902 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
III. Noroprera Urb. (ampl.) 
Heads homogamous or heterogamous, the outermost floret 
sometimes ligulate and sterile, those of disk hermaphrodite, fertile, 
Involucre 2-sub-6-seriate, graduated, the phyllaries appressed, 
oblong-lanceolate to ovate or ovate- oblong, obtuse to acutish, + 
indurated and striate, cl generally slightly 
sieens along midline and at apex or with distinct short 
spreading herbaceous tips, the outermost sometimes entirely her- 
baceous. Receptacle convex. Rays when present ¢, oblong, 
usually numerous, pa disk corollas white or yellow, tubular, 
straight or abruptly recurved, with slender tube and funnel- 
form to campanulat Seana. ictint throat, 5-toothed. Pales stiffish, 
elarags Song con iar ae the achenes. Achenes of 
owly 3-winged; of disk oblong to 
or eA short ee on the inner coaly and obliquely ie 
mall or medium heads in ‘terminal and axillary few- to many- 
i eymose panicles.—Notoptera Urb. Sym. Antill. ii. 465 
Key to Speciss. 
Heads discoid. 
Corollas erect. 
eaves acuminate 1. hirsuta. 
Leaves obtuse or round-tipped 2. guatemalensis. 
3. Gaumert. 
Corollas reflexed ; achene wings glabrou 
Leaves merely sparsely strigillose cea .. 4. curviflora. 
u beneath. 
icels 4-10 mm. long, the panicle loose... 5. scabridula. 
ewes 2-3 mm. long, the panicle dense ... 6. brevipes. 
Heads radia 
Heads oan involucre 3-5-4 mm. high ... 7. tequilana. 
Heads few ; involucre 8 mm. hi igh 8. epaleacea. 
Sect. Eunotoptera, n. sect. Capitula parva discoidea 
gasanats chovelten. Clinium convexiusculum. Corolle erect 
achenii ciliate vel glabre. Anthere basi acute sagittata. 
Rami styli aut wees N. hirsuta (Sw) Urb. — Jamaica and 
Central Ameri 
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