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pubescent on the midrib, prominently glandular-punctate, the 
apex shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base narrowed, cuneate; 
lateral nerves 7 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
distant, anastomosing, the reticulations pi'ominent, rather dense, 
distinct on both surfaces; petioles 5 to 8 mm long, pubescent. 
Corymbs terminal, appressed-pubescent, rather dense, about 3 
cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide. Heads, including the pappus, 8 to 10 
mm long, the flowers white and pink, Involucral-bracts several- 
seriate, imbricate, all distinctly pubescent, the outer ones loss 
than 1 mm long, the inner gradually longer, the innermost 
oblong, 4.5 to 5 mm long, 1 to 1.2 mm wide, margins prominently 
ciliate-pubescent. Achenes 7 or 8 in each head, somewhat 
curved, 2.5 mm long, 4-angled, prominently glandular; pappus 
pale-straw-colored, rather copious, 5 to 6 mm long. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Malamey (Pinggat) , Vanoverbergh 688, 
July 23, 1910 (type),, in forests, altitude about 1,450 m: Benguet Sub- 
province, Losod, Bur. Sci, 557^ RamoSy December, 1908. 
A species manifestly allied to Vernonia acropkila Merr., differing in its 
somewhat larger, more coriaceous leaves, the nerves more numerous, and 
also in its more numerous achenes. 
