416 Ion. Urban: 



(exterioribus) brevissimis, caeteris longioribiis, interioribus longissimis 

 flores (sine antheris) longitucline aequantibus, omnibus acuminatis semper 

 erectis; corollis 14 mm. longis, in Yj, alt. coalitis; acliaeniis pilis siib- 

 erectis laxis y. glandulis tantum obsitis, 3 mm. longis. 



AnaatrapJna paucifloscula Hitchc. Bah. in Miss. Bot. Gard. Bep. 

 IV (1893) j). 102 (p. p.) tah. 12!; Northr. Flor, of New Brovid. p. 72; 

 — non C. Wricjht Msc. (e Sto. Domingo). 



Fi'utex 1,3 m. altus, valde ramosus. Eami vetustiores teretes gla- 

 brescentes striati brunei, cortice clemiim longitudinaliter fisso, liornotini to- 

 mento densissimo e pilis varie curvatis brevissimis non prominentibus con- 

 texto obtecti. Folia petiolis supra planiusculis, dorso convexis tomentosis 

 insidentia, secus nervum medium vix v. non prominulmn subsulcata, nervis 

 lateralibus utroque latere 3 — 4 supra non impressis, densissime tenuiterque 

 anastomosantibus, subtus prominentibus et plus minus manifeste anastomo- 

 santibus, crasse coriacea, margine recurva, dentibus spinoso-pungentibus 

 plerumque 3 — 5, supra praeter marginem ab initio glabra nitida, subtus 

 tomento persistente sordide flavido-albido obtecta. Capitula in apice rarau- 

 lorum dense v, densissime foliatorum sessilia, sub antliesi (sine antheris) 

 1,8 — 2 cm. longa, medio 0,6 — 0,7 cm. crassa; involucri squamae infimae 

 trianguläres v. ovato - lanceolatae , 2 — 3 mm. longae, saepius tomentosulae, 

 caeterae lanceolatae usque lineares glabrae v. subglabrae, sensim acuminatae, 

 2 — 1 mm. latae. Reccptaculum intra bracteas 2 mm. longum, apice con- 

 vexiusculum. Pappi setae 34 — 39 subbiseriatae crassiusculae spiuulosae, 

 14 mm. longae, stramineac v. leviter brunescentes. Corollae in sicco ad 

 basin bruneae, caeterum i^allidae; tubus 2,5 — 3 mm. longus cylindraceus ad 

 apicem paullo crassior, medio 0,6 — 0,7 mm. crassus; lobi angustissime 

 lineares, stricte erecti, apice incrassato obtusi, 10,5 — 11,5 mm. longi. Fila- 

 menta in ore tubi inserta, usque 11 mm, longa; antherae totae 8,5 —9 mm. 

 longae, plus minus exsertae, basi in caudas lineari-subulatas glabras 2 mm. 

 longas productae, apice in ligulas quoad liberas lineari-acuminatas ca. 1 mm. 

 lougas excurrentes. Stylus purpurascens (ex Egg.) postremo 18 mm. longus, 

 lobis perbrevibus 0,5 mm. longis erectis obtusis, ex antheris plus minus ex- 

 sertis. Acliaenia subglabra v. pilosa. 



Hab. in ins. Baham. Andres Island, m. Jun. flor.: Northrop n. 639, 

 in Fortune Island, ra. Febr. flor.: Eggers n. 3866. 



Aiiastraphia Nortliropiaiia Greenman in Comhs Cuha in Trans. 

 Ac. Sc. St. Louis VII (1897) p. 435 (p.p., nempe qnoad plant, bah.; 

 North?', l. c; foliis 8 — 4 mm. longe petiolatis, 3 — 1,5 cm. longis, 

 basi rotundata v. obtusa in petiolum contractis, margine fere semper 

 integris raro hinc illinc spinuloso - dentatis , supra initio tomentosis, ner- 

 vis lateralibus utroque latere 4 — 6 snb angulo ca. 70° abeuntibns, in- 

 volucro ca. 12 mm. longo quam flores multo breviore, squamis supe- 

 rioribus recurvatis v. revolutis plus minus arachnoideis, capitulis ca. 

 13-floris, pappi setis 11 mm. longis, corollis 10 — 11 mm. longis, in 

 Y4 alt. v. paullo ultra gamopetalis optime differt. 



