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18. VERNONIA ARARIPENSIS Gardn. Lond. Jour. Bot. 5: 222. 
Vernonia ese Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 354. 1861. Not 
V. tricholepis D 
erbaceous or ee 5-10 dm. high; stems puberulent ; 
leaves narrowly lanceolate, 4-5 cm. long, 3—~5 mm. wide, lo ong- 
acuminate, subentire, revolute, rugose and scabrellate above, cin- 
cre 5-6 mm. h 
imbricated, lanceolate, sharply acuminate, sparsely pubescent; 
achenes hirsute; pappus yellowish-white, the outer series prominent. 
Type locality: Serra de Araripe, Province of Ceara, Brazil. 
Distribution: Hispaniola and Jamaica to Brazil, Wright 286, 
Wright, Parry & Brummel 270. 
19. VERNONIA STENOPHYLLA Lessing, Linnaea 6: 667. 1831 
apie 7 4-5 dm. high; stem pubescent; leaves linear 
or oblong-lin cm. long, 2 mm. wide, sparsely pubescent 
above, eee: “henge entire, obtuse and mucronulate; heads 
in spreading terminal cymes; bracteal leaves resembling the cau- 
line, much exceeding the heads; involucre 6-7 mm. high, its 
scales very irregularly imbricated, lanceolate, Ses es 
into subulate tips; achenes hirsute; pappus nearly whit 
Type locality: San Domingo. 
Distribution: Cuba and Hispaniola. 
The single specimen examined, Wright 2786, from Cuba, does 
not agree in every particular with Lessing’s original description, 
but the differences do not appear sufficient to warrant its separation. 
(v) Species-group Permolles 
Heads numerous, crowded in dense curved cymes, subtended by 
bracts equaling or shorter than the involucre; leaves strongly 
rugose above, densely and softly hirsute with long hairs beneath. 
Two species of Jamaica. 
20. Vernonia permollis sp. nov. 
ee rigida DC. Prodr. §: 49. 1836. Not V. regdda Sw. 
tubby, branching; stem nearly terete, coarsely tomentose- 
oe leaves firm, broadly ovate, 6-9 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide 
acute or abruptly here acuminate, entire, broadly rounded or sub- 
cordate at base, rugose above and finely scabrous-pubescent, veins 
