138 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
87. V. media, sp. nov. Herbacea (?) erecta infra inflorescentiam 
vix ramosa, caule dense tuberculato-hispido pilis patentibus, 
foliis alternis ovatis acutis vel subacuminatis basi cuneatis obscure 
serratis supra obscure viridibus tuberculato-strigillosis subtus 
multo pallidioribus subcanescentibus dense et subaspere pilosis 
pilis patentibus, capitulis paucis, involucri 4(—5)-seriati 6-9 mm. 
alti gradati phyllariis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis ad subacuminatis 
nigro-viridibus basi nudiusculis supra dense albido-hispido-pilosis 
apice reflexis vel patentibus, radiis ca. 20, acheniis sparse pilosis, 
pappi squamellis ca. 8 profunde laceratis liberis vel basi breviter 
connatis. 
Stem purplish, densely tuberculate-hispid with several-celled 
spreading hairs with conspicuous persistent bases. Leaves alter- 
nate, or very rarely opposite, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute to 
subacuminate, callose-mucronate, cuneate at base, obscurely serrate 
(teeth subappressed, 4-9 pairs), 3-nerved, above dull green, tuber- 
culate-strigillose, the hairs along the veins longer and somewhat 
spreading, beneath much paler or subcanescent, densely and rather 
harshly pilose with spreading white hairs, and gland-dotted, 3.4- 
5.5 em. long, 1.3-2.1 em. broad; petioles tuberculate-hispid-pilose, 
scarcely margined, 2mm. long. Heads few (about 4), 4 cm. broad, 
terminal and axillary,-on peduncles 2.5-12.5 em. long and bracte- 
ate; disk 12-(fruit)16 mm. high, 17—(fruit)22 mm. thick. Invo- 
lucre 4(—5)-seriate, slightly graduated, (6-)9 mm. high, the phyl- 
laries oblong-lanceolate, subacuminate to acute, callose-mucronu- 
late, blackish-green, subherbaceous, the base indurated, costate, 
nearly naked, elsewhere densely hispid-pilose with patent whitish 
hairs, Teflexed or spreading at apex. Rays about 20, oblong, 
emarginate, 15 mm. long, 4.5-5 mm. wide; disk-corollas strigillose 
below and on veins and teeth, 5 mm. long (tube 1 mm.). es 
firm, carinate, strigillose at apex, 7.5 mm. long. Achenes black, 
sparsely appressed-pilose, somewhat thickened, 3.2 mm. long, 
1.1mm. wide. Awns unequal, rather slender, ciliate, 2-3 mm. long; 
squamellae about 8, very unequal (two of them sometimes equal- 
ling the shorter awn), deeply lacerate, free or united at extreme 
base, 0.7-1 mm. long. — ECUADOR: village of Navon, August 
1849, Seemann 710 (TypE: K., fragm. G.). — T. 2. Fia. 19. 
88. V. Brirron Hochr. Erect, herbaceous, with few mostly 
monocephalous branches from the upper axils, the stem purplish, 
