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861. Mikania (Ecordatæ) conferta ; fruticosa scandens, ramis 
teretibus striatis fulvo-lanuginosis, foliis petiolatis ovatis 
acutis basi subcordatis supra scabrido-strigoso-pilosis sub- 
tus fulvo-lanuginosis integerrimis aut vix subdentatis, pe- 
dunculis axillaribus terminalibusque in paniculam magnam 
dispositis, capitulis confertis ad apices ramulorum ternis 
breve pedicellatis, bracteis involucrum subæquantibus late 
ovatis obtusis extus tomentosis, involucri squamis obovato- 
oblongis obtusis striatis extus pilosis, achenio angulato 
glabro. 
Has. Woods, Organ Mountains, at an elevation of about 
4000 feet. Fi. July. 
Folia 4-4} poll. longa, 2 circiter lata. Capitula 3-33 lin. 
longa. 
485. Mikania (Ecordate) strigosa ; fruticosa, scandens, ramis 
teretibus striatis tomentosis, foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceo- 
latis acutis basi rotundatis integerrimis supra scabrido- 
strigoso-pilosis subtus fulvo-lanuginosis, paniculis axil- 
laribus terminalibusque, capitulis confertis ad apices ra- 
mulorum subternis breve pedicellatis, bracteolis ovatis 
striatis obtusis pilosiusculis, involucri squamis linearibus 
extus ad apicem pilosis, achenio piloso. 
Has. Woods, Organ Mountains, at an elevation of about 
3500 feet. FI. April. 
5780. Mikania (Cordiformes) fimbriata; volubilis, tota cano- 
pubescens, ramis angulatis, foliis longe petiolatis cordatis 
subacuminatis minute dentatis supra scabriusculo-pilosis 
subtus pubescentibus, stipulis interpetiolaribus fimbriatis, 3 
pedunculis apice corymbiferis, capitulis pedicellatis, invo- 
lucri squamis lineari-lanceolatis acutis puberulis, achenio 
glabro. : 
Has. Open bushy places on the Organ Mountains, at an — - 
elevation of about 4000 feet. F1. March. cue 
: Sea 2 poll. longi. Limbus 34 poll. longus, 24 poll : 
atus. 
483. Mikania (Cordiformes) wméellifera ; volubilis, glabrius- tps 2 
€ caule tereti striato, ris roe folii petiolatis — 
