92 ARKIV FÖR BOTANIK. BAND 13. N:0 15. 



Notwithstanding the different names, his species are the same 

 as here accepted, recognized already by Grisebach. I scarcely 

 venture to suppose, that his remark under V. havanensis: »The 

 specimens at hand fall into two groups, the first with leaves long- 

 -attenuate at base, almost sessile, and thin in texture; the 

 second with leaves cuneate into a distinct petiole, and firm 

 in texture », should be due to some confusion with F. menthce- 

 folia; but this species can greatly resemble V . havanensis. 



Veriioiiia cubensis Griseb. 



'J'abula nostra V, fig. 2 (folium et inflorescentia). 



Vernonia cubensis Grisebach, 1866, p. 144. 



Vernonia Ottonis Gleason, 1913, p. 330 — non Sch.-Bip. 



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

 formes, tenues, sordide straminese, quam exteriores anguste 

 lineares 6-plo longiores. Corolla 6 — 6,6 mm longa, tubo sensim 

 dilatato, glabro, long. 'Z, corollse, glandulis sessilibus, globuli- 

 formibus paucis prsedito, limbi laciniis subtus glandulis in- 

 structis. Antherae 2,1 mm longae, ligula long. Yb antherae, ener- 

 vi, auriculis attenuatis, obtusiusculis. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 1306 (KU, S); n. 2791 (Bss, 

 DC, G, orig. spec, KU, P); prov. Pinar del Rio, prope Pinar 

 del Rio, 24. 10. 04, Baker et Abarca n. 3421 (KU); prov. 

 Pinar del Rio, prope Guane, in palmetis, 1 — 4. 12. 11, Shafer 

 n. 10646 (KU). 



Gleason applies (1913, p. 330) to this species V. Ottonis 

 ScH.-Bip., as well as V . hieracioides Griseb. However, the type 

 specimen of the former is typical V. menthcefolia (Poepp.) Less., 

 and the latter is the same as V. Orientis Gleason. Wright's 

 number 1306 includes both V. cubensis Griseb. and V. hiera- 

 cioides Griseb. Probably the specimens so numbered in the 

 Gray Herbarium, which was consulted by Gleason, are all 

 V. cubensis Griseb. 



The three species of Vernonice havarienses are by no means 

 very good ones. V. cubensis Griseb. in many respects is inter- 

 mediate between V. havanensis DC. and V. hieracioides Griseb. 

 Some of the specimens cited above are suspected not to be 

 quite correctly determined. 



