108 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
Wedelia Stuebelii Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. xxi. 348 (1895), has been 
referred by Hieronymus (1. ¢. xxix. 35 (1900)) to Gymnolomia qui- 
tensis, but, if the pappus is described correctly, cannot be this 
Species, nor even referable to the genus Viguiera as here circum- 
scribed. 
Section 4. Heliomeris (Nutt.), comb. nov. Herbae tenues 
annuae vel perennes, foliis saepe lanceolatis vel linearibus integris 
vel dentatis 1-nerviis vel obscure triplinerviis, capitulis parvis 
cymoso-paniculatis, involucri 2-seriati vix gradati phyllariis her- 
baceis basi non induratis interdum 1-3-vittatis saepissime lanceo- 
latis, pappo nullo, achenio saepissime glabro. — Species typica 
Heliomeris multiflora Nutt. (= V. multiflora (Nutt.) Blake). — 
Six species ranging from Montana t lapas, with a seventh 
isolated species in Georgia. “A compact group of closely related 
species, well distinguished by habit and involucre, and correspond- 
ing to the original Heliomeris of Nuttall (Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Philad. ser. 2. i. 171 (1848)), which has long been wrongly synony- 
mized with the very distinct genus Gymnolomia HBK. Species 
58-64 
See ia a at A eM WOM AOR NAS lr MM Pa Sea cal at Gin. aig apilssae e 
ruptly contracted above; rays 10-14, e. 
e. Phyllaries green, rather sparsely pubescent or 
mgr ee ee ee 60. V. longifolia. 
f. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 1.5-3 mm. 
- wide; heads smaller (disk 6-8 mm. thick) ..61. V. annua. 
58. V. multiflora (Nutt.), comb. nov. Rather slender several- 
stemmed branched perennial, 1.2 m. high or less, from a usually 
thick woody rootstock, the stem finely pubescent with mostly in- 
curved or appressed hairs, at length subglabrous. Leaves opposite 
below, alternate above, lanceolate or lance-ovate or rarely linear- 
