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-dentatis apice obtusis vel rotundatis basi gradatim cuneatis pinnati- 

 veniis in venis sparsissime pilosiusculis concoloribus, petiolo ca. 1 cm. 

 longo gracili; capitulis oblato-subsphaericis 1 cm. diametro in pedi- 

 cellis nudis vel bracteolatis gracilibus pilosiusculis purpurascentibus 

 adscendentibus valde inaequalibus (1-10 cm. longitudine) gestis; 

 involucri squamis oblongis vel obovato-oblongis subbiseriatis subae- 

 quilongis striatulis glabriuscuHs ciliolatis vix acutis 2.5 mm. longis; 

 flosculis 40-50; coroUis glabris 2.2 mm. longis, tubo proprio cylindrico 

 fauces campanulatas subaequanti, dentibus limbi anguste deltoideis 

 recurvatis; antheris apice appendiculatis ; achaeniis fuscis glabris 

 1.5 mm. longis; pappi setis ca. 20 inaequalibus pro genere brevibus 

 corolla dimidio brevioribus. — Cuba: Rocky stream bed, Arroyo 

 Cimmaron, alt. 470 m., Trinidad Mountains, Santa Clara, 5 March, 

 1910, N. L. & E. G. Britton, no. 5085 (type, in herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.; 

 and in Gray Herb.). A slender and attractive species, which should 

 be readily recognized by its exceptionally short pappus. 



Var. extentum, var. nov., valde caulescens; caulibus 3 dm. vel 

 ultra longitudine gracilibus foliosis; foliis oppositis; internodiis 

 plerisque 1-5 cm. longis; pedunculis 6-8 cm. longis; aliter formae 

 typicae simillimum. — Cuba: Rocky and shady banks of Iguanojo 

 River, Santa Clara, 11 Aug. 1915, Brothers Leon & Clement, no. 5419 

 (type, in herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.; phot, in Gray Herb.). 



Eupatorium bullescens, spec, nov., fruticosum 6-10 dm. altum; 

 caule tereti gracili virgato usque ad apicem folioso striatulo puberulo; 

 foliis sessilibus oppositis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis serratis firmius- 

 culis basi rotundatis vel saepius brevissime cordatis a basi trinerviis 

 glabris supra bullatis lucidis minute reticulato-venulosis subtus 

 paullulo pallidioribus opacis nervosis puncticulatis 4-6.8 cm. longis 

 1.3-2.4 cm. latis internodia valde superantibus ; inflorescentia laxe 

 paniculata terminali folioso-bracteata, ramis gracilibus obscure 

 puberulis; patentibus pedicellis 2-8 mm. longis filiformibus; capitulis 

 parvis 6-9-floris; involucri squamis ca. 7 subaequalibus oblongis 

 obtusis dorso obscure puberulis ca. 2.2 mm. longis post fructus delap- 

 sum persistentibus et deflexis, disco parvo levissime convexo glabro; 

 corollis glabris tubulatis sursum leviter ampliatis ca. 2 mm. longis, 

 dentibus limbi 5 deltoideis suberectis; achaeniis gracilibus fuscis 

 minute granulatis ca. 2 mm. longis; pappi setis ca. 20 sordide albidis 

 corollam subaequantibus. — Cuba: on rocks, gorge of the Rio Yamui, 

 Oriente, 7-9 December, 1910, J. A. Shafer, no. 7808 (type, in herb. 

 N. Y. Bot. Gard., photograph and fragments in Gray Herb.); also 

 in pine lands, alt. 420 m., near El Cuero, Oriente, 10-19 March, 1912, 



