168 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
between Arrayas and San Domingos, May 1840, Gardner 4234 
(TyPE cott.: B. M., G., K.).— T. 2. Fic. 31. 
122. V. quinqueremis, sp. nov. Herbacea foliosa, caule 4-6- 
cephalo strigilloso, foliis infimis oppositis ceteris alternis lineari- 
oblongis utroque acutis ubique strigosis et subtus granulari- 
strigillosis, involucri 5-seriati gradati phyllariis lanceolato-ovatis 
ciliolatis basi incrassatis costatis apice herbaceis dense hispidulis 
squarrosis, radiis 16-20. 
Herbaceous, divaricately branched in the inflorescence, the stem 
strigillose, bearing 4-6 heads. Lowest leaves opposite, the others 
alternate, linear-oblong, acute at each end, sessile, entire, or very 
obscurely dentate, strigose both sides and granular-strigillose be- 
neath, 3-nerved, 8-11 cm. long, 9-11 mm. wide, the uppermost 
reduced to bracts. Heads terminating the branches; disk 1 cm. 
high, 1.8 cm. thick. Involucre 5-seriate, graduated, the phyllaries 
lanceolate-ovate, ciliolate, thickened and costate at base, the apex 
herbaceous, squarrose, densely hispidulous. Rays 16-20, yellow, 
bidentate, 1.3 em. long, 2mm. wide; disk-corollas yellow, puberu- 
lous below, tubular-funnelform, 4.2 mm. long (tube 0.7 mm.). 
Pales slightly ampliate at apex, fimbriate, subcolorate, puberulous, 
8 mm. long. Achenes (immature) densely sericeous. Awns.- - ; 
Squamellae subequal, lacerate, 1.2 mm. long. — BRAZIL: Mrnas 
Gurags: 1816-21, A. St. Hilaire 1216 (Par.), 1218 (type: Par.). 
123. V. opLonGiFoLIA Gardn. Simple, about 5 dm. high, bear- 
ing 1-4 heads, the stem densely tuberculate-hispid, strigillose, and 
glandular. Leaves opposite to middle of stem, alternate above, 
oblong to ovate, subobtuse to acute, mucronulate, rounded at the 
barely petioled base, entire or subdenticulate, strongly venulose 
both sides, very slightly revolute, rough both sides with dense 
tubercular hispidity, glandular-dotted beneath, 4.8-6.5 cm. long, 
1.2-3 cm. wide; petioles hispidulous, 1-1.5 mm. long. Peduncles 
strigillose-hispid especially above, 1.3-3.2 dm. long; heads 3- 
3.5 cm. wide. Involucre 4-seriate, strongly graduated, 9-10 mm. 
high, the phyllaries oblong, acute, lepidote-strigillose above, his- 
pidulous-ciliolate on Margin, coriaceous, glabrous, and vittate 
below, with rather abrupt triangular mucronate subherbaceous 
apex. Rays about 10, oblong, 12-14 mm. long, 4 mm. wide; disk- 
corollas hispidulous chiefly below, 4-5 mm. long (tube 1-1.2 mm.), 
the throat campanulate. Pales acute, densely tuberculate-hispidu- 
