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An Enumeration ot the Plants collected by Dr. H. H. Rusby in South 
America, 1885-1886.—XVIII, 
(Continued from page 264.) 
COMPOSITE. 
Sparganophorus Vaillantii, Gertn. Fruct. ii. 396. Falls of 
Madeira, Brazil (1628). 
Vernonia coriacea, Lessing, Linnea, 1831, 661. Reis, 1,500 ft. 
(1588). 
Vernonia pycnantha, Benth. Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1728). The 
same as Hartweg, Peru, 754. 
Vernonia simplex, Lessing, Linnza, 1829, 280. Sorata, 13,000 
ft. (2660). 
Vernonia scabra, Pers. Ench. ii. 404. Reis, 1,500 ft. (1589). 
Vernonia mollis, H.B.K. Yungas, 6.000 ft. (1658). The 
same as Lechler’s Peru, 2351. 
Vernonta scorpioides, Pers. Ench. ii. 404. Yungas, 6,000 ft. 
(1704). 
VERNONIA SENECIONAFOLIA, spec. nov. Fruticosa, ramosa, 
-ramulis teretibus plus minusve pubescentibus; foliis petio- 
latis (petiolus 8-12 mm. longus), ovalis 8-12 cm. longis, 
utrinque glabris viridibusque, ad apicem acuminatis, basi 
acutis, margine remote denticulata; capitula pauca, campanu- 
lata, multiflora, regulariter corymboso-paniculata, 15-20 mm. 
lata; involucri squamz persistentes, 6-8 seriate, interiores 
ligulatz obtusz, exteriores breviores, lanceolate, acute; pap- 
pus uniserialis, setis albidisom, minute scabris. 
Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1730). Plant with much the aspect of a 
Senecio. 
Vernonia laurifolia, DC. Prodr. v. 30 (?). Yungas, 4,000 ft. 
(1617). Agrees well with the description. I have not seen 
a named specimen of the species. 
Vernonia arborescens, Sw. var. CUNEIFOLIA, var. nov. Folia ad 
basim cuneata. Reis, 1,500 ft. (2148), apparently differing 
from the wide-spread tropical American species only in the 
cuneate bases of the leaves. 
VERNONIA BAKERANA, spec. nov. Fruticosa, alte ramosa, dense 
et minute tomentosa; foliis petiolatis, lanceolatis, utriusque 
