54 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
lata, in petiolis 7-15 mm. longis. Paniculae ramos terminantes 
1-1.3 dm. diametro 20-30-cephalae convexae; pedunculi axillares 
1-5 em. longi, pedicelli 0.8-3.3 em. longi; bracteae inflorescentiae 
1-2.2 em. longae. Capitula 2.5-2.8cm. lata; discus subhemi- 
sphaericus 1~-1.2 em. altus 1-1.1 em. diametro. Involucri 3- 
seriati irregulariter gradati 6 mm. alti phyllaria serierum duarum 
exteriorum obovata apice obtusa calloso-mucronulata herbacea 
viridia subsparse vel subdense pilosa pilis adscendentibus 1.5-2 
mm. lata appressa vel sublaxa, intima (radios subtendentia) lan- 
ceolata sparse pilosa subherbacea acuminata. Radii 12 aurei 
neutrales oblongo-ovales dorso ad venas pilosi 12 mm. longi 3.5 
mm. lati; corollae disci aureae in tubo pilosae ceterum glabrae 
5.7 mm. longae (tubo 2mm. longo, dentibus 0.8 mm.). Recep- 
taculum vix convexum; paleae acuminatae mucronulatae in dorso 
et apice nigrescenti-virides et subsordide subappresso-pilosae 7.5 
mm. longae. Achenia nigrescentia ad apicem sparse pubescentia 
3.7mm. longa 2.4mm. lata (alis apice ciliatis ad 0.6 mm. latis 
inclusis). Aristae 2 inaequales sursum ciliolatae 2.5-3.2 mm. 
longae. — GuateMALa: shrub 15 feet high, Quezaltenango, 2440 
m., 17 Jan. 1917, E. W. D. Holway 739 (rrp in Gray Herb.). — 
Nearest to V. Liebmannii Sch. Bip., which has narrow corky 
wings decurrent from the leaf-bases, and more finely toothed 
leaves more sparsely and somewhat harshly pubescent beneath. 
VERBESINA scabriuscula, sp. nov. Frutex (?) 3.3 m. altus sect. 
Ochractiniae, caule valido medulloso dense sordideque piloso pilis 
brevibus laxis multiloculatis. Folia (saltem superiora) alterna 
inferiora ovata vel ovali-ovata plus minusve falcata acuminata 
infra abrupte in petiolum cuneate marginatum contracta irregu- 
lariter leviterque repando-denticulata (dentibus ca. 40-jugis ad 
mucrones obtusos callosos reductis) penninervia et subreticulato- 
venulosa supra subdense hispidula pilis incurvis basi tuberculatis 
aetate scabriuscula basibus pilorum persistentibus, infra non pal- 
lidiora ubique densius hispidula pilis incurvis persistentibus basi 
glandulari-subtuberculatis ad costam longioribus sordidis sub- 
appressis, 28-29 cm. longa 10-13 em. lata (basi cuneata in petiolum 
decurrente inclusa), in petiolis infra dense supra sparse sordido- 
puberulis immarginatis 3-4 em. longis insidentia; suprema lance0- 
lata vel oblanceolata bracteiformia 2.5-9 em. longa 0.8-2.1 em. 
lata. Paniculae ramos terminantes 2~2.8 dm. diametro ca. 200- 
