COMPOSITA. 169 
2. Iostephane trilobata, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Foliis cordato-trilobatis, capitulis mediocribus, involucri bracteis densissime squamulosis, ligulis 
flavis?, acheniis glabris. 
Herba scaposa, scapo 2-cephalo, strigoso, 15 poll. alto. Folia longiuscule petiolata, crassiuscula, 
24-5 poll. longa, inferiora minora indistincte trilobata, superiora cordato-ovata et profunde 
_trilobata, crenata, utrinque scrabrida, lobis lateralibus subquadratis, terminali ovato-orbiculari. 
Capitula vix 14 poll. diametro; involucri bractez 2-3-striate, lanceolate, acute, densissime 
albido-squamulose ; receptaculum conicum; palee ample, complicatz, flores involventes, 
striate, puberule, calloso-acuminate, floribus paullo longiores. Flores radii neutri, flavi? 
Flores disci flavi; corolla infundibuliformes, plus minusve pubescentes. Achenia glabra, 
obovata, compressa, striata, basi obliqua, fusca. 
SoutH Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 101). Hb. Kew. 
114. BORRICHIA. 
Borrichia, Adans. Fam. ii. p. 180; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 368. 
Two or three shrubby species, restricted to the warmer parts of America and the 
West Indies. 
1. Borrichia frutescens, DC. Prodr. v. p. 489. 
Diomedea bidentata, Cass. Dict. xiii. p. 283; Dill. Hort. Hlth. i. t. 38. fig. 44; Catesb. Carol. i. 
t. 93. | 
Trimetra ficoidea, Mog.; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 262 ; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 676? 
Carouina to Froripa; Texas.—Mexico, San Luis Potosi to Tampico (Palmer, 1105), 
Antigua, Vera Cruz (Liebmann, 397).—Brrmupa; Jamaica. Hb. Kew. 
115. BLAINVILLEA. 
Blainvillea, Cass. Dict. xxix. p. 493; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 369. 
About ten herbaceous species, scattered over the tropics. 
1. Blainvillea tampicana, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 370. 
Oligogyne tampicana, DC. Prodr. v. p. 629 ; Deless. Ic. Sel. iv. t. 38. 
Calyptocarpus vialis, Less. Synop. p. 221. 
Norra Mexico, Matamoros (Berlandier), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet 
(Parry & Palmer, 443); Sours Mexico, Real del Monte to Zimapan (Coulter, 332) ; 
Nicaragua (Grsted, 147); Costa Rica, San José (Polakowsky), without locality 
(Grsted). Hb. Kew. 
116. WEDELIA. 
Wedelia, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. p. 217, t. 130 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. u. p. 370. 
This genus comprises between forty and fifty herbaceous and half-shrubby species, 
generally dispersed in warm countries. 
BIOL. CENT.-AMER., Bot. Vol. II., June 1881. Zz 
