172 COMPOSITZ. 
Brazil; one species occurring in Cuba. ‘They are chiefly herbaceous or half-shrubby ; 
a few are climbing shrubs; and one is described as arboreous. 
1. Zexmenia aurea, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 373. 
Wedelia? aurea, D. Don, Bot. Mag. t. 3384. 
Verbesina aurea, DC. Prodr. v. p. 613. 
Mexico (Graham, Parkinson). Hb. Kew. 
2. Zexmenia brevifolia, A. Gr. Pl. Wright. i. p. 112. 
New Mexico.—Norti Mexico, hills near Messilas (Gregg), region of San Luis Potosi, 
6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 451). Hb. Kew. 
3. Zexmenia ceanothifolia, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. « ‘ Herald,’ p. 305. 
Verbesina ceanothifolia, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 2225. 
Lipocheta umbellata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 610; Deless. Ic. Sel. iv. t. 36. 
SourH Mexico, region of Orizaba (Botteri, 1132; Miller, 1683; Bourgeau, 3241), 
valley of Cordova and Cuernavaca (Bourgeau, 1930 bis, 1219), Tepic (Sinclair). Hb. Kew. 
4, Zexmenia costaricensis, Benth. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1852, p. 95. 
SourH Mexico, without locality (Beechey), Orizaba (Bilimek, 538); Costa Rica, 
Aguacate (Crsted); Panama, David, Veraguas (Seemann, 1587). Hb. Kew. 
The Mexican specimens may belong to a different species. 
5. Zexmenia crocea, A. Gr. Pl. Wright. i. p. 114. 
Mexico (Ghiesbreght). 
6. Zexmenia fasciculata, Hemsley. 
Lipocheta fasciculata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 610. 
NortH Mexico, San Luis Potosi to Tampico (Palmer, 1100); SourH Mexico, valley 
of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1932), Mirador (Liebmann, 378), Orizaba (Botteri, 1096), Cordil- 
lera of Vera Cruz, 3000 feet (Galeotti, 2219). Hb. Kew. 
This is a very variable species as to the foliage, or we have more than one species 
under the name. 
7. Zexmenia ghiesbreghtii, A. Gr. Pl. Wright. i. p. 113. 
Mexico (Ghiesbreght). 
8. Zexmenia gnaphalioides, A. Gr. in Proc. Am. Acad. xv. p. 36. 
Norta Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi (Palmer, 1106). Hb. Kew. 
9. Zexmenia greggii, A. Gr. Pl. Wright. i. p. 113. 
SourH Mexico, between the city of Mexico and Mazatlan (Gregg). 
10. Zexmenia helianthoides, A. Gr. Pl. Wright. i. p. 113. 
Lasianthea helianthoides, Zuce. ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 608. 
Souta Mexico, Cuernavaca (Ghiesbreght, 150, 379), without locality (Karwinskt; 
Bates, 9). Hb. Kew. 
