E. L. EKMAN, WEST INDIAN VERNONI^. 97 



plant. As for the specific name used by Gleason, C. chinensis 

 (Lam.), I cannot join him. Lamarck describes, 1786, p. 83, Co- 

 nyza chinensis as follows: 4. Conise de Chine. Conyza chinensis, 

 Lin. » etc. He does not intend to describe a new species, believing 

 himself to have the Linnsean plant before him. Now Conyza 

 chinensis L. belongs to a widely different genus, being the type 

 of Blumea chinensis DC. Lamarck made a false identification. 

 I think the specific name chinensis cannot therefore be applied 

 to our plant. The name to be used is »patula», from Conyza 

 patula Ait. (1788). Its correct name would be, then, Cyan- 

 thillium pafulum (Ait.). However, as I have not seen the type 

 of Conyza patula, nor studied sufficiently the relations of Cy- 

 anthillium to Vernonia, I do not wish to be responsible for this 

 combination. 



Vernonia lepidota Grisebach, 1866, p. 145. 



Hab. in Cuba: prov. Baracoa, in summo monte El Yun- 

 que, 14. 6. 61, Wright n. 2789 (Bss, G, orig. spec, KU). 



Receptaculum alveolatam, marginibus alveolarum sca- 

 riosis, dentatis. Pappi setse interiores satis caducae, numero 

 5 — 6 — -7, crassse, complanatse, haud tortse, albidse, setae exte- 

 riores alte coalitae, patellam formantes cylindricam, margine 

 laciniosam. Corolla 7 — 8 mm longa, tubo sensim dilatato, 

 extus glanduloso, long. V2 corollse, limbi laciniis dorso glandulis 

 instructis, apice recurvis, glandulosis. Antherse omnino Ver- 

 nonice, 2,4 mm longse, ligula subenervi, crassa, Y5 long, an- 

 therae, auriculis brevibus, oblique subemarginato-truncatis. 

 Stylus Vernonice. Achaenium compressiusculum, glaberrimum, 

 irregulariter 10-costatum. 



As already stated (page 4), this species is to be removed 

 from the genus Vernonia, chiefly by the characters of its 

 pappus. 



Vernonia Milleri Johnston, 1905, p. 698. 



Hab. in Margarita: El Valle, 31. 7. 01, 0. O. Miller et 

 J. R. Johnston n. 254 (KU, dupl. orig. spec). 



The plant clearly belongs to Oliganthes Cass. 



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