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liferis simplicibus vel serael lobatis, lobis similibus angustis ; pedun- 

 culis 5-l() cm. longis apice saepe nutantibus ; involucri anguste ovoidei 

 l.f) cm. longi basi rotundati vel panic turbinati pallidi vel purpureo- 

 tincti squamis 5 alte connatis a lineis binis glandularum linearum no- 

 tatis apice aureis obtiisis tomentosis ; flosculis liguliferis 5 ; ligulis 

 aureis obovato-oblongis 10-12 mm. longis 6-8 mm. latis apice obcor- 

 datis saepe obliquis ; achaeniis disci compressis lineari-oblongis nigre- 

 scentibus 3 mm. longis sursum strigillosis ; pappi aristis 5 connatis 

 quarum 2 multo longioribus apice liberis attenuatis sursum barbellatis. 

 — Dry soil of fields near Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, 25 January, 

 1907, C. G. Pringle, no. 10,361 (type, in hb. Gray). Tbis species bas 

 mucb in common witb P. UnifoUa Seaton, but differs from it in baving 

 more deeply colored rays and obtusisb not at all caudate-acuminate 

 teetb of tbe involucral cup. 



Cacalia Goldsmithii Robinson, n. sp., perennis herbacea erecta, cau- 

 dice parvo ovoideo sursum fulvo-lanato ; caule subrecto vel leviter flex- 

 uoso glabro simplici gracili 1-2-foliato 6-7 dm. alto ; foliis radicalibus 

 louge petiolatis ovatis repando-dentatis vix lobatis 1 dm. longis 6-9 

 cm. latis pinnatim nervatis firmiusculis utrinque glabris laxe reticulatis 

 apice rotundatis basi late cordatis, dentibus cuspidatis, nervis venisque 

 utrinque prominulis, petiolo gracili nudo 14-16 cm. longo basi vix 

 dilatato ; folio caulino inferiore radicalibus simili sed minore basi obtuso 

 nee cordato petiolo 12 cm. longo flexuoso nee appendiculato nee au- 

 riculato ; folio caulino superiore multo minore oblongo dentato, petiolo 

 2 cm. longo basin versus modice ampliato caulem amplectente ; corymbis 

 compositis planis ca. 50-capitulatis ; bracteis linearibus ; capitulis ca. 

 13-floris contiguis ; involucri simplicis baud calyculati campanulato- 

 subcylindrici squamis ca. 8 oblongis 7 mm. longis 2-3 mm. latis dorso 

 planiusculis apice obtusiusculis ciliatis ; corollis albido-ocbroleucis 8 mm. 

 longis fere ad mediam partem quinquifidis, lobis oblongis obtusis ; pappi 

 setis sordidis tubum proprium vix superantibus ; acbaeniis compressis 

 breviter oblongis glabris. — On level pastures. Hacienda San Marcos, 

 Jalisco, Mexico, alt. about 350 m., 12 July, 1905, Rev. P. Goldsmith, 

 no. 8 (type, in bb. Gray). This species is probably nearest C. Palmeri 

 Gray, but differs in its thinner smooth ovate rather than suborbicular 

 leaves as well a^ in its larger more numerously flowered heads. 



Cacalia Hoi wayana Robinson, n. sp., herbacea erecta 1-2 m. alta; 

 caule tereti medulloso striato atropurpureo glanduloso-puberulo ; ra- 

 dicibus carnosis ; foliis longipetiolatis orbicularibus subcentrali-peltatis 

 9-13-sinuato-lobatis supra laete viridibus subtus vix pallidioribus 

 utrinque sparse pubescentibus laxe reticulato-venosis 1.5-2 dm. diame- 

 tro, lobis acutis 2-4 cm. longis 1.5-5 cm. latis oblongis sinuato- 



