331 (105) 



An Enumeration ot the Plants collected by Dr. H. H. Rusby in South 



America, 1885-1886.-XVIII. 



(Continued from page 264.) 



COMPOSITE. 



Sparganophorus Vaillantii, Gaertn. Fruct ii. 396. Falls of 

 Madeira, Brazil (1628). 



Vernonia coriacea, Lessing, Linnsea, 183 1, 661. Reis, 1,500 ft. 



(1588). 

 Vernonia pycnantha, Benth. Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1728). The 



same as Hartweg, Peru, 754. 



Vernonia simplex, Lessing, Linnaea, 1829, 280. Sorata, 13,000 

 ft. (2669). 



Vernonia scabra, Pers. Ench. ii. 404. Reis, 1,500 ft. (1589). 



Vernonia mollis, H.B.K. Yungas, 6.000 ft. (1658). The 

 same as Lechler's Peru, 2351. 



Vernonia scorpioides, Pers. Ench. ii. 404. Yungas, 6,000 ft. 

 (1704). 



Vernonia SENECION^FOLIA, spec. nov. Fruticosa, ramosa, 

 ramulis teretibus plus minusve pubescentibus ; foliis petio- 

 latis (petiolus 8-12 mm. longus), ovalis 8—12 cm. longis, 

 utrinque glabris viridibusque, ad apicem acuminatis, basi 

 acutis, margine remote denticulata ; capitula pauca, campanu- 

 lata, multiflora, regulariter corymboso-paniculata, 15-20 mm. 

 lata ; involucri squamae persistentes, 6-8 seriatae, interiores 

 ligulatae obtusae, exteriores breviores, lanceolatae, acutae ; pap- 

 pus uniserialis, setis albidisom, minute scabris. 



Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1730). Plant with much the aspect of a 

 Senecio. 

 Vernonia lanrifolia, DC. Prodr. v. 30 (?). Yungas, 4,000 ft. 



(16 1 7). Agrees well with the description. I have not seen 



a named specimen of the species. 



Vernonia arborcscens, Sw. var. CUNEI FOLIA, var. nov. Folia ad 

 basim cuneata. Reis, 1,500 ft. (2148), apparently differing 

 from the wide-spread tropical American species only in the 

 cuneate bases of the leaves. 



Vernonia Bakerana, spec. nov. Fruticosa, alte ramosa, dense 

 et minute tomentosa ; foliis petiolatis, lanceolatis, utriusque 



