62 ARKIV FÖR BOTANIK. BAND 13. NIO 15. 



plant collected by Swainson agrees very well \Aith the por- 

 tion of the type specimen seen. 



There also occur forms having elongated, leafy cymes, 

 and distant heads. Such forms also may be found in other 

 species, for instance, V. arhorescens (L. ) Sw. and V. fruticosa 

 (L. ) Sw. It appears very probable that they do not constitute 

 a particular form, but are only variants of the other ones 

 described. So, for instance. Campbell n. 5870, Thompson n. 

 6746, 7209, 8038. 



Veruonia acuminata Less. 



Tabula nostra II. fig. 8 pars inflorescentise). 



Verno)iia acuminata Lessixg, 1831. p. 663; Geisebach, 1861, p. 353: 

 Gleason. 1913, p. 311. 



Vertwnia divaricata De Caxdolle, 1836, p. 48; Gleason, 1906 b, p. 

 185; 1913, p. 310 — non F. divaricata Sw. 



Cacalia acuminata Kuxtze, 1891, p. 969. 



Pappi setae interiores persistentes, numero 30 — 35, crassi- 

 usculse, pauUulo complanatse, brunnese, quam exteriores dis- 

 tinctse circ. 6-plo longiores. Corolla 6 — 6,5 longa, tubo gracili, 

 glabro, subito in limbum abeunte, long, ^s coroUse, limbi 

 laciniis apice subtus papillosis. Antherae 1,7 — 1,8 mm longse, 

 ligula apice contracta. long, ^/g antherae, nervo perspicuo 

 praedita, auriculis brevissime acuminatis. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Shakespeare (Br); Swartz (H, 

 Prodr. sub nom. F. divaricatce Sw., S, orig. spec. V. acuminatm 

 Less., U, herb. Thtjnb.); IMacfadyen n. 28 (K); Distin (K); 

 WuLLSCHLÄGEL n. 876 (M); prope Moneague, Dec. 1849, R. C. 

 Alexander-Prior sine num. (G, KU); Hart n. 665 (KU); 

 inter Claremont et Moneague, 11. 7. ' 02, Fawcett n. 8405 

 (KU); in monte Catherine Peak, alt. 1350 m, 23. 1. 88, Eg- 

 GERS n. 3592 (KU); prope Kendal, alt. 450 m, 20. 11. OL Harris 

 n. 8205 (KU); in montibus prope Kingston, anno 1897, 0. 

 Hansen sine num. (H. KU). 



Though he had abundant material of this species at hand, 

 Swartz did not describe it. However, he probably had this 

 plant in mind when he ^^'rote, Fl. Ind. occ. p. 1321: »Provenit 

 et alia in insulis caribseis hujus (F. arborescentis Sw.) forte 

 varietas, foliis minoribus ovatis obtusis 1. acutis scabriuscu- 

 lis, oculo armato hispidulis, atomis fusco-rubris nitentibus 



