52 The Botanical Gazette. [February, 
It seems probable that these two species thus merged, with 
some others, should be included in 7. patula L.—San Carlos, 
Depart. Quezaltenango, alt. 8,622, December 1891, W. 
Shannon 598. 
PECTIS CANESCENS HBK., var. villosior, n. var.—Stems 
and leaves much more woolly pubescent, the involucral bracts 
densely so, being like those of P. Liebmannti Sch. Bip.—Santa 
Rosa, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 3-4,000%, March and May 
1892, Heyde & Lux 3,401 and 3,413. 
SENECIO GHIESBREGHTII Regel, var. Uspantanensis, 2. 
var.—Leaves entire, elongated oblong and acuminate.—San 
Miguel Uspantdn, Depart. Quiché, alt. 6-12,000%, April 1892, 
Heyde & Lux 3,368; also distributed in previous collection as 
S. Ghiesbreghtiz, no. 1,598, with leaves similar but with mar- 
ginal mucros; also Botteri,609 and 820 from Orizaba. In 
looking over the allied tree-forms, S. Ghiesbreghtii Regel, 
S. grandifolius Less., and S. arborescens Steetz, it becomes 
evident that we are dealing probably with a single species 
having leaves varying from pinnately divided to entire. 
grandifolius Less. must certainly absorb S. arborescens StectzZ, 
but I do not feel the same confidence as yet in such a dispo- 
sition of S. Ghiesbreghtii Regel, although Hemsley refers the 
latter to S. grandifolius, but keeps S. arborescens distinct. _ 
SENECIO SCHUMANNIANUS Schauer.—Chiul, Depart. Qu! 
ché, alt. 8,000%, April 1892, Heyde & Lux 3,377. I have no 
record of the discovery of this interesting species other than 
that of Aschenborn about Zimapan. Although no authentic 
specimens have been accessible Schauer’s description in Lin- 
naea completely accords with our plant. 
WERNERIA NUBIGENA HBK.—Volcan de Tajumulco, De- 
part. San Marcos, alt. 12,000%, January 1892, W. C. Shan- 
non 607. A very interesting discovery of a high Andean 
err not reported before north of the high mountains of 
olivia. 
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single narrowly linear petal, all the lobes erect (not eve? 
