Nov., 1912. CUBAN SENECIONE.E GREENMAN 327 



glabris; floribus 5 paullum exsertis; pappi setis albis corolla brevi- 

 oribus; achasniis hirtellis. In deciduous woods near base of Loma 

 Menquara, Province of Oriente, Cuba, altitude about 680 m., 1-3 

 February, 1910, /. A. Shafer, no. 3821 (hb. Field Museum, cat. no. 

 294780, and hb. N. Y. Bot. Garden). 



A well-marked and easily recognized species on account of the 

 trifurcate branching of stem, the narrowly lanceolate discolorous 

 leaves, and the close inflorescence of cylindrical glabrous discoid heads. 



Shafera Greenman, gen. nov. Composite, Senecionea. 



Capitula homogama discoidea calyculata. Involucrum campanu- 

 latum, squamis 3-4-seriatis imbricatis lanceolatis exterioribus gradatim 

 brevioribus. Receptaculum planum vel paulo convexiusculum foveola- 

 tum et breviter fimbrilliferum. Corollas tubulosae angustae elongatae 

 sursum gradatim ampliatae, limbo sequaliter 5-dentato. Antherae 

 basi brevissime setaceo-mucronatae apice distincte appendiculatae. 

 Styli rami subcomplanati brevirecurvato-patentes, apice obtusi. 

 Achaenia subteretia columnaria costata. Pappi setag copiosae tenues 

 albae persistentes. Herbae scandentes perennes. Folia alterna late 

 ovata. 



S. platyphylla Greenman, sp. nov. 



Caulis subangularis dense tomentosus; foliis petiolatis, limbo cras- 

 siusculo late ovato vel elliptico-oblongo 7-14 cm. longo 5-11 cm. lato 

 apice rotundato integerrimo basi obtuso vel subcordato juventate 

 utrinque tomentoso supra mox glabratis et valide reticulato-venoso 

 subtus dense et persistente fulvo-tomentoso ; petiolis usque ad 4 cm. 

 longis tomentoso-pubescentibus ; inflorescentiis axillaribus terminali- 

 busque paucicapitatis ; capitulis calyculatis 2-2.5 cm - altis et diametro 

 multifloris, bracteolis calyculatis spathulato-oblongis 1-1.5 cm - longis 

 3-5 mm. latis dense tomentosis; involucri squamis numerosis 3-4-seriatis 

 lanceolatis 8-10 mm. longis 2.5-3.5 mm. latis acutis extrinsecus dense 

 fulvo-tomentosis exterioribus brevioribus; flosculis numerosis; pappi 

 setis albis corolla brevioribus; achaeniis maturatis 4 mm. longis 

 costatis cano-hirsutis. Collected at Camp Gloria, south of Sierra 

 Moa, Province of Oriente, Cuba, 24-30 December, 1910, /. A. Shafer, 

 no. 8134 (hb. Field Museum, cat. no. 294802, and hb. N. Y. Bot. Gar- 

 den). 



The plant here described belongs to the Senecionece and is related 

 to the genus Senecio from which, however, it differs in having the bracts 

 in three or four series and in the obtuse style-branches. It seems to be 

 related on the one hand to Senecio and on the other to Culcitium, but 



