gymnopsis. COMPOSITAE. 161 



ovalo-lanceolatis grosse dentatis, basi cuneatis quinquenerviis, superioribus alternis lan- 

 ceolatis; involucri squamis uniseriatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis foliaceis strigosis; 

 receptaculi paleis achaenia glaberrima arcte involventibus obovatis obtusis corrugatis, 

 pappo coroniformi minutissimo. 6 — Herba 1— 1 '/-pedalis, rami oppositi vel dichotomi 

 divaricato-ascendentes. Folia inferiora bipollicaria, superiora minora subrugosa viridia, 

 pilis crebris adprcssis rigidis praesertim subtus canescentia. Capitula fere G. uniserialis, 

 involucri squamae subsemipollicares laxae, latitudine variae. — Crescit in Guatemala ad 

 sinum Fonseca. 



2524. E\CELIA Adans. 

 (DC. Prodr. V. 536. - Wlprs. Repert. bot, syst. II. 612.) 



1. E. CONSPERSA Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 26. — Diffusa: ramis ascen- 

 dentibus, junioribus albo-tomentosis; foliis alternis ovatis oblongisve, adullis viridibus, 

 pube rara conspersis; pedunculis longis 2— 3-cephalis; involucri squamis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis ciliolalis; achaeniis planis, faciebus fere glabris, marginibus longe villosis. 5 — Rami 

 floriferi ascendentes vel erecli '/.— l-pedales striati, pube farinosa albidi, demum glabrati, 

 folia omnia alterna petiolata pollicaria vel paullo longiora, nunc late ovata, margine si- 

 nuata, nunc oblonga integerrima, omnia obtusa, basi cuneata, crassiuscula trinenia, 

 pilis brevissimis albis sparsis utrinque punctato-scabrella, caelerum viridia, prima juven- 

 tute alba. Pedunculi semipedales in ramos 2— 3-cephalos divisi, ramis bractea oblonga 

 parva subtensis. Capitula hemisphaerica, magnitudine illorum E.~ canescentis, involucri 

 squamae 2— 3-seriales inaequales virides membranaceae puberulae, margine praesertim 

 basi ciliatae, interiores discum subaequantes, ligulae circiter 12 oblongae, extus pubes- 

 centes neutrae, receptaculum planum, paleae membranaceae naviculares floribus disci 

 panllo breviores, corollae disci glabrae, tubi parte tenuissima, fauce. tubulosa elongata, 

 dentibus brevibus incrassatis, achaenia molliter longeque villoso-ciliata, faciebus parce 

 villosis. — Crescit in California („Bay of Magdalena"). 



2. E. MVEA Bth. I. c. 27. — Procumbens, tomenlo subsericeo undique nivea: foliis ple- 

 risque oppositis petiolatis ovatis obovatisve; pedunculis elongalis 1— 2-cephalis; involucri 

 squamis ovato-lanceolatis, extus sericeo-tomentosis ; achaeniis compressiusculis breviter 

 villosis, margine vix ciliatis. 6 — Rami latiores et longiores quam in praecedente, to- 

 mento molli albo obtecti, vix demum subnudi, folia vix pollicaria obtusissima integer- 

 rima, margine subundulala, basi in petiolum 3—6 lin. longum angustata crassiuscula, 

 molliter niveo-tomentosa, nervis 3 subtus prominulis, fere omnia opposita, pauca hinc 

 inde praesertim sub pedunculis alterna, pedunculi scmipedales rigiduli, saepius 1—2- 

 bracteati simplices, rarius ramo monocephalo ad axillam bracteae aucti, capitula hemi- 

 sphaerica quam illa praecedentis paullo majora. Squamae involucri biseriales, exteriores 

 paullo breviores subfoliaceae, apice subpatentes cano-tomentosae, ligulae circiter 10, la- 

 mina 4 lin. longa ovato-oblonga integra multinervis glabra. Paleae lineari-lanceolatae 

 carinatae, disco paullo breviores. Achaenia villosa. — Crescil in California ad San Quentin. 



Divisio III. COREOPSIDEAE Lssng. - DC. 1. c. 569. 



2528/1. EPILEPIS Bth. 



(Blh. Plant. Hartweg. p. 17. — Endl. Gener. pl. Suppl. I. p. 1382. — Meisn. Gener. plant. 



vascul. H. 362.) 



1. E. RUDIS Bth. 1. c. no. 116. — (Wlprs. Rcpcrt. bot. syst. II. 613.*) — Herba erecta his- 

 pida, folia opposila pinnatisecta, segmentis cuneatis lanceolatisve integris, grosse denta- 

 lis pinnatifidisve, superioribus confluentibus, capitula corymboso-paniculata. — Habitus 

 Verbesinarum. — Crescil in Mexico. 



2589A. WLRSCHMITTIA C. H. Schultz (Bipont.). 



(C. II. Sehullz |Bipont.| mss. in Schimp. Herb. II. Abyss. no. 334. et Flora [B. Z.] 1841. 



Erganzungsbl. p. 27.*) 



Capitulum multiflorum heterogamum radiatum : ligulis uniserialibus neutris 



oblongis, apice rotunclatis, dorso praecipue superne hirtis, floribus disci tu- 



bulosis quinquedentatis, dentibus lanceolatis, superne crassis hirtis, herma- 



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