166 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
fragm. G.). — Distributed as V. robusta Gardn., a very different 
species. 
119. V. amphichlora, sp. nov. Herbacea elata, caule tenui infra 
glaberrimo supra sparse strigilloso 5-capitato, foliis alternis linear!- 
lanceolatis utroque acutis vel acuminatis integris scabre lepidoto- 
strigillosis prominenter trinerviis et penniveniis in faciebus 
ambabus pallide viridibus 6-8 mm. latis, involucri 4-seriati 6- 
8.5 mm. alti phyllariis oblongo-ovatis acutis costatis lepidoto- 
strigillosis et ciliolatis apice lanceolate herbaceo. 
Tall herbaceous perennial, the stem slender, striatulate, grayish, 
very glabrous below, above sparsely strigillose, bearing 5 hea 
Leaves alternate, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate — 
at both ends, entire, scabrously strigillose, prominently trinerved 
and penniveined, of the same pale green hue on both sides, 5.6- 
6.7 cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide; petioles 1-1.5 mm. long. Bracts of 
inflorescence linear-lanceolate, 8-20 mm. long; peduncles mono 
cephalous, 2.5-13.5 cm. long; heads 3 cm. broad; disk 8-(fruit) 
12 mm. high, 13—(fruit)17 mm. thick. Involucre 4-seriate, grad- 
uated, 6-8.5 mm. high, the phyllaries oblong-ovate, acute, costate- 
striate, callose-unguiculate, lepidote-strigillose and ciliolate, P- 
pressed, with lanceolate herbaceous apex. Rays about 14, golden- 
yellow, oval, 6.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, sparsely pubescent on 
veins of back; disk-corollas yellow, strigillose below and on teeth, 
4.5mm. long (tube 0.7 mm.). Pales truncate, callose-mucronulate, 
striate, strigillose, 5.5-6.5 mm. long. Achenes blackish, oblong 
puberulous on margin and apex, 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. Awns 2, 
lanceolate, acuminate, unequal, the longer 2.5 mm. long; sqU* 
mellae about 6, acuminate, dentate-fimbriate, united nearly 0 
apex, about half as long as awns. — PARAGUAY: region of the 
Yerbales of Maracayti, 1898-99, Hassler 5160 (TYPE: B. M., 
photog. and fragm. G.). 
120. V. mpricata Baker. Stem slender, tuberculate-strigillose 
especially below, very leafy, sparsely branched or simple below 
the inflorescence, the leaves sometimes with short leafy branches 
* their axils. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, mostly oppe- 
site, the upper alternate, subacuminate at apex, acute at base, VOY 
obscurely crenate-serrulate or subentire, slightly revolute, 3- 
nerved and rather strongly feather-veined, above dull gree® 
very sparsely tuberculate-strigillose, beneath concolored, sparsely 

