(183 ) 
words: ‘+ Vernonia rigtda, Sw!, cujus specimen auctoris in her- 
bario Schreberiano vidi, planta rigidissima, ab omnibus differt 
ramis flexuosis, involucro turbinato, imbricatissimo, 34 poll. longo, 
cum pedunculo brevi pariter squamis obsito obtusis.” (Jour. 
Bot. 1: 233.) 
23. VERNONIA LEPTOCLADA aes Jour. Bot. 1: 233. 1863 
Shru ubby, branching above, the stems thinly cinereous; leaves 
rigid, coriaceous, ge adly clipe» or oblong, 4-8 cm. long, 2-3 cm. 
wide, acute, entire or with a few scattered teeth, revolute, rounded 
largest 4 cm g3 
scales oblong to oblong- lanceolate, pubescent, the outer acute an 
cuspidate, the inner obtuse. 
Type locality and distribution: Cuba, Wright 284, in part. 
24. VERNONIA SAGRAEANA DC. Prodr. 5: 55. 1836 
Vernonia Wrightit Sch.- ae Jour. Bot. 1: 234. 1863. 
Shrubby, branching above; stems cinereous or weiss es 
brous; leaves firm, elliptic ‘. ovate-oblong, 8-10 c ong, 3-4 ¢ 
wide, acute, sharply denticulate or nearly entire, cubed on both 
sides except for some sparse pubescence on the veins; heads in long 
terminal cymes subtended by bracts resembling the foliage leaves 
in size and shape; scales closely imbricated, pubescent, the outer 
triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, the inner oblong, acute; achenes 
glabrous; pappus sordid-purple. 
Type locality and distribution: Cuba, Wright 284, in part. 
25. VERNONIA INAEQUISERRATA Sch.-Bip. Jour. Bot. I: 232. 
1863 
Vernonia inaequiserrata obtustfolia Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cuba 144. 
6 
Vernonia inaequtserrata augustifolia Griseb. 0. c. 
Vernonta rubricaulis Griseb. Mem. Am. a TI. 8: 5117, 
1862. Not V. rubricaudis Humbl. & Bonp 
Stem apparently herbaceous, thinly a aioe: ; leaves 
firm, pee oblong to elliptic-oblong, 6-9 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. 
