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Vernonia triantha Schauer, Linnaea 19: 714. 1847. 
Vernonia luxensts Coulter, Bot. Gaz. 20: 41. 1895 
Vernonia dumeta Klatt, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 35: 277. 
1896. 
Shrubby or peieinete 3 m. high; branches striate, thinly 
pubescent or glabrescent; leaves rather numerous, oblanceolate to 
elliptic, tapering a ce acute, entire or nearly so, 8-12 cm. long, 
-3 cm. wide, green above, ‘paler below, ee ental glabrous on 
both sides, the midvein prominent; inflorescence conic or hemi- 
spheric, the heads very numerous, aggregated by twos and threes 
on short peduncles; involucre cylindric, 4~5 mm. high; scales 
loosely imbricated, the outer subrotund or ovate, the inner oblong, 
all scarious, acute, glabrous or nearly so on the back, minutely 
ciliate; achenes 3 mm. long, pubescent; pappus white, 5 mm. long. 
Type locality: ‘*crescit in montibus Mexicanis prope Acag- 
uisotla, alt. 500 hex.” 
Distribution: from southern Mexico to Costa Rica. 
14. Eremosis Heydeana (Coulter) nom. nov. 
Vernonia Heydeana Coulter, Bot. Gaz. 20: 42. 1895. 
tem woody, striate, puberulent or glabrate ; leaves elliptic or 
ate, mm. high; scales ovate to oblong-ovate, obtuse, ciliate; 
achenes glabrous or minutely glandular, 3 mm. long; pappus 
white. 
le locality: San Miguel, Uspantan, Depart. Quiché, Guate- 
ma 
© eel hag fleyde & Lux 3392 (type), and 
Mexico, Syzth 
The original anne indicates 6-flowered heads, but all those 
examined have three flowers. The broad, ovate leaves are the 
most characteristic feature of the species. 
15. Eremosis Shannoni (Coulter) nom. nov. 
ae Shannoni Coulter, Bot. Gaz. 20: 42. 1895. 
s long-oval, eee pointed at each end, petioled, entire, 
ae Tide 5-flowered, somewhat closely corymbose and pedi- 
cellate: involucral scales in five or six rows, the inner ones elongated- 
oblong and obtuse, the outer * * * broadly ovate and acutish, 
* * * achenes glabrous.’ 
