436 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



pubescent above: leaves alternate, oblong to slightly obo- 

 vate, 1 to nearly 4 centimeters long, almost or quite half as 

 broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, entire or spinulose- 

 denticulate, closely pubescent above in the early stages, later 

 becoming glabrous and shining, densely white-tomentoee 

 with short felted hairs beneath, obtuse or rounded and often 

 slightly unequal at the base; petioles densely white-tomentose, 

 5 to 8 millimeters long : heads 2 to 2^ centimeters long 

 (including the exserted stamens and styles), 8-10-flowered; 

 involucre about 13 millimeters long; inner scales linear- 

 attenuate, distinctly one-nerved, 8 millimeters long, nearly 2 

 millimeters broad; the outer gradually smaller, pubescent on 

 the outer surface, margin ciliate ; the involucral scales becom- 

 ing strongly recurved with age: flowers 2 centimeters long": 

 corolla divided nearly to the base, 6 millimeters long: achenes 

 villous-pubescent, 3 millimeters long; pappus sordid. — Col- 

 lected by John I. and Alice R. Northrop along Fresh Creek, 

 Andros Island, June 10, 1890, no. 743; and by Robert Combs 

 along rocky sea banks near Calicita, Cuba, Aug. 24, 1895, 

 no. 521. This species is most nearly related to A. intertexta 

 Wright, but differs in the foliar characters, the much smaller 

 flowers, and the more pubescent achenes." — Plate xxxvi. 



Ch APT ALIA ALBICANS Vent. 



Not infrequent in fertile waste grass lands, etc. Ciene- 

 guita, June 11, '95. (192.) 



Trixis frutescens p. Br. 



A shrub, 2 to 4 feet high (or suffruticose). In rocky 

 woods, common. Cieneguita N., Feb. 12, '96. (703.) 



LOBELIACEAE. XCIX. 



IsoTOMA LONGiFLORA Prcsl. '* Revieuta caballos." 



Common along the banks of small streams, fertile black 

 soil. Cieneguita, May 13, '95. (34.) 



Lobelia Cliffortiana L. "Lobelia." 



In damp fertile black soil, open savannahs, or upland woods. 

 Cieneguita S. W., Feb. 10, '96. (58.) 



