(187 ) 
Leaves broadly obovate-elliptic, 2.5-6 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. 
wide, obtuse or emarginate, rarely subacute. 
Type locality: St. Croix. 
Distribution: Hispaniola, Porto Rico and St. Croix. 
34. Vernonia Sintenisii (Urban) sp. nov. 
Vernonia longtfolia Sintenisd¢ Urban, Symb. Ant. 1: 456. 1900 
Shrubby, 2m. high; mature stems glabrate or thinly tomentose, 
y shoots and inflorescence closely tomentose; leaves firm, 
somewhat crowded, oblong, 2-4 cm. long, 0.6-1.3 cm. wide, 
acute or rounded at the tip, tapering to an acute or obtuse base, 
entire or somewhat revolute, pubescent beneath, sparsely pubescent 
less resinous-dotted above; petioles 2 mm. long; 
bracteal leaves pay oblong, rounded at base and apex, not over 
1 cm. long or 0.7 cm. wide; inflorescence corymbiform, composed 
of a few short ee ated cymes bearing each 1-3 sessile heads; 
involucre broadly campanulate, loosely and irregularly imbricated, 
m igh; scales erect, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, pubes- 
ae achenes 2.5 mm. long, densely pubescent ; pappus tawny or 
pale ‘brown, 4 mm. long, the outer series conspicuo 
Type locality: Porto Rico. 
Distribution: Porto Rico, S¢atenis 3727, g72I. 
(ix) Species-group Schzedeanae 
Heads large, many flowered; involucres broad, 8-10 mm. high, 
the scales very many, closely imbricated in many series; leaves ob- 
long-lanceolate, thick or coriaceous, generally shining above. At 
least two, and probably the third also, are climbing woody vines. 
Three species, from Mexico south to Panama. 
35. VERNONIA SCHIEDEANA Lessing, Linnaea 6: 399. 1831 
Shrubby, climbing, 1-3 m. high; leaves oblong-lanceolate, cori- 
aceous, 10-15 cm. long; scales of the involucre ciliate, somewhat 
constricted near the tip and then dilated into a flat, Hi rounded 
or emarginate, scarious, spreading tip 2-3 mm 
Type locality: ‘‘in dumetis Papantlae et Misantlae,” Mexico. 
Distribution: from Vera Cruz south to Honduras. 
36. VERNONIA SEEMANNIANA Steetz, in Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 
139- 1854 
Climbing shrub; stems striate, pubescent; leaves oe 
ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 8-10 cm. long, 2.5-4 c 
wide, sharply acuminate, entire and frequently senee ae Peo. 
