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tomentose beneath, especially along the veins, where t the hairs are 
brown in color; 5-2.5 cm. long; inflorescence pyramidal, 
dense; heads closely aggregated, sessile or nearly so; involucre 
narrowly campanulate, 3 m. long; scales all obtuse or rounded, 
the outer broadly ovate or triangular, densely tomentose, ae inner 
broadly oblong, tomentose at the apex and margin; ac 5 
mm. long, glabrous, dilated above, dark-purple or ee ne 
pappus white, 5 m ng. 
Type: Heyde é “Luc 3416, from Depart. Santa Rosa, Guate- 
mala; in the herbarium of Columbia University. Other specimens 
referred here are Maxon & Hay 3594, from Guatemala, and Seler 
2727, from Chiapas, Mexico. 
Closely related to &. /eczocarpa, from which it is separated by 
the denser and more abundant tomentum and the character of the 
achenes. 
11. Eremosis Palmeri (Rose) nom. nov. 
Vernonia Palmert Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: ror. 1891 
A bush with many stems, 1-1.5 m. high, eee sericeous- alsa 
cent, the old wood becoming glabrous; leaves lanceolate, 7-16 cm. 
long, 2-3 cm. wide, entire, or sometimes ee ee some- 
what pubescent aooues densely so beneath; inflorescence forming 
large pyramidal clusters; heads s short-peduncled ; involucre cylin- 
1 
sively longer, scarious, glabrous, acute, with a prominent midvein ; 
achenes (immature) pubesce oan pappus white, 4 mm. lon 
Type locality: ** Alam 
Distribution : etree tie Mexico, Palmer 387 (type). 
The amount of pubescence on the leaves seems to be variable and 
specimens with relatively little are quite similar to &. tr¢flosculosa. 
12, Eremosis purpurascens (Sch.-Bip.) nom. nov. 
Vernonia purpurascens Sch.-Bip. ; en Rep. 2: 945. 1843. 
? Vernonia paniculata DC. Prodr. §: 1836. 
Type locality: ‘*ad St. Pedro eee in provincia Oaxaca.” 
No specimens have been seen which could be referred to this 
species. Schultz’s description is almost identical with that of 
V. paniculata. 
13. Eremosis triflosculosa (H.B.K.) nom. nov. 
Vernonia triflosculosa H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 4: 40. 1818. 
Gymnanthemum congestum Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat. 20: 110. 1821. 
