67 
branches n and somewhat enlarged at the tip; akenes 
short, obovoid, mature ones not seen. 
Mapiri, upc: 1892 (1532). Near S. prunifolius and S. 
Sprucet. 
GvNoxis Manpon! Sch. Bip. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 86. Name 
only. 
Scandent, the branches weak and slender, finely ae 
gray, or on the new growth yellow, angled; petioles 1.5—3 
long, stout ; blades‘6—10 cm. long, 2—4 cm. broad, lanceolate [oov 
base rou nded, apex regularly tapering to an acute tip, margin en- 
tire or obsoletely toothed, thickish; above bright green, glabrous 
aperi e primaries 12-15 irregular pairs; inflorescence lax, 
ved; disk 
corolas 7 mm. long, g radually dilated upward; spoon histad 
slightly thickened at the ti 
Espirito Santo, 1891 * 196). The same as Mandon's 84, 
though less tomentose. Not the same as Linden’s 903 and 954, 
which I take to be G. pendula. 
GYNOXIS ALTERNIFOLIA Sch. Bip. Linnaea, 34: (1865-66) 531. Name 
only. 
Scandent, the branches stout, crooked, tomentellate, light 
gray, toward the summit ferruginous; petioles alternate, 
long, stout, fleshy ; blades 1-2 dm. long, 3 -6 cm. broad, ovate- 
late, the midrib Pepe € underneath ferruginous or 
gray tomentose, the veins prominent; inflorescence corymbose, 
ample, dense, erdt T RSA h strongly ferruginous ; heads pedun- 
cled, 1 cm. long, narrowly campanulate ; _involucr re 6 mm. long, á 
peduncle; scales few, in 2 series, the outer narrower, linear-oblong ; ; 
receptacle very small, slightly convex, foveolate; rays conspicu- 
ous, reflexed, bright yellow, oblong-oval, s trongly 5-nerved ; disk- 
corollas 7 mm. long, gradually dilated upward, the lobes nearly 
` 2 mm. long, spreading; anthers early separate, not produced at 
base; style-branches dilated and hairy at apex; akenes naked, 
angled, obovoid; pappus white, in a single circle, slightly coher- 
rent at the base 
