216 Ign. Uhba.x: 



infloresceutiis tcrminalibus e raccmis compositis et lateralibiis sub- 

 siiiipliciter racemosis, bracteolis sumniis flores suffulcicntibus; capi- 

 tiilis in qiioque racemo 3 — 10, pedicellis 1 — 2 mm. longis; mvoliicri 

 squamis apice obtusis v. rotimdatis 8—4 mm. longis; pappi setis 40—46, 

 ad apicem iion incrassatis; corolla 2,5 — 3 mm. longa, in 2/5 — V2 '^^t- 

 in limbiim angiiste canipanulatum v. obconicum subsubito dilatata, lobis 

 triangularibus v. anguste triangularibus, Jimbo iiitegro ly., — 2-plo 

 brevioribus erectis v. erecto-patentibus; acliaeuiis 1 mm. longis glabiis. 

 Mikania papillosa Klatt in Abh. Natur f. OeselLsch. Halle XV 

 (1882) p. 325. 



Volvibilis. Rami 6-anguli in sicco obscure virides lineis elevatis flavido- 

 pallescentibus, internodiis annotinis 10 — 15 cm., in ramis floriferis 3— 6 cm. 

 longis, ramis serialibus obviis. Folia in vamis elongatis latiora, basi sub- 

 cordata, lobnlis triangnlaribus obsolete apiculatis, in ramis florif. ovato-oblonga 

 usque lanceolata basi rotundata plerumque integra, nervo medio supra in 

 snlco prominnlo, caeteris lateralibus praeter 2 suprabasilares tenuissimis 

 V. obsoletis obsolete reticulato-anastomosantibus et Inee permeante glandnli- 

 formi- incrassatis, margine plana v. revoluta. Inflorescentiae terminales 

 cum lateralibns in pannicnlam elongatam obloiigam collectae; bracteae pri- 

 mariae euphylloideae sed sensim decrescentes ; racemi 11^ — 3-cephali, ramis 

 iniimis saepius 3-cephalis; bracteolae pedicellos suffulcientesoblongo- lineares 

 1,5 — 1 mm. longae. Involucri squamae exteriores oblongae v. lanceolato- 

 lineares obtnsae, margine supero obsolete pilosnlae, interiores paullo breviores 

 apice rotundato s. subtnmeato v. nsqne infra medium pilosnlae. Pappi 

 setae uniscriatae, liberae, manifeste spinuligerae, in sicco sorclide albidae 

 V. pallide flavidae. Corolla flava (ex Buch), glabia i)lus minus glanduli- 

 fera. Stamina inter partem tubi obconicam et cylindi'aceam inserta; antherae 

 brevos obtusae. Styli rami parte integra dimidio v. duplo breviores, minute 

 sed manifeste papillosi. 



Hab. in Haiti: Poiteau, in Morne de THopital 800 m. alt.: Pi- 

 carda n. 1160, in montibus Furcy in arbores altissimas scandens, m. 

 lso\. flor.: Picarda n. 1524, ibidem ad sepes 1500 m. alt. m. Oct. flor.: 

 Buch n. 955; in .Sto. Domingo prope Jarabacoa ad La Hagua, 600 m. 

 alt, m. Majo flor.: Eggers n. 209& (ramificationc monstrosa), n. 2099". 



Obs. Cum M. cissampelina DC, ut cl. Ivlatt voluit, omnino nulla 

 affinitas. 



3. Mikania Swartziana Griseb. glabra, ramis tci'otil)us multi- 

 striatis, viridibus; pscudostipulis nullis; foliis 5 — 7 nun. longo petio- 

 latis, ovatis, basi rotundata obsolete v. vix cordatis (v. subacutis ex 

 Eich.), apice acuminatis, 4,5 — 5 cm. longis, 2,2 — 2,8 cm. latis, margine 

 anguste revoluto integris, supra basin ip.sam 3-nervibus subcoriaceis, 

 floralibus minutis; iuflorescentiis racemosis e racemis simplicibus com- 

 positis, bracteolis pedicellos suffulcicntibus; capitulis in (|Uoque racemo 

 7 — 17 disjuuctis 2 — 3 mm. longo pedicellatis; invulucri squamis ob- 



