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Chevreulia elegans sp. nov. 
Stems and lower leaf-surfaces densely white- aoe stems 
very slender, creeping, densely leafy; leaves sessile, 0.7-1.5 cm 
long, 2-4 mm. broad (on some shoots a half narrower, on others 
twice as broad), oblong, the apex cuspidate and pungent, green and 
somewhat pilose on the upper surfaces, I-nerved; heads short- 
peduncled; involucres turbinate-campanulate, 7-9 mm. long, the 
scales pale-green, some with purple apex, subglabrous, lanceolate, 
obtuse, the outer shorter; akenes 3 mm. long, slenderly lanceolate 
and attenuate; pappus 5 mm. long, copious, white, very little co- 
herent at the hace. corolla 5 mm. long, very slender, pale-purple, 
darker at the summit. 
‘¢ Rather scarce in dry soil along roadsides.” Coripata, Yungas, 
March 20, 1894. (Wo. 2700.) 
PoLYMNIA GLABRA DC. Prodr. §: 515. (Vo. 873.) The same 
as Mandon 30. 
EcuipTa ALBA (L.) Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. 528. (Verdesina alba 
L. Sp. Pl. 90. cléfta erecta L. Mant. 2: 286.) ‘In wet 
gravelly clay; flowers white; scarce.” Near Coripata, February 
20, 1894. (No. 2071.) 
VERBESINA DIVERSIFOLIA DC. Prodr. §: 615. ‘*Grows 10 to 15 
ft. high, in good soil along roadsides, the flowers white; abun- 
dant.” Coripata, April 20, 1894. (Wo. 2735.) 
Versesina SoraTAaE Sch.-Bip.; Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 34: 
551. 1899. (Wo. 2076.) The same as Rusby 1732. 
SprranTHes ACMELLA (L.) Murr. Syst. ed. 13. 610. ( Verbesina 
Acmella L. Sp. Pl. gor.) (Vo. 2024.) The sameas Rusby oro. 
SALMEA MIKANIOIDES Britton Bull. Torrey Club 19: 150. 1892. 
‘¢Climbing 15 to 20 ft. on trees, in wet mould, the flowers 
Coripata, April 4, 1894. (Vo. 2120.) The same as 
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HETEROSPERMUM DIVERSIFOLIUM H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 4: 226. 
(Wo. 2032.) The same as Spruce 5788. 
HETEROSPERMUM RHOMBIFOLIUM Griseb. Goett. Abh. 19 : 187. 
1874. (Specimen without number.) 
Biwens squarrosa H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 4: 238. (Mo. 20377.) 
The same as Mandon 53 and Linden 487 from Caracas. 
Bidens pallida sp. nov. 
Softly and shortly gray-pubescent throughout; branches elon- 
gated, ae pale, finely striate; leaves trifoliolate, the petioles 
2-3 cm. long, stout, striate, divaricate or lightly deflexed; lateral 
