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equal; corollee gradually tapenn/f ; acheninm glandular-scabrous.— 6' high; leases 2"-l", 

 petioles 6"'-4"', involucre 2"' long.— Hab. Bahamas !, Swains, j [Cuba!, Haiti!; Texas, 

 Northern Mexico I]. 



43. E, nervosum, Sw. Shrabby ; branehes cylindrical, scabrous with minute curved 

 hairs ; leaves opposite, petioled, rigid, ovate, acuminate, remotely and coarsely serrate about 

 the middle, or subentire, triiilinerved near the base or 3-5-nerved, scabrous, densely doited 

 beneath with minute glands ; corymbs trichotomous, paniculate : heads \h-%0-flowered, 

 pedicellate ; receptacle minute ; involucral scales lineal-, acuminate, subestriate, glabresceut, 

 most subequal ; corollse gradually tapering'; achenium scabrous. — 4'-5' high ; leaves variable, 

 3"_1" (_4*), petioles 4'"-l"', involucre IJ'" long ; flowers whitish.— Hab. Jamaica !, March, 

 in the mountains ; [Haiti I]. 



44. E. celtidifolium, Lam. Shrubby, glabrous; branches slender, striate; leaves 

 opposite, petioled, membranaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with a narrow, usually pro- 

 tracted point, serrate about the middle, or entire,' quintupli{-iripli) -nerved, not scabrous, 

 glandular beneath ; corymbs trichotoriious : heads 10-8-flowered, pedicellate ; receptacle 

 minute; involucral scales lanceolate, acuminate or bluntish, slightly striate, glabrescent, 

 often ciliate or subserrate above, most subequal ; corollse gradually tapering ; achenium 

 slightly scabrous on the angles. — Leaves 5"-3", petioles .8"'-4'", involucre 1'" long ; corollse 

 1'" long, whitish. — Hab. Jamaica I, Macf.; Dominica!, i^m?., 7»tc., S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [Cubai Guadeloupe ; New Granada!]. 



** Stem shrubby ; branches rusty-villous. 



45. E. corylifoliuio, Gr. (b. sp.). Shrubby; branches rusty-pilose, cylindrical; 

 leaves opposite, long-petioled, flaccid, ovate, pointed or bluntish, rounded-subtruucate at the 

 base, coarsely and unequally serrate, 5-B-nerved, flabellate-veiny, nearly glabrous above, 

 pilose on the nerves beneath, somewhat plaited along them, eglandular ; corymbs roimdish- 

 subifastigiate, in a loose, trichotomous panicle : heads W-ZO-flowered, pedicellate; receptacle 

 small ; involucral scales oblong-linear, blunt, 3-3-striate below the middle, puberulous, most 

 subequal ; corollee abruptly dilated ; achenium fasiform, scabrous on the angles. — 2'-3' 

 high ; leaves 2"-14" long, 1 \" 1" broad ; petiole 10"'-4"' long ; involucre 2'" long ; corollse 

 filiform below, campanulate from the middle, hairy on the teeth, 2"' long ; achenium black, 

 1'" long : pappus-hairs straw-coloured, scabrous, slightly thickened at the top. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Macf., Wils., March, in the mountains of S. Andrews, Coldspring, at 4000' alt. 



46. E; triste, DC. emend. Shrubby ; branches rusty-vehety, cylindrical ; leaves op- 

 posite, petioled, deltoid-ovate, obtusate, or bluntish, serrate above the base, or subentire, 

 triplinerved with an accessory more spreading pair near the base, puberulous above, rttsiy- 

 velveiy chiefly on the nerves, and glandular beneath; coiymbs roundish-subfastigiate : heads 

 Z0-10-fi>u>ered, pedicellate ; receptacle minute ; involucral scales oblong-Unear, acuminate, 

 estriate, rusty-pubescent, most subequal ; corolla clavate above the base ; achenium linear, 

 slightly scabrous. — Several of DCs characters do not agree, but belong to the allied Jamaica 

 species, which he probably did not distinguish. Leaves W-\\' long, variable in breadth : 

 petiole 9"'-4"' lone ; involucre nearly 3"' long ; corollas rather abruptly dilated above the 

 base ; achenium 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica I, M'Nab, March, Witllschl., in the mountains. 

 Port Royal, Manchester. 



47. E. villosum, 5w. Shrubby; branches rusty-velvety, cylmincal; leaves o^foaite, 

 petioled, deltoid, obtusate, or bluntish, sinuate, obtusely serrate, or subentire, Z-nerved, pu- 

 berulous above, rusty-velvety and glandular beneath ; corymbs roundish-festigiate ; heads 

 8-15-/?o«flej"«<^, pedicellate ; receptacle minute; involucral icafej lanceolate, blunt, estriate, 

 rusty-pubescent, most subequal ; corolla gradually tapering ; achenium linear, slightly sca- 

 brous.— a t. 151./. 2. — 4i'-6'bigh; leaves variable, usually li"-3" long, l"-2" broad: 

 petiole 4"'-3"' long ; involucre, coroUffi, and achenia nearly V" long. — Hab. Bahamas !, 

 Swains. ; Jamaica !, aU collectors, common in pastures ; [Cuba !]. 



48. E. schizanthum, Gr. («. sp). Shrubby; branches densely rusty-hispidulous, 

 cylindrical; leaves opposite, petioled, lanceolate-oblong, bluntish, obtusely serrate above, 

 uninerved regularly arch-veined, glandular, scabrous above, rusty-pubescent beneath ; co- 

 rymbs fastigiate, subcontracted : heads &-S-flowered, pedicellate; receptacle minute ; invo- 

 lucral scales 6, subequal, oblong, blunt, estriate, pubescent ; corolla glandular below, oyhn- 



