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pairs at the tips of the branchlets, in fruit about 2 cm long, 

 their peduncles about 1 cm long; involucral bracts more or less 

 pubescent, the outer ones 2 mm long or less, the inner ones nar- 

 rowly oblong-lanceolate, about 1 cm long, their margins ciliate. 

 Achenes about 4 mm long; pappus hairs numerous, about 1 cm 

 long, pale reddish-brown. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 

 33374, Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 

 1,000 meters. 



This species is well characterized among the woody scandent 

 forms by its small, densely glandular-punctate, glabrous leaves 

 and its few heads. Its alliance is with Vernonia pyrrhodasys 

 Schulz-Bip. 



