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-dentatis apice obtusis vel rotundatis basi gradatim cuneatis pinnati- 
veniis in venis sparsissime pilosiusculis concoloribus, petiolo ca. 1 em. 
longo gracili; capitulis oblato-subsphaericis 1 em. diametro in pedi- 
cellis nudis vel bracteolatis gracilibus pilosiusculis purpurascentibus 
adscendentibus valde inaequalibus (1-10 cm. longitudine) gestis; 
involucri squamis oblongis vel obovato-oblongis subbiseriatis subae- 
quilongis striatulis glabriusculis ciliolatis vix acutis 2.5 mm. longis; 
flosculis 40-50; corollis glabris 2.2 mm. longis, tubo proprio cylindrico 
fauces campanulatas subaequanti, dentibus limbi anguste deltoideis 
recurvatis; antheris apice appendiculatis; achaeniis fuscis glabris 
1.5 mm. longis; pappi setis ca. 20 inaequalibus pro genere brevibus 
corolla dimidio brevioribus.— CuBa: Rocky stream bed, Arroyo 
Cimmaron; alt. 470 m., Trinidad Mountains, Santa Clara, 5 March, 
1910, N. L. & E. G. Britton, no. 5085 (rypx, in herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.; 
and in Gray Herb.). A slender and attractive species, which should 
be readily recognized by its exceptionally short pappus. 
Var. extentum, var. nov., valde caulescens; caulibus 3 dm. vel 
ultra longitudine gracilibus foliosis; foliis oppositis; internodiis 
plerisque 1-5 cm. longis; pedunculis 6-8 cm. longis; aliter formae 
typicae simillimum.— Cusa: Rocky and shady banks of Iguanojo 
River, Santa Clara, 11 Aug. 1915, Brothers Ledn & Clement, no. 5419 
(ryPx, in herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.; phot. in Gray Herb.). 
Eupatorium bullescens, spec. nov., fruticosum 6-10 dm. altum; 
caule tereti gracili virgato usque ad apicem folioso striatulo puberulo; 
foliis sessilibus oppositis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis serratis firmius- 
culis basi rotundatis vel saepius brevissime cordatis a basi trinerviis 
glabris supra bullatis lucidis minute reticulato-venulosis subtus 
paullulo pallidioribus opacis nervosis puncticulatis 4-6.8 cm. longis 
1.3-2.4 em. latis internodia valde superantibus; inflorescentia laxe 
paniculata terminali folioso-bracteata, ramis gracilibus obscure 
puberulis; patentibus pedicellis 2-8 mm. longis filiformibus; capitulis 
parvis 6-9-floris; involucri squamis ca. 7 subaequalibus oblongis 
obtusis dorso obscure puberulis ca. 2.2 mm. longis post fructus delap- 
sum persistentibus et deflexis, disco parvo levissime convexo glabro; 
corollis glabris tubulatis sursum leviter ampliatis ca. 2 mm. longis, 
dentibus limbi 5 deltoideis suberectis; achaeniis gracilibus fuscis 
minute granulatis ca. 2mm. longis; pappi setis ca. 20 sordide albidis 
corollam subaequantibus.— Cusa: on rocks, gorge of the Rio Yamui, 
Oriente, 7-9 December, 1910, J. A. Shafer, no. 7808 (rypx, in herb. 
N. Y. Bot. Gard., photograph and fragments in Gray Herb.); also 
in pine lands, alt. 420 m., near El Cuero, Oriente, 10-19 March, 1912, 
