416 Ion. Urban: 



(exterioribus) brevissimis, caeteris longioribus, interioribus longissimis 

 flores (sine antheris) longitudine aequantibus, oninibus acuminatis semper 

 erectis; corollis 14 mm. longis, in Y^ alt. coalitis; achaeniis pilis sub- 

 erectis laxis v. glandulis tautnni obsitis, 3 mm. longis. 



AnastnqMa paucifloscula Hitchc. Bah. in Miss. Bot. Oard. Bep. 

 ir (1893) p. 102 (p. p.) tat. 12 f; Northr. Flor, of Neiv Provid. p. 72; 

 non C. Wright Msc. (e Sto. Domingo). 



Frutex 1,3 m. altus, valde ramosus. Rami vetustiores teretes gla- 

 hrescentes striati bnmei, cortice demum longitudinaliter fisso, liornotini to- 

 mento densissimo e pilis varie ciirvatis brevissimis non prominentibus con- 

 texto obtecti. Folia petiolis supra planinscnlis, dorso convexis tomentosis 

 insidentia, secus nervum medium vix v. non prominnlnm snbsnlcata, nervis 

 lateralibns ntroque latere 3 4 snpra non impressis, densissime temiiterqne 

 anastomosantibns, subtus prominentibus et plus minus manifeste anastomo- 

 santibus, crasse eoriacea, margine recurva, dentibus spinoso-pungentibus 

 plerumque 3 5, supra praeter marginem ab initio glabra nitida, subtus 

 tomento persistente sordide flavido-albido obtecta. Capitula in apice ramu- 

 lorum dense v. densissime foliatorum sessilia, sub antbesi (sine antberis) 

 1,8 2 cm. longa, raedio 0,6 0,7 cm. crassa; involucri squamae infimae 

 triangulres v, ovato - lanceolatae , 2 3 mm. longae, saepius tomentosulae, 

 caeterae lanceolatae usque lineares glabrae v. subglabrae, sensim acuminatae, 

 2 1 mm. latae. Receptaculum intra bracteas 2 mm. longum, apice con- 

 vexiusculum. Pappi setae 34 39 subbiseriatae crassinsculae spinulosae, 

 14 mm. longae, stramineae v. leviter brunescentes. Corollae in sicco ad 

 basin brnneae, caeterum pallidae; tubus 2,5 3 mm. longus cylindraceus ad 

 apicem paullo crassior, medio 0,G 0,7 mm. crassus; lobi augustissime 

 lineares, stricte erecti, apice incrassato obtusi, 10,5 11,5 mm. longi. Fila- 

 menta in ore tubi inserta, usque 11 mm. longa; autlierae totae 8,5 9 mm. 

 longae, plus minus exsertae, basi in caudas liueari-subulatas glabras 2 mm, 

 longas produetae, apice in ligulas quoad liberas lineari-acuminatas ca. 1 mm, 

 longas excurrentes, Stylus purpurascens (ex Egg.) postremo 18 mm. longus, 

 lobis perbrevibus 0,5 mm. longis erectis obtusis, ex antberis pbis minus ex- 

 sertis. Acliaenia subglabra v. pilosa, 



Hab. in ins. Baham, Andros Island, m. Jun. flor.: Northrop n. 639, 

 in Fortune Island, m. Febr. flor,: Eggers n, 3866. 



Aiiastraphia Nortliropiana Greenman in Co7nhs Cuha in Trans. 

 c. Sc. St. Louis VII (1897) p. 435 (p.p., nempe qiioad jjkmt. bah.; 

 Northr. l. c; foliis 8 4 mm. longe petiolatis, 3 1,5 cm. longis, 

 basi rotundata v. obtusa in petiolum contractis, margine fere semper 

 integris raro hinc illiuc spinuloso-dentatis, supra initio tomentosis, ner- 

 vis lateralibns utroque latere 4 6 sub angulo ca. 70 abeuntibus, in- 

 volucro ca. 12 mm. longo quam flores multo breviore, squamis snpe- 

 rioribus recnrvatis v. revolutis plus minus arachnoideis, capitulis ca. 

 13-floris, pappi setis 11 mm. longis, corollis 10 11 mm. longis, in 

 Y4 alt. V. paullo ultra gamopetalis optime diff'ert. 



