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achenii glabre. Anthere basi obtuse cordato-sagittate. Ram 
styli obtusi. ae Salmea curviflora R. Br.—Southern Maxie 
and Central Amer 
N. CURVIFLORA 4 (B. Br.), n. comb. Branching shrub (per- 
haps scandent ?), with striat tulate Deby stem, glabrate below, 
ve. Le 
3°5-4'8 cm. wide. ~ Petioles immarginate, Eaberanlates srigillose 
4-7 m ee Heads num erous, cymose- =paneu ae * at e 
stem ne on widely spreading axillary branches, forming a pve 
midal panicle 2:2 dm. long, 2 dm. wide (when developed 
oo mostly 5-9 mm. long. Disk (in fruit) 7 high, 
8-9mm. thick. Involucre 2-sub-3-seriate, 3-5mm. high, per ee 
the outer phyllaries ovate, the inner ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceo- 
late, acutish or the outer obtusish, slightly ribbed, 1-nerved, sub- 
indurated, sparsely sordid-puberulous. Corollas abruptly reflexed 
near apex of tube, with mers form throat and ovate-lanceolate 
teeth, 3-6 mm. long (throat 16 mm., teeth 1 mm., tube 2 mm.). 
m urate i 
black, oblong-obovate, glabrous, 2°8 m long; : aes ones ee 
the inner or sometimes both a a aa wing oadiaet on sides 
of achene.—Salmea ? curviflora R. Br.! Trans. Linn. Soe. xii. 112 
(1817). Gtopappus pwd sete (R. Br.) eae Biol. Contr. Am. 
Bot. ii. 191 (1881), as to syn., and specim. in part.—NIcARAGUA : 
Chontales, 1867-68, Tate, 251 sie Mus., Kew); without definite 
locality, Seemann, 98 (Brit. Mus., Kew). Cunr.: Herb. Miller 
(type, Brit. Mu s.). This species has been confused by authors 
with the two following, although chiefly with ne next species 
Sarat s —— eurviflorus included all thre 
5. cabridula, n.sp. Frutex scandens. “ Caulis — 
pee ares cano tectus deorsum glabratus supra subden 
molliter puberulo-pilosulus in inflorescentia sordide pilosus ili 
flexuosis patentibus et + glandulosus. Folia ovata ad oblongo- 
ovata acuminata basi rotundat ta aut truncato- icaiain obsess 
altus 5-6 mm. crassus. aes S-scrit raliat 2:5 mm. alti 
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