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longe attenuatis acutis basi cuneatis utrinque viridibus tenuissime 
pubescentibus supra basim trinervatis 5-7 cm. longis 12 mm. latis 
subsessilibus ; capitulis densissime corymbosis numerosis 1.5 em. altis 
9-floris, pedicellis gracilibus 3-8 mm. longis glanduloso-puberulis, 
involucri squamulis paucis linearibus acutis viridibus striatis laxe 
imbricatis exterioribus externe puberulis, interioribus longioribus 
minutissime ciliolatis 7 mm. longis; corollis anguste tubulosis 7 mm. 
longis limbo quinguifido laete roseis; achaeniis immaturis 5 mm, 
longis stramineis gracilibus in costis 10 prominulis puberulis, pappi 
setis corollae fere aequantibus purpurascentibus barbellatis circa 
30.— Mexico: on limestone hills at Yautepec near Cuernavaca, alt. 
1225 m., 8 November, 1902, C. G. Pringle, no. 11,336 (type in hb. 
Gr.); also no, 8753 collected at the same place in 1903. 
Verbesina gracilipes, spec. nov. Fruticosa, ramis alternis stri- 
atis gracilibus teretibus exalatis a lenticellis sparsis scabridis, ramulis 
tomentellis alatis; foliis oblanceolatis vel obovatis integriusculis 
saepius obtusis vel apice rotundatis basi longe attenuato sessilibus 
modice tenuibus supra saturate viridibus scabridis subtus pallidis 
molliter griseo-pubescentibus 5—8 em. longis 1.3—2.5 em. latis pinnatim 
nervatis ; pedunculis 2 vel pluribus subumbellato-corymbosis 4~7 em. 
longis gracilibus teretibus tenuiter et patente pubescentibus, capitulis 
(radiis exclusis) subglobosis 1.5 cm, diametro, involucri squamulis 
pubescentibus valde inaequalibus exterioribus oblongis vel etiam 
aliquid obovatis obtusis vel obtusiusculis patentibus vel reflexis 
interioribus lanceolatis erectis adpressis; @ floribus circa 12 pistilla- 
tis sed sterilibus, ligulis laete flavis lineari-oblongis 3 mm. latis tubo 
brevi viridi pubescenti; disci floribus numerosis in receptaculo valde 
convexo ; achaeniis 5 mm. longis obovoideis vel oblanceolatis tubercu- 
loso-hispidulis, alis latis albidis, pappi aristis 2 inaequalibus quam alae 
paulo longioribus.— Mexico: on tufa bluffs near Tehuacan, Puebla, 
1 August, 1901, alt. 1725 m., C. G. Pringle, no. 8582 (type in hb. 
Gr.); also in same locality Rose and Hay, no. 5829. 
Near V. Liebmannii, Sch. Bip., which, however, has acute serrate 
petiolate leaves with different pubescence. V. neriifolia, Hemsl., is 
also a related species, but has narrower lanceolate acute much more 
finely pubescent leaves. V. hypoglauca, Sch. Bip., differs in the 
same regards and has opposite leaves. 
Verbesina hypsela, spec. nov. Alta erecta verisimiliter her- 
bacea, caulibus teretibus glabris purpurascentibus medullatis, inter- 
