138 — 



294. EüPATORiUM dlvergens n. sp. lierba erecta, ra- 

 mls elongatis, divcrgenlibus, opposilis, involucri oblong!, 

 cylindracei foliolis crebris, erectis, siccis, glabris, obtusis- 

 sltnis, intimis sensim longloribus et oblusis, foliis opposi- 

 tis, membranaceis , triplinervlis, breviter petiolatis, ovato- 

 lanceolatis, longe acuiiiinalis, basl oblusis — brevissime 

 curvilineo-acuminatis, sparse hispicio - pllosiusculis, scabris, 

 inferne magis minusve obsolete crenalo-serratis, paniculis 

 parvis, oligocephalls , fasligialls, pedunculls opposilis basi- 

 que foliis perfectis slipatis iisque bievioribus, capitulis oo 

 (20 — 25)-floris, corollis glabris, limbo ampliori in lu- 

 bum sensim abeunle. — Rami teretes, virides, pilo non- 

 nisi imo alterove obsessi. Folia 1 — 2" longa, 3 — 9'" 

 lala, sublus pallidiora, pl. reflexa, petiolis basi connatis. 

 Capitula 5'" longa, pedicellis longiora. Involucri foliola 

 pallide lutescenlia, nervis viridibus percnrsa, apice obso- 

 lete cillala, intima 3'" et parum ultra longa, <'" lata. 

 Corollae lilacinae. Pappus longus. Achaenia 4 — 5- 

 quetra totidemque coslala, costis liispidiusculis, If "' longa. 



E. odoratum ab hoc diversum foliolis involucri ex- 



terioribus obtusis, intimis saepissime acuminalis rarius acu- 

 tis; E. conyzdides Vahl iionnisi pappo achaeniis 2<'" lon- 

 gis paululum breviorl, foliis non rellexis, magis serratis, 

 majoribus, ramis palentibus capilulisque 30 et ultra - floris, 

 — — ' Prope Hacienda de la Laguna. Octbr, 



295. Eüi'ATOKiUM micrcmthum Lag. Gen. et sp. p. 25. 

 (ex diagn.)?*) Frulex, involucri turbinato - cylindracei, 

 pauciserialis foliolis siccis, erecto- palentibus, exlus pllosls, 

 apicc ciliatlsj llnearlbus, interiorlbus longloribus marglne- 



*) Cl. Sprengelius, put ans Eupatoriurn coelestinum idem ac Coe- 

 lestinam coeruleam esse atquc affinitate, qua E. micranl/iutn cum 

 E. coelcstino conjunctum esse Lagasca ipse reicit, pcrductus, Code- 

 stiiiac gcacri illud temeiius adscripsit. 



