390 | . len. Ursax: 
lanceolato- v. lineari-acuminata, ciliata, omnia basi vix v. brevissime con- 
nata. Corollae tubus inferne ceylindraceus, superne paullo ampliatus, intus 
in 1/, alt. pubescens; lobi apiculo inflexo, lineolis albidis instructi. Fila- 
menta ad corollae os inserta, manifesta, antheris duplo breviora; antherae 
oblongae albidae. Stylus (an in flor. brachystylis?) 3 mm. longus, in Y/, 
superiore bifidus. Capsula calyce aequilongo v. paullo longiore superata, 
ambitu breviter ovalis, 1,5 mm. longa et paullo angustior, glabra v. sub- 
glabra, sub medio cireumscissa, dissepimento e cupula inferiore triangulari- 
prominente. Semina rectangulari-ovalia, ventre medio concava, caeterum 
cruce obliqua sulcata, dorso minute reticulato-impressa. 
Hab. in Portorico prope Guanica in rupibus litoralibus ad Caüo 
gordo inter frutices, m. Febr. fl. et fr.: Sintenis n. 3750. 
Ä Vernonia borinquensis Urb. (n. sp.) ramis inferne subglabris, 
superne praesertim in parte florifera unilateraliter pilis sursum curvatis 
v. patulis plus minus obsitis, hornotinis sterilibus ad apicem circum- 
circa et densissime albido-pubescentibus; foliis 4— 1,5 mm. longe petio- 
latis, ovatis usque oblongo-lanceolatis, basi rotundatis v. raro obsolete 
cordatis, superne sensim acuminatis, 2,5 —6 cm. longis, 1—2 cm. latis, 
margine integris subintegrisve, membranaceo-chartaceis usqne chartaceo- 
eoriaceis, penninervibus, supra parce v. parcissime et brevissime pilosis, 
subtus breviter v. medioeriter serieeo- v. substrigoso-pilosis, utrinque 
v. subtus tantum glanduloso-impressis; inflorescentiis laxe cymosis et 
eineinnosis, bracteis (prophyllis) forma et magnitudine caulinorum, superne 
tantum decrescentibus; capitulis 18—20-floris, involucro 7—8 mm. 
longo, squamis 6—7-seriatis, omnibus superne sensim angustatis et 
apice acutissime acuminatis, dorso supero saepe rubescente minutissime 
pilosulis; pappo biseriali, setis interioribus squamellas exteriores lineares 
4-plo superantibus, ad apicem obsolete v. parum incrassatis, pallide bru- 
neis; corollis albidis v. albo-carneis v. albo-roseis, 9 mm. longis; achaeniis 
 1,5—1,8 mm. longis, leviter 10-costatis, pilis’suberectis dense sericeis. 
Fruticulus v. frutex 0,5—3 m. altus. Rami teretes elevatim 
multistriati, posterius brunescentes glabrescentes, pube simplice plus minus 
curvula griseo-albida, internodiis variis 1—7 cm. longis. Folia alterna, 
petiolis breviter pubescentibus, supra sulcatis, nervis supra tenuiter promi- 
nentibus, lateralibus utroque latere 4—7, sub angulo 35 — 45° abeuntibus, 
arcuatis ante marginem conjunctis, infimis plerumque minus arduis, parce V. 
non anastomosantibus, supra initio plana, postremo secus nervos impressa, 
margine plano v. plerumque anguste revoluto integra v. denticulos parvos 
obtusos glanduloso-incrassatos gerentia, juniora tenuissima pellucido-punctata, 
adulta plus minus glaucescentia nitida, subtus pallidiora, pube albida v. sor- 
dide albida, subtus densiore et longiore v. parca et bieri. Inflorescentiae 
in apice ramorum et ramulorum terminales, in panniculam amplam collectae, 
bis usque quater cymose divisae, dein eineinnosae, axibus cineinni plerumque 
flexuosis; prophylla sub capitulo euphyllis aequali.. Capitula sessilia v. 
brevissine (usque 1 mm.) peduneulata, turbinata, 9—10 mm. longa, medio _ 
5—6 mm. crassa; involucri squamae 45 — 60, infimae lineari-subulatae, ab 
