44 ——~—- Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
orbiculari-ovata 3-sub-5-lobata (lobis acuminatis crenato-dentatis) 
basi late cordata utrinque densissime tuberculato-hispidula et sub- 
tus hispido-setosa 13-16 cm. longa 12-15 cm. lata, in petiolis su- 
perne marginatis glanduloso-puberulis pilis basi incrassatis i 
margine foliaceo tuberculato-hispidulis 8-10.5 em. longis basi in 
discum foliaceum repande et mucronate subdentatum venosum 
2cm. altum 3 cm. latum dense tuberculato-hispidulum connatis; 
folia superiora alterna multo minora petiolis basi auriculatis; su- 
prema ovato-lanceolata acuminata vix lobata basi cuneata. Ca- 
pitula numerosa cymoso-paniculata, paniculis folioso-bracteatis 
glanduloso-puberulis et hispido-pilosis 1.9-2.8 dm. latis; pedun- 
culi 0.5-8 em. longi; capitula 1.5 em. lata; discus 1-(fructu) 1.3 
cm. altus 7.5-(fructu) 13 mm. diametro. Involucri 3-seriati gra- 
dati 7-8 mm. alti phyllaria lanceolata acuminata apice laxa her- 
bacea glanduloso-puberula et praecipue in juventate hispido-pilosa. 
Radii ca. 8 flavi oblongi 5.5 mm. longi 1.7 mm. lati; corollae disel 
flavae in dentibus et tubulo glanduloso-puberulae 5.5 mm. longae 
(tubulo 1mm.). Paleae acutae vel acuminatae in dorso et apice 
glanduloso-puberulae plus minusve hispidae 7-8 mm. longae 2.2-3 
mm. latae. Achenia maculata ovalia appresse pubescentia 4.5 mm. 
longa 3mm. lata. Aristae 2 ciliolatae basi paullum ampliatae et 
laciniatae 2.5 mm. longae. — Stare or Mexico: in bushes along 
edge of road, Almoloya de las Alguisiras, District of Zuetepec, 23 
Dec. 1904, C. & E. Seler 4472 (rypus: hb. Berlin, Gray Herb.).— 
A species connecting the S. setosa group with that of S. amplexi- 
caulis (see beyond). 
Simsta Dompeyana DC.! Prod. v. 578 (1836). — Encelia hir- 
suta Ktze.! Rev. Gen. iii. pt. 2, 145 (1898). E. hirsuta Ktze. 
forma radiata Ktze.! l.c. Simsia hirsuta (Ktze.) Blake, Proc. 
- Acad. xlix. 389 (1913). — After examining the type material 
of Simsia Dombeyana DC. (Dombey, Peru (?)) in the Paris and 
Prodromus Herbaria, and that of Encelia hirsuta Ktze. (Billberg 
d re Carthagena, Colombia, 1826; Lorentz 237, Sierra de Asdo- 
chinga, Argentina, April 1878 ; Dombey, without locality (ex Mus. 
Par. 1829); Kuntze, Dique near Cordoba, Argentina, 1891) ™ 
the Berlin Herbarium, I have been unable to discern any differ- 
Nace haa justify their separation. Indeed, the Dombey specime? 
ech Berlin Herbarium on which Kuntze’s forma radiata was 
was probably from the same collection as the specimens 02 
