254 MERRILL. 



Outer involiK-ral scales suborbic-ular, less than 1 mm long, pubescent, the 

 inner ones gi-adually longer, the innermost less pubescent, deciduous, 2 to 

 2.5 mm long, obtuse. Achenes 3 oi- 4 in each involucre, when mature 

 nearly terete, when 3'oung moi-e distinctly angled, 2 to 2.4 mm long, 

 sometimes distinctly waxy-glandular, at other times with very few, 

 scattered, short hairs; pa])pus bristles stiff, about 30, 4 to 4.5 mm long, 

 with numerous shorter ones less than 1 n)m long intermixed. 



Luzox, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Merrill 3200, Williams Jf20 

 (type), Elmer 6695, Whitford s. n., summit of the mountain, altitude about 

 1,400 m: Province of Tayabas, Mount :\Ialaraya, For. Bur. 78'/ J, 7Si'/ Curran <£• 

 Merritt, November, 1907, altitude about 1,000 m. 



A species like the preceding allied to ^'ernoniu arhorea Ham., differing in being 

 nearly glabrous and especially in its much narrower, smaller, lanceolate leaves 

 which are glandular beneath. It is manifestly allied to the preceding species but 

 has verj- much larger leaves. 



BLUMEA DC. 



Blumea confertiflora sp. nov. 



Herba erecta, robusta, circiter 1 m alta; foliis sessilibus, hasi augus- 

 tatis, plus minus decuj-rentibus, oblongo-ellipticis vel obiongo-obovatis, 

 usque ad 12 cm longis, subcoriaceis, breviter acuminatis, uurrgiue irreg- 

 ulariter sinuato-deuticulatis ; capitulis circiter 1 cm diametro, in ramulis 

 ultimis densissime congestis, sessilibus vel breviter pedunculatis. 



An erect, robust herb about 1 m high. Stems stout, dark-brown or 

 purplish, longitudinally striate, more or less pubescent, apparently un- 

 branched, except tlie inflorescence. Leaves sessile, oblong-elliptic to 

 oblong-obovate, the apex shortly acuminate, the base gradually narrowed, 

 the margins irregularly sinuate-denticulate with small teeth, not at all 

 lobed, 6 to 12 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 slightly shining when dry, somewhat pubescent with short hairs on both 

 surfaces, paler beneath; nen^es about 9 on each side of the midrib; leaf- 

 bases sometimes decurrent along the stem for 2 to 3 cm. Panicle-branches 

 rather few, the lower ones up to 40 cm long and subtended by leaves, 

 ascending, the secondary ones very short, mostly less than 1 cm long, 

 pubescent, each bearing numerous, densely disposed heads which are ses- 

 sile or shortly peduncled. Heads 8 to nnn long, about 1 cm in diameter. 

 Involucral bracts many-seriate, the outci- ones ol)long-o\ati' to oitiong- 

 lanceolate, about 2 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, pubescent, the inuoi- ones 

 gradually longer, the innermost abotit 6 mm long, 0.5 to I jum wide, 

 slightly hairy, acuminate, the margins toward tiie a]H'x more or less 

 ciliate. Flowers yellow, heterogamous. the outer ones indefinite (more 

 than 100), pistillate; achenes 1 to 1.2 mm long, somewhat angled, slightly 

 hairy; pappus hairs about 20, white, slender, seabrid, 5 mm long; corolla 

 cylindric, slender, 5 inni b»ng, minutely 3-toothed ; style-arms slender, 

 exserted, less than 1 mm hmg. Disk-flowers perfect, about 1 I in each 



