A REVISION OF SALMEA 99" 
mucronulatse + ciliolate. Corolle disci albide supra medium 
abrupte reflexes tubo basi abrupte ampliato faucibus infundibuli- 
formibus ad 3 mm. longe (tubo 1:5 mm., faucibus 1:5 mm. [dentibus 
‘7 mm. longis inclusis]). Pale in durate carinate supra pube- 
rulz apice acuminato abrupte patente vel reflexo 3 mm. longe. 
Achenia nigro-brunnea oblongo-obovata poe glabra 2 mm. longa. 
Ariste pappi 2 valde inequales 0°7-1:5 mm. longx interiore ad 
alam achenii adnata.—Otopappus seaioras auett., pro parte.— 
Vera Cruz: Mirador, February, 1839, Linden, 1165 (Kew) ; 
savannas near Vera Cruz, Cordillera, alt. 915 m., ig Galeotti, 
2214 (Kew); Mirador Nove mber, 1841, Liebm 388 (Kew) ; 
“liane,” Valley of Cordova, May 14th, 1866, Bourgeau, 2034 (Kew); 
Atoyac, November, 1882, Kerber, 13 type coll.: Brit. Mus., 
Ke take Honpuras: San feos Sula, Dept. Santa Barbara, alt. 
a 
Sch. Bip. (ex Benth. & Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 381 (1873), as syn. 
Sey curviflora R. Br.), since Liebmann’s specimen at Kew is 
1] 
6. N. pRevires (Rob.), n. comb. Slender shrub (scandent ?) 
with greyish bark, the stem ieee glabrate below, pilosulous 
with tangled sordid hairs above. Leaves ovate or almost ovate- 
lanceolate, aoc cuneate or rounded- aii at base, regularly 
serrulate with ¢ -27 pairs of minute mucronate spreading 
eeth, eas or ~ subtly linerved, dark green above, impressed- 
on slender reais densely alse hae eotrin i 1-18 cm. 
long. Heads numerous in 5-13-flowered axillary and terminal 
spiciform senibie Laalace panicles, shorter than the leaves, 
3-5°5 cm. long, about 1-5-3 em. wide. Disk 5-6 mm. high, 
6-85 mm. wide. ee sub-3-seriate, 3°5 mm. high, its 
phyllaries graduated, oe + 1-vittate-costate, oe to 
cili 
1-9 mm. (teeth 0-7 mm. Ay tu be 2:1 mm.). Pales indurated, sparsely 
ciliolate near tip, the acute or acuminate apex usually + reflexed, 
mm. long. Achenes (submature) brownish, about 3-striate 
each side, glabrous, 2 mm. long. Pappus-awns 2, very unequal, 
0-5-1'8 mm. long, the inner with a broad wing decurrent on the 
achene. —Otopappus curviflorus (R. Br.) Hemsl., 1. ¢., as to speci- 
mens in part. 0. brevipes Rob.! Proc. Am. Acad. xliv. 621 
(1909).—Cutaras: 1864-70, Ghiesbreght, 541 (type coll.: Brit. 
Mus.). Guatemaza: Volcan de Fuego, alt. 1982 m., December, 
1873, Salvin (Kew). 
Sect. 3. Perigyne, n. sect. Capitula radiata reareg Mag > 
Clinium convexiu ed we Corolle disci erectse flav; ex radii 
flave ligulate parve steriles discum th ane —- in- 
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