Compositae. 



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latiSj pallidioribiis. Flores 20 — 25, rariiis 30. Corolla ca. 3 mm. 

 longa, pallicldj infundibuliformiSj limbo 5-fido, laciniis siibreflexis. 



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Stylus 2,5 mm. longiis, indivisus, subcapitatus, parte incrassata - 

 longa. Achaenium abortivum, Y* ™ii^- loDgum, brevissimo pedicel- 

 latimi. Pappi setae longitudine corollae, apice iucrassatae, barbatae, 

 papillis iitricLiliformibus, patentibns. Cap. 9- Involucrum ovatum, 

 squamis + 28, exterioribus 1 mm. longis, ^/^ mm. latis, intimis 3 mm. 

 longis, 1/2 mm. latis, acutis. Keceptaculum plammi v. concavum 

 alveolatum. Flores 10 — 12. Corolla filiformis, glabriiiscula, 2,3 mm. 

 longa, limbo brevissimo 5-dentato, dentibns valde inaequalibiis ad 

 0,2 mm. lougis erectis. Stylus corolla longior, 3,4 mm. longus, bifidus, 

 stigmatibus 0,3 mm. longis, erectis. Achaenium maturum oblongum 

 0,8 mm. longum, 0,3 mm. latum, costis 10 instructum. Pappi setae 

 biseriatae, basi connatae, albidae v. subrubellae, maturitate ad 4,5 mm. 

 elongatae. 



Baccharis scoparia Sw. Flor. III (1806) p. 1339; DG. Prodr. V 

 P-424; Griseb.f Flor, p.366; Heering in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXVI II 

 P-467 (anat.) et Jahrb. d. hamb. Wiss. AnsL XXI 3. Beih. p.33. 



Chrysocoma scoparia Elmgren Fug. Jam. (1759) p. 21; Lijin. 

 Ämoen. V p. 405. 



Calea scoparia Linn. Syst. Nat. Ed. XII (1767) II p- 234; Sw. 

 Obs. p. 302. 



Sergihis scoparius Qaertn. Friict. II (1791) p. 409 t. 174 (cap. Q 

 tantuni). 



(1831) 



(1 756) 



Mokna scoparia Less. in Linnaea VI 

 Chrysocoma arhorea, ramosissima P. j 

 h- 4 (mala) . 



Mountain Broom Tree ex Browne et Swartx, Bitter-Broom 

 ^ Harris, Broom weed ex Wilson. 



Hab. in Jamaica Bertero n. 2074, Hart n. 644, in summis jugis 

 montium: P. Browne (ex ipso), montes Liguanenses: Swartz (in bb. 

 "'on- spec. 9 exstat), St. Andrews, Port Eoyal: Wilson (spec. sterile, 

 f<»liosum), March n. 1490 (hb. Griseb.), prope Cinchona, 1500-1660 m. 

 Oct-Dec. flor. ,f: Harris n. 6628 (9 c. fruct.), 9113 (cf), Fawcett 

 °- 9042, 9041 (9 c. fruct.), Clydesdale 1330 m., Dec. 9 A^r.: Harris 

 "• 7000, iuf,a Flamstead 1100 m.: Harris n. 9028, ad Kesource 1200 m., 

 ^ec. fr.: Harris n. 9114, ad New Castle, 1160 m. (3Iac Neils Coffee 



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13. Baccharis scoparioides Griseb. Frutex squarrosns. Ba- 

 "^"S 30 cm. longus, pluriangulatus, glaber, ramosus. Kamuli obli- 

 ^^»e ascendentes, omnes utriusqne laterls rami iuter se paralleli, braves, 



