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foventes. Flores foeminei vix paleas superantes; ovarium obovato-compressum, apice ,minute glanduloso- 
puberulum ; corolla tubulosa, extus glandulosa, insequaliter tridentata ; styli rami glabri, obtusiusculi, recurvi ; 
acheenia matura late obovata, obcompressa, apice vix minute puberula, calva, Flores masculi 3-4, in disco 
epaleaceo sessiles ; ovarium breve, abortiens, apice longiuscule villosum, corolla extus glandulosa, tubo brevissimo, 
fauce ampla tubuloso-campanulata quinquedentata; filamenta complanata; anthere sublibere, basi brevissime 
sagittatee, apice ovato-appendiculate ; stylus simplex, puberulus. 
This answers to De Candolle’s short character of C. havaneuse, as to the 
foliage, but the female flowers, few as they are, are certainly not in a single row, 
and the achenia are not villous. 
433. Bautimora recta, Linn.—Fougerouxia recta, DC. Prod. y. 5. p. 510.—Central America. 
434, Mrtampoprum tenellum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 299. — Acapuleo.—Ejusdem var. 
Jlaccidum, caule elongato foliisque majoribus vix strigillosis.—Tepic. 
435. Amprosta artemisiefolia, Linn.—DC. Prod. v. 5. p. 526.—Guayaquil. 
436. ZinnrA angustifolia, Humb. et Kunth.—DC., Prod. v. 5. p. 536.—Tepic, Realejo. 
437. WrpELIA paludosa, DC. Prod. v. 5, p. 538.—Mundiche, in Columbia, Guayaquil.—A 
very variable plant in the form of its leaves. 
438. Wepetta populifolia, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 435. (sp. n.)—Realejo. 
439, WepeEttiA acapulcensis, Humb. et Kunth.—DC. Prod. v. 5. p. 542.—Columbia. 
440, Wepetta grandiflora, sp. n., caule herbaceo? elato pilis longis hispido, foliis petiolatis 
ovatis acuminatis serrato-crenatis triplinervibus supra hispido-scabris subtus pubescenti-pilosis, pedun- 
culis terminalibus solitariis, involucri squamis exterioribus late ovatis acuminatis foliaceis his- 
pidis, interioribus late oblongis membranaceis, ligulis 12-15 bidentatis, achaeniis subtetragono- 
compressis angulis 2 acutissimis apice emarginatis calyculatis.—Guayaquil. 
Ramuli herbacei, 1-14-pedales, pilis longis albis mollibus preesertim apice hirsuti. Folia erp in 3 poll. 
longa, 2 poll. lata, helianthoidea, basi truncato-cuneata et in petiolum brevem alatum decurrentia. Petomeai 
in dichotomiis et apicibus ramorum 2-8-pollicares, pilosi. Capitulum hemisphericum, quam in WwW. sas autaanad 
majus. Involucri squame exteriores 5, semipollicem longz, interiores iis subeequilonge, penem, fere scariose. 
Ligule 9-10 lin. longee, bidentate, tubo brevi ; styli rami subulati. Flores disci mumerost ; antheree exserte ; 
stylus inclusus, ramis appendice subulato birsuto terminatis.—Ejusdem var. ? macrophylla, in — = re 
caule foliisque supra hispidis, capitulis paullo minoribus, involucri squamis exterioribus angustioribus. 
Species propria ? 
441. Wepetim, sp. W. helianthoidi subsimilis—Peyta, in Columbia.—The specimens too 
young to determine. z 
442, Wepetim? v. Vieutera? sp.—Cocos Island.—The specimens in too imperfect a state to 
determine. i gee) 
443. Wepeia? strigosa, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 435. (sp. n.)—Acapulco. 
444, Wepewis? cordata, Hook. et Arn. lL. ¢. (sp. n.}—Realejo. 
445, Went? subfleruosa, Hook. et Arn. 1. c. (sp. n.)—Realejo. 
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