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Perymenium pinetorum sp. nov. 



Friitex ramosus : canlibus glabris : foliis oppositis late ovatis, acntis, 

 margine integris vel obscure serratis, utrinque scabridis, ca. 2.5 cm. 

 longis, 1.4 cm. latis, trinerviis, nervis lateralibus paulo supra basim 

 orientibus; petiolis ca. 4 mm. longis: capitulis corymbosis, axillaribus 

 terminalibusque, ovato-globosis, diametro ca. 3 mm. ; pedicellis 2-5 mm. 

 longis ; pedunculis 0-1 cm. longis : involucri squamis ca. 3-seriatis, 

 inaequalibus, exterioribus ovatis, acutis, puberulis; radiis paucis, 

 inconspicuis, angustis; disci achaeniis plerumque triquetris; pappi 

 setis inaequalibus, numerosis. 



This species is a much branched shrub bearing very many heads of 

 flowers. The heads seem to be eradiate, and a careful search is neces- 

 sary to find the rays. Collected in rocky pine forests near Hacienda 

 Monserrate, Chiapas, No. 9072. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220466. 



Zinnia P^^rpusii sp. nov. 



Annua: caulibus erectis interdum ramosis, paululum puberulis, 

 ca. 2 dm. altis: foliis lanceolatis, basi rotundatis, utrinque paulo 

 scabridis, margine tenuiter ciliatis, usque ad 2.4 cm. longis, 4 mm. 

 latis : capitulis caules ramosque terminantibus, globosis, diametro ca. 

 8 mm. ; pedunculis brevibus ; involucri squamis glabris plerumque 

 purpureis, 2-3-seriatis, exterioribus brevibus suborbicularibus, in- 

 terioribus obtusis vel acutis; radiis aurantiacis, ca. 2.5 mm. longis 

 latisque : radiorum achaeniis compressis, late ovatis, bidentatis, mar- 

 gine tenuiter serrato-ciliatis ; disci floribus atro-purpureis, achaeniis 

 eis radiorum similibus, anguste alatis, alls oblongo-sectis. 



Collected near Hacienda Monserrate on rocky mountain slopes. 

 No. 9108. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220369. 



Aspilia scabrida sp. nov. 



Valde scabra, e radice lignosa crassaque multicaulis: caulibus basi 

 lignosis, asperis, ca. 2 dm. altis: foliis ovato-lanceolatis, utrinque 

 acutis, scabris, margine dentatis, fere sessilibus, ca. 3.4 cm. longis, 

 8 mm. latis : capitulis cum pedunculis asperis usque ad 8 cm. longis 

 axillaribus terminalibusque; involucrorum squamis longitudine 

 aequalibus, ciliatis; exterioribus ovato-acutis pilis validis hispidis, 

 margine ciliatis; squamis interioribus purpureo-striatis ; capitulis 

 radios includentibus diametro ca. 2.3 cm.; radiis 3-4, atropurpureis; 

 achaeniis disci obovatis, turgidis, basi squamellis duabus parvis acutis, 

 pilis paucis adpressis praeditis, pappo cyathiformi lacerato, aristis 

 duabus brevibus additis. 



Near Aspilia purpurea Greenmn. which is described as hirsute 

 pubescent throughout. Collected near Hacienda Monserrate, Chiapas. 

 No. 9107. Type, Herb. T^niv. Calif. No. 220367. 



