188 COMPOSITE, 
petiolata, deltoideo-ovata vel oblonga, 14-4 poll. longa, acuta, basi cuneata vel fere truncata, 
calloso-dentata vel duplicato-dentata, supra scabra, subtus pubescentia vel scabridula. Capi- 
tula discoidea, subglobosa, usque ad 14 poll. diametro, terminalia, solitaria vel 2-3 aggregata, 
longiusctle pedunculata ; involucri bractee 3-4-seriate, exteriores ample, oblongo-obovate, 
recurve vel patentes, scabride; receptaculum convexum ; pales scariosze, ciliolatz, carinate, 
acuminatz, apice incrassate, floribus breviores ; corollz cylindrice, puberule. Achenia late 
alata, cordiformia, 2-aristata. 
GuaTEMALA, Duefias (Fraser, Salvin & Godman). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XLVITI. 
Fig. 1, a flower; 2, a palet; 3, astamen; 4, a style ; 5, an achene : all enlarged, 
8. Verbesina gigantea, Jacq. Ic. Rar.i.t.175; DC. Prodr. v. p. 615. 
Panama, near the city of Panama (Seemann, 442), Empire station (S. Hayes).— 
West Inpigs. Hb. Kew. 
9. Verbesina grayi, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 373. 
Zexmenia grayi, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 305. 
Norra Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2004). Hb. Kew. 
10. Verbesina hypoleuca, A. Gr. in Proc. Amer. Acad. xv. p. 37. 
Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer). 
Hb. Kew. 
11. Verbesina longipes, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Gracilis, foliis oppositis rhomboideo-ovatis grosse crenatis, capitulis radiatis solitariis terminalibus 
longe pedunculatis, involucri bracteis angustis, acheniis immaturis breviter 2-cornutis. 
Herba?, caulibus vel ramis gracilibus, teretibus, apteris, puberulis, internodiis quam folia longioribus. 
Folia opposita, sessilia, rhomboideo-ovata, 2-24 poll. longa, obtusa vel rotundata, basi semiam- 
plexicaulia, grosse serrata, supra scabra, subtus scabridula. Capitula radiata, ad 14 poll. 
diametro, solitaria, terminalia, pedunculo ad 6 poll. longo; involucri bractex 2-3-seriate, 
exteriores breviores, scabride, oblonge, obtusz, interiores subscariose, acute ; receptaculum 
convexum ; palez scariose, complicatz, acute, flores fere equantes ; corolle cylindricz, leviter 
puberule. Achenia immatura glabra, breviter 2-cornuta. 
Mexico (Coulter, 342). Hb. Kew. 
12. Verbesina microcephala, Benth. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1852, p. 98. 
Soura: Mexico, Mirador (Linden, 1173), Cordillera of Oaxaca, 3000 to 4000 feet 
(Galeotti, 2012), Lobani (Ziebmann, 333), Orizaba (Sallé); Costa Rica, mountains of 
Candelaria (Grsted). Hb. Kew. 
13. Verbesina mollis, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iv. p. 203. 
Sourn Mexico, between Guanajuato and Villalpando, 7200 feet (Humboldt & Bon- 
pland,, Cordillera of Oaxaca, 6500 feet (Galeotti, 2002). Hb. Kew. 
14. Verbesina neriifolia, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramis anguste alatis, foliis alternis elongatis lineari-lanceolatis, supra obsolete puberulis 
