SYNANTHERE^. 353 



f.!?^K \y '^?S^^ heads the iuvolucre, and mucronate leaves, and from V. armroph/Ua. 

 Less, by the eaves velvety on both sides. A single branch, divided at the origin of the 

 lowest head; leaves 12"'-8"' long, 8"'-6"' broad: petiole 4"'-3"' long ; involuere 2'" long! 

 campaaulate: superior scales longer, acuminate; flowers many, purfle. 8'" long: pappus 

 exserted, the exterior senes broader, minute.-HAB. Bahamas (sloams! 



** Cymes dichotomom, leafless. (Tephrodes, DC.) 



*■ Y' "iTf*' ^f?\- , ■^'^^^< herbaceous; leaves ovate, ovate-roundish, or lanceolate, 

 repand or dentate, petioled, pubescent chiefly beneath; cymes dichotomous: heads pedicel- 

 late; involucrcd scales lanceolate-Unear, acuminate, pubescent; achenium hairy: pappus 





Q/mes scorpioid, leafless. 



5. V. scorpioides, Pers. Shrubby ; leaves elliptical, pointed, pubescent beneath, pe- 

 tioied ; cymes scorpioid, recurved, aphyllous, approximate : heads many-flowered, sessile, 

 contiguous; involucra] scales hairy, pointed, interior acuminate, exterior ovate; achenium 

 haigf : pappus white.— i*. .^ Otto, AbUld. 1. 1. 55.— V. centriflora, i*.— Heads 4"'-3"' long. 

 — Hab. Tnmdad !, Cr. ; [Venezuela, Guiana !, Brazil]. 



**** Cymes scorpioid, leafy. 



6. y. arborescens, Sw.l Shrubby; leaves rugose, ovate or ovate-oblong (rarely 

 lanceokte), acuminate, rounded at the base, petioled, villous beneath or glabrescent; cymes 

 scorpioid, leafy: heads sessile; interior involucral scales oblong-lanceolate, pointed or 

 iluntish, exterior ovate or ovate-lanceolate; achenium sericeous : pappus white.— Plum. Bd. 

 Burm. t. 130./. 2.— Conyza, L.— Variable in the down, the size of the floral leaves, the 

 length and direction of the cymes, and the more or less distant flower-heads : confounded by 

 Swartz with the following, from which it is distinguished by its wrinkled leaves, and the 

 white or slightly tinged pappus. Stem 4'-8' high ; heads 3'" long, 20-flowered, pink or 

 blue. 



a. Swartstiana. Leaves hoary-tomentose or villous beneath; branches of the panicle 

 somewhat rigid, reflexed or spreading : heads exceeding or equalling the small oblong floral 

 leaves, superior often aphyllous.— iVi. Anusn. Bonn. 2. #, 5 : a form with short cymes.— V. 

 tomentosa, Ns. V. divaricata. Less. V. icosautha, DC. V. Berteriana, DC. {Bb. Benth.) : 

 a narrow-leaved form. 



fi. Lessingiana. Leaves hoary-viUous beneath ; branches of the panicle virgate, flexuose- 

 recurved : heads exceeded by the ovate-lanceolate floral leaves, or the superior equalling 

 them. — V. arborescens. Less. : corresponding with Plumier's figure, but not with the speci- 

 men of Swartz's herbarium, which belongs to a. ' 



7. divaricata, Sw. {ex parte), leaves concolor, puberulous or glabrescent beneath; 

 branches of the panicle virgate, flexuose-recurved : heads exceeded by or equalling the lan- 

 ceolate floral leases, superior often aphyllous. 



Hab. Jamaica I, all coll., common in pastures, along wood-sides (all forms) ; S. Lucia !, 

 Anders., S. Vincent I, Guild. (7) ; Trinidad 1 ; [Cuba !, Portorioo 03), French islands I, 

 Sieb. Mart. 190 ; Nicaragua, sec. Oerst.']. 



7. V. acuminata, Less. Shrubby ; leaves devoid of wrinkles, ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, bluntish at the base, concolor, roughish, petioled ; paniculate cymes scorpioid, leafy : 

 heads subsessile, distant, exceeded by the floral leaves ; interior involucral scales oblong- 

 lauceolate, bluntish, exterior ovate ; achenium sericeous : pappus straw-coloured. — ^V. diva- 

 rieata, Sw. .- ex parte. — Cymes divaricate-flexuose or virgate : heads 3'" long, 15-20-flowered. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., IHst., Wullschl. ; S. Anns, Manchester. 



8. V. punctata, Sw. Shrubby; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-oblong or lanceolate, 

 tapering into the petiole, acuminate (or " blunt"), concolor, puberulous with scattered down ; 7^ 

 cymes shortly scorpioid, fastigiate, leafy : superior heads subsessile, inferior usually pedicel- 

 late ; interior involucral scales oblong-lanceolate, sharply acuminate, exterior ovate ; ache- 

 nium sericeous : pappus straw-coloured. — V. Vahliana, Less. ! V. longifolia, Pers., ex 

 syn. ap. DC. — Cyme-branches 4-2-headed : heads 3'" long, blue. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl.; 

 Dominica !, Lnr. ; [S. Croix, Guadeloupe ! ; Mexico, Hondiu'as !]. 



