1924] Brandegee: Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, XII 419 



Conyza chiapensis sp. nov. 



Suffrutescens, prope basim ramosa, ca. 16 cm. alta; ramis striatis, 

 inferne pnbescentibus, snperne villosis : foliis ovato-lanceolatis, ses- 

 silibus, utrinque hirtellis, basi angustatis, apice acuminatis, margine 

 integris vel dentatis, usque ad 2 cm. longis, 7 mm. latis : floribus in 

 paniculis terminalibus numerosis ; floribus femineis plerumque paucis 

 vel nullis, corollis filiformibus, stylis longe exsertis ramis linearibus; 

 floribus hermaphroditis fertilibus stylis truncatis; involucri squamis 

 4-5-seriatis, villosis, interioribus lineari-lanceolatis, ca. 5 mm. longis ; 

 pappi setis quam involucro brevioribus albis : achaeniis glabris. 



Most of the heads bear only hermaphrodite corollas. The whole 

 plant is very villous or hirsute, the leaves are somewhat crowded, and 

 the panicle is leafy or bracteate. Collected in a sandy arroyo near 

 Jalisco, Chiapas. No. 8987. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220280. 



Galea Purpusii sp. nov. 



Eradiata : caulibus ca. 4 dm. longis, inferne glabris superne paulo 

 pnbescentibus : foliis ovato-acutis parum dentatis, subtus hirtis paucis 

 praeditis, supra scabridis, usque ad 4.5 cm. longis, 1-6 cm. latis, ses- 

 silibus : inflorescentia caules longos terminanti ; cymis pedunculis 

 usque ad 4 cm. longis vel sessilibus ebracteatis; capitulis ca. 5 mm. 

 longis, involucrorum squamis flavidis inaequalibus striatis apice 

 obtusis; pappi squamis 7-8, oblongis apice fimbriatis, ca. 0.5 mm. 

 longis; achaeniis ca. 1 mm. longis. 



Most of the leaves are around the lower part of the plant v.dth only 

 a few oblong bracts on the upper part. The stems are not woody. 

 Collected in pine forests on high mountains near Hacienda Monserrate, 

 Chiapas. No. 9103. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 223414. 



Verbesina sylvicola sp. nov. 



Suffrutescens, ramosa: ramis puberulis : foliis oppositis, ovato- 

 lanceolatis, apice acuminatis, basi cuneatis, margine denticulatis, 

 supra scabro-hirsutulis, subtus hirsutulis, 9-12 cm. longis, 4.5-8 cm. 

 latis; petiolis scabro-hirsutulis, 1.5-2.5 cm. longis: inflorescentia 

 paniculata saepe umbellif ormi ; pedunculis usque ad 5 era. longis, 

 pubescentibus ; pedicellis 0.5-3 cm. longis; involucri squamis late 

 ovatis, 4-seriatis, ca. 5 mm. longis latisque, minute ciliatis, exterioribus 

 pubescentibus ; capitulis sine radiis diametro ca. 1 cm. ; radiis flavis, 

 ca. 7 mm. longis, 2-3 mm. latis, styliferis ; achaeniis ca. 4 mm. longis ; 

 alis latis, puberulis ; pappi aristis 2, 3-4 mm. longis, setis brevibus 

 intermediis. 



Collected in open forests at Santa Lucrecia, Vera Cruz. No. 8997, 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220297. 



