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y Underwood & Earle 202, from Santiago, Cuba; in the 
herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. 
II. VERNONIA GNAPHALIIFOLIA Rich. in Sagra, Hist. Fis. Pol. 
uba I1: 34. 1850 
Vernonia arborescens Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cuba144. 1866. Not V. 
arborescens Sw. 
Vernonia Wrightdé Griseb Ul. c. Not V. Wrightit Sch.-Bip. 
tems incanous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 
scabrellate above, densely tomentose beneath; bractea] leaves re- 
sembling the cauline, much mena the heads; scales lanceolate, 
acuminate, pubescent; achenes hirsu 
Type locality: ‘+ prope Canasi,” ae 
Distribution: Cuba, Wright 2309, in part. 
Wright's collection, 23709, included two species, one a form with 
broad, smooth leaves, V. Sagraeana DC., and the other with to- 
mentose leaves. The first was taken by Schultz as the type of his 
V. Wrighti. Grisebach, apparently considering that the number 
included but one species, published the name for the second form, 
thus introducing the synonyms cited above. 
12. VERNONIA IcosaNnTHA DC. Prodr. §: 49. 1836 
Vernonia divaricata Lessing, Linnaea 4: 306. 1829. Not V. 
adivaricata Sw. 
rubby, branching above; stem finely striate, closely appressed- 
pubescent; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5-7 cm. long, 1.2-2 
m. wide, acute or short-acuminate, entire, narrowed below to an 
obtuse base, sparsely short-pubescent above, pubescent and with ele- 
vated veins beneath; cymes many, terminal and in the upper axils, 
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erect or a little spreading, sparsely pubescent, the outer linear-lan- 
ceolate, subulate, the inner oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; achenes 
eae pubescent ; Nig white, 5 mm. long, the outer series 
conspicuous, I mm. lon 
Type locality: ‘¢in Martinica.” 
Distribution: Martinique. 
The description above is based on two sheets of Sieber rg90 from 
Martinique. This is in all probability duplicate material of the 
specimens upon which Lessing’s divaricata was based. 
