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villosis, folis petiolatis ovatis obtusis vix acuminatis basi 
rotundatis margine repando-dentatis integerrimisve junioribus 
utrinque villosis adultis supra nitidis subtus dense villoso- 
tomentosis, panicula ampla polycephala subfoliosa villoso- 
tomentosa, capitulis sub-10-floris, involucri squamis ovatis 
obtusis dorso tomentosis floribus multo brevioribus, pappo 
exteriore brevi pauciseto. Folia 3-4-pollicaria. Pappus 
albo-nitens, setis rigidis subpaleaceis. 
Vernonia (Lepidaploa) congesta (sp. ni: ramis striatis 
dense villosis, foliis sessilibus oblongis ellipticis obovatisve 
obtusiusculis margine minute CEET SE supra 
glanduloso-scabris hirsutisque subtus dense sericeo-villosis 
albidis, cymis densis thyrsoideo-paniculatis, capitulis multi- 
foris involucri, squamis anguste lanceolatis multiserialibus 
dorso tomentosis, pappi serie exteriori brevi setosa, achzeniis 
villosis.—Pappi series exterior vix a pilis achenii distincti. 
This has something the habit of Inula Conyza and also of 
Decaneurum diver pens. It is evidently allied to Vernonia 
multiflora, The pappus is whitish, not brown. 
Diplopappus lagus (sp. n.) ; caulibus herbaceis erectis sub- 
simplicibus scabro-pubescentibus, foliis ovatis obovatis 
oblongisve obtusis grosse dentatis basi cuneatis scabris 
penninerviis subtriplinerviisque, corymbo laxo subfoliato, 
involucri squamis oblongis obtusis appressis dorso pubes- 
centibus, achaniis plano-compressis sericeo-villosis, pappi 
serie exteriori brevi pauciseta.—A finis, D. asperrimo DC. 
Folia nequaquam acuminata, pleraque petiolata. Capitula 
paullo majora, involucro pubescente. Pappus D. asperrimi. 
Diplopappus baccharoides (sp. n.) ; fruticosus, ramis pube- 
rulis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis v. obovato-oblongis obtusis v. 
acutiusculis integerrimis v. remote denticulatis basi angustatis 
Scabris, corymbo terminali oligocephalo conferte folioso, 
capitulis breviter pedunculatis ovoideis, involucri squamis 
oblongis ciliolatis puberulis laxiusculis, ligulis 8-10, floribus 
disci 10-15.— Folia conferta, circiter pollicaria, und 
"eliculato-venoga, : interdum obscure teiplinetyis, latitudine 
variabilia, I Ache- 
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