E. L. EKMAN, WEST INDIAN VERNONIiE. 25 



Gardn., etc. Two species have been found in the West 

 Indies, viz. V. gracilis H. B.K. and V. tricefJialaGABD'^., both 

 in the extreme south-eastern part of the region. 



Conspectus specienim liiijus subscctionis. 



I. Calathidia in axilhs sohtaria vel geanina. Squamae in- 

 volucri in mucronem phisminusve elongatmn, saepe recur- 

 vatum subito contractse. ■ — Bequia. 



F. gracilis H. B. K. 



II. Calathidia in axillis vulgo plura, 2- — 4. Squamae invo- 



lucri acutissimae, in mucronem rectum sensim attenuatae. 



— Trinidad. V. tricephala Gardn. 



Ternoiiia gracilis H. B. K. 



Vernonia gracilis Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth, 1820, p. 34; Lessinq, 

 1829, p. 302; 1831, p. 667 (excl. var. villosa), De Candolle, 1836, p. 49; 

 ScHULTZ-BiPONTiNUS, 1847, p. 511; Bakeb, 1873, p. 81 (quoad typum !). 



Vernonia elongata Willdenow in sched. ap- Lessing, 1829, p. 302. 



Vernonia Moritziana Schultz-Bipontinus, 1847, p. 511. 



Cacalia gracilis Kuntze, 1891, p. 970. 



Cacalia Moritziana Kuntze, 1891, p. 970. 



Hab. in Columbia. 



subsp. tomentosa Ekman n. subsp. 



A specie differt prsesertim foliis discoloribus, subtus 

 tomento floccoso instructis. 



Vernonia Cotoneaster (W.) Less. var. angustifolia Hieronymus, 1901, 

 p. 559. 



Vernonia Cotoneaster (W.) Less. var. pungens Hieronymus in sched. 

 herb. Berol. 



Pappi setae interiores persistentes, numero circ. 25, te- 

 nues, filiformes, albidae, quam exteriores 7-plo longiores. 

 Corolla 6 mm longa, glabra, tubo superne dilatato Vs long, 

 corollae, limbi laciniis dorso pilis longis instructis. Antlie- 

 rae 2,7 mm longae, ligula ^/g long, antherae, subenervi, auri- 

 culis subito contractis. 



Hab. in Bequia: in collibus inter frutices, alt. 150 — 

 300 m, Maj. 1889, Joseph Dalton et H. H. Smith n. B. 288 

 (K, orig. spec, subspeciei). — Insuper in Columbia. 



