Compositac, 217 



tiisis, iiiterioribiis fere duplo latioribus, 2,5 — B mm. Jongis; pappi setis 

 er. 45, apice iioii v. vix incrassatis; corolla 2,5 mm. longa lineari-cylin- 

 dracea, Jimbo non conspiciio, lobis breviter obloiigis erectis tubo toto 

 5— 6-pIo brevioribus; achaeniis glabris. 



Mikmiia Swartzlana Griaeb.! Flor. (ISGl) j). 363 et Fl. Wr. 

 p. 512 et Cat. p. 147; Schultz Bip. in Secm. Journ. of Bot. I p. 235; 

 Srniv. Cub. n. 1206 p. 77. 



Fupatorium Hou.stonia Sw. Obs. (1791) p. 300; Maxa CaLFcriaut. 

 p. 269; — 7to?i Linn. 



Mikmiia Houstonii Spreng. Syst. III (1826) p. 421 (p.p.); A. Rieh, 

 ■in S(ujra Cub. XI p. 43 (sab M. Houstoni.^); — non Willd. 



Willovghhiia Sirartziana 0. Ktxc. Bev. (1891) p. 373. 



llab. in Cuba: Wright n. 303, ad Brazo de Cunto prov. Santiago, 

 1000 m. alt., m. Sept.: Linden n. 2141 (ex Schultz Bip. I. c): Jamal ca 

 in fniticetis rara ex Swartz. 



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V 



4. Mikania polycephala Urb. ramis jnnioribns subteictibus, 

 obsolete v. vix striatis, pilis brevissimis scabriusculis; pseiidostipulis 

 niiUis; foliis 8^3 mm. longe potiolatis, ovatis usque clliptico-oblongis, 

 l>asi obtiisiusculis v. obtusis, antice acuminatis v. breviter et scnsim 

 angiistatis, apice ipso obtuso, 6 — 2,5 cm. longis, 2,5 — 1,3 cm. latis, 

 margine subintogris, nervis lateralibus ad et supra basin 4 longitroisis 

 coriaceis v, chartaceo-coriaceis, supra obsolete scabriusculis; inflores- 

 centiis terminalibus et lateralibus panniculatis, e raccrais simplicibus 

 '■ iiifimis iterum ramulosis compositis, bracteis pcdicellos suffulcicn- 

 tibus; capitulis in quoque racemo 10 — 18, pedicellis 1,5-2 mm. longis; 

 involucri squamis exterioribus apice obtusis, interioiibus fere duplo 

 'atioribus apice ro tun datis, 3 mm. longis; pappi setis er. 40, ad apicem 

 non V. vix incrassatis; corolla vix supra 2 mm. longa, ad medium in 

 Jimbum vix crassiorem cylindraceum abeunte, lobis breviter oblongis 

 ol>tusis, linibo integro subaequilongis erectis; achaeniis 1,5 mm. longi.'^ 

 ?labris. 



Mikania polycephala Urb.! Symb. II (1901) p. 459. 



Hub. in Haiti in montibus Furcj m. Nov. flor.: Picarda n. 1529. 



'•>. Mikania ovalis Griseb. ramis terotibus obsolete v. vix striatis 



n'^escentibns glabris; pseudustipulis nuUis; foliis 8-12 mm. lunge 

 Pt'Holatis, ovatis v. breviter ovalibus, basi rotundutis, apior> plus nnnus 

 äbmpte et breviter acuminatis, acumine ipso obtuso, 6-4 cm. bngi^, 

 ^'5-3 cm. latis, margine piano v. vix recurvato integris, supra basm 

 ^psam 3- V. sub-5-nervibus, coriaceis; inflorescentiis termmal.bus et 

 ^^ axillis foliorum supremorum lateralibus, breviter pubcscent,bu.s, 



