(123) 
Very near Matthews’ No. 1676, and near C. nutans and C. 
solantfolia. 
til roseus sp. nov 
Youngest parts minutely ane sparsely puberulent, or glabrous; 
stem ae stoutish but not strong, angled; lea ect or erect- 
spreading, 1.5-3 dm. long, 5-8 c road, obovate or oblanceolate, 
the venation inconspicuous, broad and weak 
12-16 pairs, ascending; raceme terminal, pamela: leafy- 
bracted, the flowers rose-colored; bracts 2.6- 4 cm. long, broadly 
oval or ‘obovate, toothed like the leaves and eee pedicels 
2.5-3 cm. long, very slender, spreading, angled; calyx foliaceous, 
the ae hemispherical- -campanulate, 6 mm. wide, lightly 5-ribbed 
the limb campanulate, 1.25 cm. long, the lobes broadly oval; 
corolla 4.cm. long, falcate, broadest at the oe pes gradually 
contracting downward, stron ly nerved; anthers 6 mm. long, the 
white beard coarse and rigid, th slightly eae aie ie 
stout, the stigmas large, div 
“Four feet high; cee — fe ee 10, 1902” (No. 584). 
According to description, very near C. grandicephalus Zahlb. 
but inflorescence and flower-characters different. 
CoMPOSITAE 
Piptocarpha laxa sp. no 
ranchlets, oe and lower leaf-surfaces yellowish- 
tomentellate. Branchlets slender, divaricate, striate. Petioles 
1-2 cm. long, channelled above, uae beneath; blades 6-12 cm, 
sharply prominent underneath, the slender venation strongly 
reticulate, prominent on both surfaces. Panicles mostly 3 or 4 cm. 
long, somewhat secund. Involucres 4 or 5 mm. broad when fully 
angled, tapering regularly from summit to base, the pappus 6 mm. 
long, white, coarse, serrate. 
“‘Charopampa, oe ft. alt., Sept. 22, 1901” (Wo. 703). 
Vernonia breviramosa (Sect. Scorpioideae) sp. nov. 
Gray-tomentose; branches elongated, little branched, terete; 
om 
gray, the 5-7 pairs of yellowish secondaries very strongly as- 
