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phalis, calathidiis satis remotis, bracteis suffultis foliaceis, 

 iisdem cluplo longioribus. Calathidia sessilia, axillaria, soli- 

 taria, circ. 18-flora. Involucrum late infundibuliforme, 5 mm 

 altum, 7- — 8 mm latum, sqiiamis circ. 4-seriatis, satis laxis, 

 achaenia non plane tegentibus, extimis brevibus, deltoideis, 

 brevissime mucronulatis, intermediis lanceolato-deltoideis, in- 

 timis lineari-deltoideis, omnibus erectis, appressis, acutis, 

 subglabris, brunneo-nitidulis. Receptaculum planum, nudum. 

 Pappi setae interiores persistentes, numero circ. 35, tenues, 

 filiformes, 4 mm longae, alhse, quam exteriores oblongo-ligulatse 

 distinctse 8-plo longiores. Flores in speciminibus visis fruetus 

 tempore collectis desunt. Achaenia cylindrica, ad 2 mm longa, 

 sericeo-pubescentia, pilis erectis, subappressis, glandulis paucis, 

 aureis munita, costis perspicuis. 



Vernonia remotijlora Geisebach, 1862, p. 511; 1866, p. 144 {forma 

 angustijolia) — non L. C. Rich. 



Vernonia araripensis Gleäson, 1906 b, p- 181; 1913, p. 308 — non 

 Gabdn. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 286 (Bss, D, DC, G, K, KU, 

 orig. spec). 



The new species is related to F. angustissima Wright 

 ap. Ekman and V. stenoyhylla Less., but at once distinguished 

 b}" its broader leaves, which are green beneath, not sericeous 

 as in those species. 



Collected already by Wright, the species was identified 

 by Grisebach with V. remotijlora L. C. Rich., a very different, 

 annual plant, never found in the West Indies. Gleason refers 

 it to F. araripensis Gardn. Perhaps he has arrived at this 

 by identifying the species with F. tricholepis Grisebach (not 

 DC!) 1861, p. 354, which is said by Baker, 1873, p. 69, to be 

 identical with F. araripensis. In fact, Gleason cites F. tri- 

 cholepis Griseb. as a synonym to his F. araripensis. However, 

 F. tricholejns Griseb. is not our plant, nor is it identical with 

 F. araripensis Gardn., which still remains as a plant of Brazil. 



Vernonia angustissima Wright ap. Ekman n. sp. 



Tabula nostra VI, fig. 4 (habitus). 



Herba perennis, suffruticosa. Caulis (cujus pars superior 

 tantum adest) ultra 4 dm altus, inferne lignosus, diam. 2,5 mm, 



