54 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
10-capitata ca. 1.4 em. alta 2.4 em. lata. Capitulum valde imma- 
turum oblongo-subhemisphaericum 7 mm. altum 4.5 mm. dia- 
metro. Involucrum immaturum ca. 4-seriatum valde gradatum 7 
mm. altum; phyllaria extima ovali-ovata interiora oblongo-ovata 
omnia sicca pallida ad apicem virescentia 3—5-nervia breviter acuta 
dense glanduloso-hispidula (sed omnino non canescentia) in 
costa plus minusve hispido-pilosa ad apicem hispido-piloso-ciliata 
2-2.5 mm. lata. Radii 5 ovales flavi; corollae disci flavae basi et 
apice hispidulae. Achenia immaturissima ciliata biaristata. — 
VENEZUELA: shrub growing in dense patches, Guanta, 1 July 1917, 
Curran & Haman 1226 (type in Gray Herb.).— Of particular 
interest as affording the first Venezuelan record for this genus. 
Simsia grisea belongs to the closely related group consisting of S. 
Sodiroi (Hieron.) Blake, S. pastoensis Triana, S. pubescens Triana, 
and S. fruticulosa (Spreng.) Blake. The first two differ from S. 
grisea in their canescent-pilose involucres, S. pubescens in its 
narrower lance-ovate leaves and subcylindric heads, and S. 
fruticulosa in its appressed stem-pubescence and unlobed leaves. 
VERBESINA (§ Saubinetia) phlebodes Blake, sp. nov. Frutex 
ramosus. Caulis crassus parum lentiginosus cortice griseo tectus; 
rami crassi lignosi juventate strigillosi aetate glabrati subteretes 
cicatricibus trilobatis 3-porosis conspicuiter notati. Folia alterna 
conferta ovata vel ovalia apice acuta basi in petiolum marginatum 
basi breviter biauriculatum cuneato-rotundata crasse chartacea 
crenato-serrata (dentibus 13-17-jugis depressis obtusis et obtuse 
calloso-mucronulatis) pennivenia supra venis (ca. 15-jugis, eis 
petioli inclusis) vix prominentibus venulis obscuris subtus valde 
reticulato-venosis et -venulosis venis et venulis valde prominenti- 
bus, utrinque lutescenti-viridia vel aetate supra obscure subtus 
pallide viridia supra aspere strigillosa pilis basi glandulari-tuber- 
culatis subtus densius incurvo-hispidula pilis basi glandulari- 
tuberculatis, lamina 5-7.5 cm. longa 34.2 em. lata petiolo foliaceo- 
marginato 2-4 cm. longo 4-10 mm. lato basi vix dilatato parum 
biauriculato. Capitula ca. 12 mm. lata in paniculas cymosas 
ca. 5-cephalas terminales folia aequantes vel paullo superantes 
disposita; pedicelli dense incurvo-hispiduli 8-25 mm. longi nudi 
vel 1-2-bracteolati; discus hemisphaericus 6-7 mm. altus 6.5- 
(fructu) 14 mm. dimabiro, Involucri biseriati inaequalis 4-5 mm. 
alti phyllaria appressa herbacea anguste oblonga vel oblongo- 
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