50 
cence very laxly cymose, leafy; mature bud broadly per 
à 25 = long; flowers yellowish-white, about 3 m 
broad, reflexed pedicels 2-3 mm. long; fr uit 
blackish, oy ee white-hairy, the hairs long and straight. 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (760). 
VALERIANEE. 
Valeriana Pavoni, Poepp., in Herb. Kew. fide Britton, Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club, xviii. 263. Yungas, 1890 (298).—Rusby 2160 
Valeriana paniculata, R. & P. Fl. Per. i. 41, t. 7o. Yungas, 1890 
154). Distributed as Phylactis— Rusby 870 and 883. 
Valeriana scandens, L., Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 47. Yungas, 1890 (594). 
Valeriana Boliviana, Britton, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, xviii. 263. 
Yungas, 1890 (326).=Rusby 871, 875,877, 872 (1237 ?). To 
Dr. Britton's description I would add the following: Leaves 
above coarsely or bristly hairy upon and near the teeth; 
flowers solitary and sessile in the bracts; fruits 2.5 mm. long, 
strongly compressed, the broad outline ovate, sharply 5-ribbed, 
the calyx-limb broad, crown-shaped, sharply 10-ribbed, about 
as long as the pappus. 
COMPOSITA.* 
Vernonia laurifolia, D. C. Prod. v. 30 (?). Yungas, 1890 (617). 
== Rusby 1617 (?). 
Vernonia scorpoides, Pers. Ench. ii. 404. Yungas, 1890 (222 and 
405). — Rusby 1704. 
VERNONIA PAUCIFOLIA, sp. n. Stems dal from a stout woody 
*Great difficulty in the determination of Composite from Bolivia has been caused 
by Schultz- DI we has €— (Bull, Soc. Bot. France, xii.) a large 
number of names without description anything which can assist us in deciding 
whether we have these species in y kabê; se we have access to the bearing 
Mandon’s numbers. Even this is not sufficient in many cases, as Mandon’s spceimens 
referring to the different numbers appear to be considerably mixed. Under these cir- 
cumstances we are frequently obliged to choose between leaving the specinen unde- 
termined until comparison can be made abroad, and disregarding the published names 
gether. The latter alternative is not desirable, as it relieves synonomy to adopt 
the published names whenever possible. In all cases where I am certain of the 
identity of my specimens with those of Mandon, I have used the name of Schultz. 
Bipontinus and appended a description for the benefit of those who may follow. 
