516 BLAKE. 
scentiae multo reducta bracteiformia. Capitula 6-9 parva (2 cm. 
lata) in pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus 2.3-8.5 em. longis 
monocephalis nudis vel bracteatis interdum etiam (vix normaliter) 
ex axillis inferioribus orientibus insidentia. Discus 6.5 mm. altus 
7 mm. crassus maturitate valde convexus. Involucri’ 2-seriati vix 
gradati 3.5-5 mm. alti squamae herbaceae praecipue superne hispido- 
pilosae lanceolatae vel ovatae (tum supra mediam partem abrupte 
angustatae acuminatae) acutae mucronulatae rarius obtusae. Radii 
ca. 6 flavi neutrales oblongi emarginulati dorso minute strigillosi 7 mm. 
longi 3.5 mm. lati. Corollae disci flavae 1.6-1.9 mm. longae (tubo 
glanduloso basi non ampliato 0.5 mm. longo). Paleae receptaculi 
valde convexi subhyalino-scariosae in carina sursum et apice virides- 
centes supra sparse breviter pilosae et ciliatae apice abrupte acutae 
mucronulatae 3.3 mm. longae. Achaenia oblongo-obovoidea parum 
incrassata glabra striata albido-nigro-maculosa 2 mm. longa 1 mm. 
lata. Pappus nullus.— Vera Cruz: Maltrata, Jan. 1883, Kerber 
211 (tyPE couL.: Brit. Mus., Kew). Vernacular name “ Acaguale.” 
— Distributed as a Scleropus (i. e. Sclerocarpus) under an unpub- 
lished name attributed to Schultz Bipontinus, which as originally used 
by Schultz can have had no application to the specimens. The species 
comes near G@. longifolia and G. annua Rob. & Greenm., but is distinet 
in its short involucre. 
G hypoch Blake, n. sp. Herbacea alta erecta supra 
ramosa. Caulis tenuis purpurascens striatulus hispidulo-strigillosus. 
Folia (saltem media et superiora) alterna lanceolata vel oblongo- 
lanceolata acuminata basi cuneata obscure serrulata (dentibus ca. 
11-jugis appressis) ca. 1-1.5 cm. supra basin valde trinervia reticulata 
supra viridia tuberculato-strigosa aetate lepidota subtus non palli- 
diora venas et venulas secundum hispidula inter venas plus minusve 
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