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COMPOSITAE 
VERNONIA Schreber 
VERNONIA CINEREA (Linn.) Less. in Linnaea 4 (1829) 291. 
Conyza cinerea Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 862. 
Conyza ivaefolia Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 180, t. 58, f. 4. “Habitat 
in Java.” 
While the figure is not particularly good for Vernonia cinerea 
Less., I cannot suggest any other reduction of Burman’s species. 
The description consists merely of the statement: “foliis alternis 
lanceolatis repando-dentatis.” 
EUPATORIUM Tournefort 
* EUPATORIUM sp. 
Erigeron pisonis Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 180, ¢. 69,7; 2. “Benailie;” © 
This was based on a Brazilian specimen collected by Piso, 
and is apparently a Eupatorium. Dr. B. L. Robinson, of the 
Gray Herbarium, who hag an extensive knowledge of the trop- 
ical American Compositae, informs me that he does not rec- 
ognize the species, but that the habit, foliage, and to some extent 
the inflorescence recall Eupatorium ballotaefolium HBK. and 
Conyza anomala DC., although Burman’s positive statement 
“Caul. * * * glaberrimus” does not fit either of these spe- 
cies, since both always have a perceptible pubescence on the 
stems. 
MIKANIA Willdenow 
MIKANIA SCANDENS (Linn.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 3 (1804) 1748. 
Eupatorium scandens Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 836. 
Eupatorium cordatum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 176, t. 58, fag, 
“Habitat in Java & Vera Cruce.” 
Burman’s species is clearly referable to the common pantropic 
Mikania scandens (Linn.) Willd. 
BLUMEA de Candolle 
BLUMEA LACERA (Burm. f.) DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 436. 
Conyza lacera Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 180, t. 59, f. 1. 
This was based on a Javan specimen and is supposedly the 
basis of Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC., Burman’s species being 
indicated by de Candolle as var. burmanni DC. 
EPALTES Cassini 
EPALTES DIVARICATA (Linn.) Cass. in Bull. Soc. Philom. (1818) 139. 
Ethulia divaricata Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 110. 
Ethulia divaricata Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 176. “Coromandeli.” 
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