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All those characters show that Hieronymus’s plant must have 
more or less the same habit, but larger flowers and a different 
organization of the pappus. 
Helianthus Matthewsii Hochr. sp. nov. 
Prob. suffrutex. Caulis eo. striatus et parce canescenti- 
tomentellus, ee non ve orum apice tantum aliquantu- 
lum scaber. Folia petiolata, spiraliter disposita, sed probabiliter 
basi ramorum opposita, gwéa in ramulo accessorio folia inferiora 
opposita vidi; petioli adpresse canescenti-villosi ; lamina lanceolata, 
vel ovato-lanc aie basi in petiolum attenuata, margine subintegra, 
apice attenuato-acuminata acuta, supra pilis parvis tuberculatis 
induta, subscabra, saturate ie. subtus pilis adpressis longis 
lanatis canescenti-tomentosa; lamina nervis secundariis duobus, 
fere basilaribus, dimidiam longitudinem attingentibus, trinervia; 
nervis, supra = impressis et parum conspicuis, subtus prominentibus 
e 
margine, versus apicem, ut interiores, ciliatae. Radii flores ae 
2 
aceus, paleis lanceolatis, praecipue exterioribus circum flores con- 
duplicatis, apice + pilosis; disci flores tubulosi, tubus parte 
inferiore angustior, parte superiore parum latior sed cy lindricus, 
extus minute pilosus, apice tantum modice 5-lobatus, lobis parvis, 
ovatis. Stamina 5; antherae ape ae parte lanceolata 
praeditae. Stylus cylindricus, ice bifidus, lobis  truncatis. 
Achaenia nigra, interdum oe interdum (ea florum interi- 
orum) adpresse pilosa; achaenia exteriora minus, interiora plus, 
antice compressa. Pappus praeter aristam unain vel duas tenuis- 
simas caducissimas, nullus. 
Caulis 0.15-0.3 cm. crassus. Foliorum adultorum petioli 0.5-0.7 
cm. ote laminae, quas vidi, adultae 9 x 2.1-7 x 1.8 cm. longae 
et latae, minores 3 x 0.9 cm. longae et latae. Capitulorum 
pedunculi 0.5-3.5 cm. longi. Capituli ae o.8-1.3. cm. in diam. 
latus. Involucri bracteae exteriores ad 0.9 cm. longae et 0.15 cm. 
latae; paleae ca. 0.4 cm. longae. Flores ica cum ligula et 
achaenio sterili 1-1.2 cm. longi; florum tubulosorum corolla ca. 0.4 
nga. Achaenia submatura 0.2-0.25 cm. longa et o.1 cm. lata. 
Peruvia (Matthews an. 1862) in Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.; id. in 
Herb. Kew ex Peruvia Chachapoyas (.l/atthews no. 3067). 
There is no doubt that the two plants are two specimens of the 
same collection, so that we may consider them as coming from the 
same locality and bearing the same number. The Kew specimen 
