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truncatis 8-15 em. longis 5.5—-15 em. latis utrobique pilis basi glandulo- 
sis tectis venas paginae inferioris secundum et supra ubique hirsutis, 
glandulis inferiore in superficie conspicuoribus quam eis specierum 
affinium, petiolis immarginatis 2-4.5 cm. longis infra glandulari-hir- 
sutis supra complanatis pilosis saepe basi subauriculatis; foliis summis 
sensim lanceolatas ad bracteas sessiles reductis; capitulis non paucis 
cymoso-paniculatis pedunculis 2-6 em. longis dense glandulosis et 
patenti-hirsutis; disco 15-17 mm. alto maturitate 1.5 cm. aetate 
18-24 mm. diametro; involucri biseriati squamis subaequalibus vel 
interioribus paullo longioribus oblongo-lanceolatis subobtusis striatis 
glandulosis et strigoso-hirsutis; radiis vel nullis vel ca. 10 ovalibus 
parvis flavis; corollis disci 6.5 mm. longis (tubulo 2 mm.) flavis pube- 
rulo-glandulosis; paleis 9-12 mm. longis ad apicem glandulosis viridi- 
carinatis cuspidatis; acheniis 6-7.5 mm. longis 2.4-3.5 mm. latis 
nigricanti-maculosis appresse aliquid pubescentibus aristis 2 subaequa- 
libus 44.5 mm. longis. 
Specimens examined: Jamaica: vicinity of Kingston, alt. 152 m., 
29 Jan.—4 Feb. 1900, Clute 2 (corypes in Gray Herb. and Field Mus. 
no. 83001: distributed as “Verbesina gigantea Jacq.?’’); Kings House 
Grounds, alt. 183 m., 17 Nov. 1897, Harris 6953 (F); Hope Grounds, 
alt. 198 m., 4 Dec. 1901, Harris 8228 (F); Hope Road, 13 Jan. 1898, 
Harris 6989 (F); Long Mountain Road, alt. 91 m., 19 Nov. 1907, 
Harris 10001 (FN). 
B B. Leaves BN aie! Sg with short tuberculate-based hairs especially beneath; 
mature heads 1.5-2 cm. broad; achene 7 mm. long; South American. 
14. §S. hirsuta (Ktze.) Blake. n. comb. Erect branched annual 
1-1.5 mm. high, the stem and branches substriate, glandular-puberu- 
lent and setose; lower leaves ovate, acute, subcordate or cuneate- 
truncate at base, repand-dentate to subentire, setose along the veins, 
roughish both sides with short white hairs with swollen bases, some 
gland-like particularly on the upper surface, 8 cm. long, 5 cm. wide, 
on puberulent-setose marginless petioles 1 cm. long, the uppermost 
sessile and lance-oblong; heads rather few, cymose-paniculate, on 
glandular-puberulent and setose peduncles 2.5-14 em. long; heads 
chiefly discoid; involucre 10-13 mm. high, equaling the disk, its scales 
Subequal, 2-rowed, lanceolate-subulate, striate, glandular-pubescent 
and hispid; disk-corollas 5 mm. long (tube 0.6 mm.), glandular-puber- 
ulent, yellow; pales 1 cm. long, glandular-puberulent above; achene 
mottled, appressed-pubescent all over, oblong, obcordate, 6.5-7 mm. 
long, 2.7-3.6 mm. wide, the upwardly pubescent awns 2.5 mm. long. 
Encelia hirsuta Ktze. Rev. Gen. iii. pt. 2. 145 (1898). 
