COMPOSIT.2. 171 
Herba vel frutex, ramosus, ramis graciliusculis, rigidis, hispidis. Folia breviter petiolata, lanceolata, 
13-3 poll. longa, obtusiuscula, integra, margine revoluta, subtrinervia, supra scabro-strigosa, 
subtus cinereo-tomentosa. Capitula terminalia, solitaria, multiflora; involucri bractese 3-4- 
seriatze, exteriores foliaceze, 14-2 poll. longe, supra scabro-strigose, subtus cinereo-tomentose, 
interiores scariosz, ciliate, puberule vel glabre ; receptaculum convexum ; pales complicate, 
scariose, apice dilatatze (coloratz ?), fimbrillate, glabre, flores equantes. Flores omnes fertiles, 
flavi. Achenia 2-3-angulata, angulis ciliatis ; pappus 2—5-aristatus ; ariste hispidule, inequales, 
longiores corollam fere equantes, breviores brevissime, squamiformes. 
~GuatemaLa, Vera Paz, between San Cristobal and Rio Chisoy (Bernoulli, 1077). 
Hb. Kew. 
8. Wedelia populifolia, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 435. 
Nicaraaua, Realejo (Sinclair). Hb. Kew. 
117. ELEUTHERANTHERA. 
Eleutheranthera, Poit., ex Bosc in Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. ed. 1, viii. p. 498, fide Cass. Dict. xxxv. 
p- 447; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 371. 
One annual species, widely dispersed in Tropical America and the West Indies. 
1. Eleutheranthera ovata, Poit. loc. cit. 
Ogiera triplinervis, Cass. Dict. xxxv. p. 445. 
Wedelia discoidea, Schl. in Linnea, vi. p. 728 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 548. 
Kegelia ruderalis, Schz. Bip. in Linnea, xxi. p. 245. 
Melampodium ruderale, Sw. F\. Ind. Oce. p. 1872. ° 
Gymnopsis microcephala, Gardn.; Walp. Ann. i. p. 856. 
Panama, common (S. Hayes, 193). Hb. Kew. 
118. ASPILIA. 
Aspilia, Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madag. p. 12; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 371. 
About forty herbaceous and half-shrubby species, inhabiting Tropical America, 
Africa, and Madagascar. 
1. Aspilia mexicana, Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. ii. p. 372. 
Wirtgenia mexicana, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 304. 
Norrh Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2024). Hb. Kew. 
2. Aspilia strigosa, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 372. 
Wedelia strigosa, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 435. | 
Sourn Mexico, Acapulco (Sinclair), Mirador (Linden, 464, 1153), woods near Jalapa, 
3000 feet (Galeotti, 2247). Hb. Kew. 
119. ZEXMENIA. 
Zexmenia, Liav. et Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. i. p. 13; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. u. ‘p. 373. 
A genus of about thirty species, inhabiting America from Texas to Peru and South 
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