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longis "basi subulato-Lracteolatis. Diacus 2-3 mm. alius 

 2-3-8 mm. diametro. InvolucH subbiscriati 1-8 mm alti 

 squamae circa 8, ad 0-7 mm. latae. Hadh circa 6-8, oblonffi. 

 m tubo pilosi,_ 3-8 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati. CoroUae disci in 

 tubo pilosae, m dentibus et sparse in faucibns pubescentes, 

 1-2 mm. long-ae (tubo 04 mm). Faleae angustissimae, sub- 

 planae, acutae, ad apicem obscure appresse spinuloso-serrulatae, 

 1-neryiae, 1-8 mm. loiigae, ad 0-15 mm. latae, demum deciduae. 

 Achema radii subglabra, ad 0-7 mm. longa, calva; disci nigra, 

 oppresse pubescentia, 0-4 mm. longa. Sqyamellae pappi 5 

 truncatae, 04 mm. longae, 5 apice abruptissime aristatae, 

 0-9 mm. longae (arista inclusa). GoJinsoqa filipcs, Ilemslev, 

 Diagn. Pe ^ov. ii. 34 (1879); Bibl. Centr. Am. Bot. ii., 204, 

 tab. 50 (1881). 



Mexico. Sinaloa; Carro de Pinal, December, 1848, Seemon?i 

 1473. Eeported also by T. S. Brandegee (Zoe, v., p. 224 (1905) ) 

 as abundant in damp soil near Cofradia, Sinoloa. 



The genus Galinsoga, Ruiz & Pavon, differs from Steno- 

 carpha in its merely acutely convex receptacle, broadly linear 

 or oblong pales, uniform more numerous not aristate i^^ppus 

 scales, and larger heads. The characters by which Stenocarpha 

 is distinguished were long ago jjointed out" by Bentham in the 

 Genera Plantarum (ii. p. 390 (1873)), who, however, did not 

 assign to them the generic value which they seem to deserve. 



859. Diospyros glandulosa, Lace [Ebenaceae]; a D. vioUi, 



Griff., foliis floribusque majoribus recedit. 



Arbor dioica, 6-12-metralis, cortice griseo-brunueo parum reti- 

 culato-fisso; ramuli purjmreo-bruunei, lenticellati, primo den- 

 sius brunneo-pubescentes, mox glabri. Folia alterna, ovata, 

 oblonga, lanceolata oblanceolatave, obtuse acuminata, basi 

 breviter cuneata vel in petiolum gradatim angustata, usque ad 

 12 cm. longa et 6 cm. lata, chartacea, pagiua utraque praesertim 

 ad nerves pubescentia, pilis albis nisi pagina superiore ad nervos 

 brunneis, glandulis rubris caducis iu^tructa, subtus pallidiora; 

 nervi laterales utrinque 5-6, arcuati, intra marginem anastomo- 

 eantes, supra impressi, subtus prominentes, margine integro; 

 petioli - 0-5-1 cm. longi, densius brunneo-pubescentes, basin 



versus parum canaliculati. Florcs 6 in cynias 3-0-floras dense 

 pubescentes dispositi, bracteolis minutis; alabastra hxie 

 ovoidea. Caly.v 4-6 mm. long us, tubo intus excepto utrinque 

 olbo-pubescens, lobis 4 ovatis vel triangularibus acuminatis 

 4 mm. longis. Corolla lobis pniceis exceptis alba, urceolata, 

 6-8 mm. longa ; lobi 4, contorti, subrotundi, emarginati, 2 mm. 

 longi, parte superiore exteriore loborum et nprvo mediauo 

 pubescens. Stamina saepissime 25, interdiim pauciora, i^er paria 

 connata;filamentum antherae exterioris bievissimuni ; anthera 

 interior sessilis; antherae parum fiilcatae, apice acutae. f lores 

 2 solitarii, pedunculis brevibus validis pubescentibus suffniti. 

 Calyj; alte 4-fidiis; tubus brevissimus; lobi orbiculares, subito 

 breviter acuminati, 1 cm. longi, utrinque pubescentes CoroUa 

 pallide lutea, urceolata, circiter 6 mm. diametro, tubo 5 mni. 

 longo, lobis 9 mm. longis iis floris masculi similibus nisi majon- 



