STANDLEY TREES AND SHRUBS OF MEXICO 1619 



5. Liabum pringlei Robins. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 32: 49. 1896. 

 Known only from the type locality, mountains near Lake Chapala, Jalisco. 

 Suffrutescent, about 1 meter high; stems fuscous-tomentulose; leaf blades 



ovate, 4 to 7.5 cm. long, 2 to 4.2 cm. wide, green above, canescent-tomentose 

 beneath; heads about 6, about 3 cm. wide; phyllaries lanceolate, acuminate, 

 brownish-pubescent, closely imbricate; achenes sericeous. 



6. Liabum klattii Robins. & Greenm. Amer. Journ. Sci. III. 50: 156. 1895. 

 Veracruz and Oaxaca; type from Monte Alban, near City of Oaxaca. 

 Shrub, up to 6.5 meters high, leafless at flowering time; branches arachnoid, 



glabrate; leaf blades deltoid-ovate, about 12.5 cm. long and wide, acuminate , 

 cuneate at base, glabrous above, arachnoid beneath; heads rather numerous, in 

 short thyrsoid panicles; phyllaries acuminate; achenes densely pubescent. 



7. Liabum andrieuxii (DC.) Benth. & Hook.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. 



Bot. 2: 231. 1881. 



Vernonia andrieuxii DC. Prodr. 5: 16. 1836. 



Oaxaca and Chiapas; type collected between Tehuantepec and the Rio Coatza- 

 coalcos. 



Shrub; branches sordidly tomentose and hispid-glandular; leaf blades deltoid- 

 ovate, 8 to 16 cm. long and wide, acuminate, cuneate at base, repand-dentate and 

 often somewhat hastate-lobed near base, green above, canescent-tomentose 

 beneath; heads about 3 at tips of branches; phyllaries attenuate, tomentose, squar- 

 rose; achenes densely pubescent; pappus straw-color, varying to purplish. 



8. Liabum bourgeaui Hieron. Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 48: 208. 1906. 

 Liabum asclepiadeian Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 231. 1881. Not 



L. asclepiadeum Schultz Bip. 1847. 



Veracruz and Chiapas; type from Valley of C6rdoba, Veracruz. Guatemala to 

 Costa Rica. 



Suffrutescent (?), 2 meters high; branches angled, lanate-tomentose; leaf blades 

 ovate to suborbicular-ovate, 6 to 23 cm. long, 2 to 14 cm. wide, acute or acuminate , 

 cuneately decurrent the whole length of the petiole and usually auriculate-connate 

 at its base, callous-denticulate, green above, arachnoid-tomentose beneath; 

 heads numerous, in dense cymose panicles; involucre 6 to 8 mm. high; achenes 

 hispidulous; pappus without outer squamellae. 



9. Liabum andromachioides (Less.) Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 231. 



1881. 

 Vernonia andromachioides Less. Linnaea 6: 397. 1831. 

 Sinclairia andromachioides Schultz Bip.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Bot. 2: 231. 1881, 



as synonym. 

 Veracruz; type from Misantla. El Salvador. 



Shrubby; branches glandular-tomentulose, glabrate; leaf blades oval-ovate to 

 suborbicular-ovate, 7 to 16 cm. long, 4.5 to 11 cm. wide, acute, rounded at base, 

 callous-denticulate, green above, griseous-tomentose beneath; heads numerous, 

 in large panicles; phyllaries cihate. 



10. Liabum deppeanum (Less.) Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 232. 1881. 

 Andromachia deppeana Less. Linnaea 6: 401. 1831. 



Veracruz; type from Cuesta Grande del Jacingo. 



Shrubby; branches glabrate; leaf blades ovate, 10 to 12 cm. long, 6.5 to 8.5 cm. 

 wide, acuminate, cuneate at base, callous-denticulate, green above, arachnoid- 

 tomentose beneath; heads cymose-panicled. 



11. Liabum discolor (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. 

 Amer. Bot. 2: 232. 1881. 



Sinclairia discolor Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 433. 1840-41. 

 Oaxaca (?). Guatemala to Nicaragua; type from Realejo, Nicaragua. 



