46. E. triste, DC. emend. Shrubby ; branches rusty-velvety, cylindrical ; leaves op- 

 posite, petioled, deltoid-ovate, obtusate, or bluntish, serrate above the base, or subentire, 

 triplinerved with an accessory more spreading pair near the base, puberulous above, rusty- 

 velvety chiefly on the nerves, and glandular beneath ; corymbs roundish-subfastigiate : heads 

 20-\0-Jlowered, pedicellate ; receptacle minute ; involucral scales oblong-linear, acuminate, 

 estriate, rusty-pubescent, most subequal ; corolla clavate above the base ; achenium linear, 

 slightly scabrous. — Several of DCs characters do not agree, but belong to the allied Jamaica 

 species, which he probably did not distinguish. Leaves 2"-H* long, variable in breadth : 

 petiole 9"'-4'" long ; involucre nearly 3'" long ; corolla: rather abruptly dilated above the 

 base ; achenium 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, M'Nab, March, Wullschl., in the mountains, 

 Port Royal, Manchester. 



47. E. villosum, Sw. Shrubby; branches rusty- velvety, cylindrical; leaves opposite, 

 petioled, deltoid, obtusate, or bluntish, sinuate, obtusely serrate, or subentire, 3-nerved, pn- 

 berulous above, rusty-velvety and glandular beneath ■ corymbs roundish-fastigiate ; heads 

 8-15-fowered, pedicellate; receptacle minute; involucral scales lanceolate, blunt, estriate, 

 rusty-pubescent, most subequal ; corolla gradually tapering ; achenium linear, slightly sca- 

 brous. —SI. t. 151./. 2.-^/-6' high ; leaves variable, usually l*"-3" long, l*-2* broad: 

 petiole 4"'-3'" long ; involucre, corolla?, and acbenia nearly 1'" long. — Hab. Bahamas !, 

 Swains. ; Jamaica !, all collectors, common in pastures ; [Cuba !]. 



48. E. schisanthum, Gr. («. sp.). Shrubby; branches densely rusty -hispidulous, 

 cylindrical ; leaves opposite, petioled, lanceolate-oblong, bluntish, obtusely serrate above, 

 uninerved, regularly arch-veined, glandular, scabrous above, rusty-pubescent beneath ; co- 

 rymbs fastigiate, subcontracted : heads &-8-Jlowered, pedicellate ; receptacle minute ; invo- 

 lucral scales 6, subequal, oblong, blunt, estriate, pubescent ; corolla glandular below, cylin- 



