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Apparently nearest B. rosea (Noes) HemsL, which is Bald, however, to 

 have the ohtuse leaves short petioled, the Btem angled, and the rose 



colored corolla 2 inches long. 



BlDENS ROSEA Sch. Bip., var. aequisquama Fernald, n. var., invo- 

 lucri sqnamis Bubaequalibusj eis seriei exterioris elongatis 5-8 nun. 

 Longis. -Thickets near Uruapan, Miohoacan, Mexico, alt 1 525 dl, 

 1 November, L905, C. G. Pringle, n<>. 10,109 (type, in hb. Gray). 

 Differing from B, r<>s<<i in the very elongate segments of the outer in- 

 volucre, which in the original description of the species is said to be 

 shorter than the inner, and which in herbarium specimens measures 

 •J- I mm. long. 



