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long, sparingly branched, striate, hirsute-hispidulous: leaves mostly op- 
posite, sessile or essentially so, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 5 cm. long, 
1 to 2 cm. broad, acute, remotely few-dentate, dark green and hirsute- 
hispid above, paler and almost soft-hirsute beneath, cuneate to subcordate 
at the base, 3-nerved, often reflexed: heads large, 1.5 to 2 cm. high, 
including the rays 4 to 5 cm. in diameter, terminating the stem on naked 
8-15 em. long peduncles: involucre biseriate ; bracts of the involucre 
unequal, foliaceous, lance-linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 6 to 12 mm. 
long, hirsute-pubescent: ray-flowers about 15, conspicuous, neutral; rays 
lemon-yellow, 1.5 to 2 em. long, one half’ as broad: disk-flowers 
numerous: corollas deeply 5-toothed ; teeth pubescent on the upper or 
inner surface with long black hairs: pappus reduced to an inconspicuous 
crown, often bearing one or two larger squamellae: achenes glabrous. — 
Mexico. State of Sinaloa: foothills of the Sierra Madre, between 
Rosario ee Colomas, 13 July, 1897, Dr. J. N. Rose, no. 1629 (hb. 
Gr., and hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; near Colomas, 20 July, 1897, Dr. 
Be ent no. 3224 (hb. Gr., and kb. U. 8. Nat. Mus.). 
Aspilia Rosei, n.sp. Suffruticose, hirsute-hispid throughout: stems 
as seen 1.5 to 2.5 dm. high, branched: leaves opposite, linear to 
lanceolate, 1 to 5 cm. long, 2 to 10 mm. broad, acute, entire or incon- 
spicuously denticulate, strongly revolute-margined, sessile or narrowed 
below into a short petiole, appressed-tuberculate-hispid above, rather 
sparingly hirsute-pubescent and prominently nerved beneath: heads 
about 1 cm. high, 1.5 to 2 cm. broad including the rays, terminating the 
stem and branches: peduncles 0.5 to 4.cm. in length: involucre 2-seriate; 
outer bracts of the involucre foliaceous, lanceolate or slightly spatulate, 
8 to 10 mm. long, acute or acutish, externally hirsute-pubescent, equal- 
ling or more often slightly exceeding the inner oblong obtuse strongly 
ciliate involucral bracts: ray-flowers 6 to 8, neutral; rays pale yellow: 
disk-flowers about 20: pappus of both ray- and disk-flowers a lacerated 
crown of united scales, often with a short awn on the inner angle of 
the disk-achenes.— Mexico. Territory of Tepic: in the Sierra Madre, 
between Santa Gertrudis and Santa Teresa, 8 August, 1897, Dr. J. W. 
Rose, no. 2111 (hb. Gr., and hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.). State of Durango: 
13 August, 1897, Dr. J. N. Rose, no. 2245 (hb. Gr., and hb, U. S. 
Nat. Mus.). 
Aspilia purpurea, n.sp. An herbaceous perennial, etal 
cent throughout with appressed or somewhat spreading hairs: stems 
several, erect, or ascending from a woody base, about 3 dm. in 
length, branched above: leaves opposite, sessile or nearly so, elliptic- 
