562 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 
++ ++ Stems winged even to the inflorescence. 
== Leaves deeply 9-13-lobed ; lobes oblong, acuminate, not very unequal, serrulate. 
96. V. pinnaTA, Clark ace.to DC.1.c.— Country unknown. Ghies- 
breght’s no. 782 from Chiapas, Mexico, corresponds well withthe de- 
scription as to foliage, winged stem, etc., but has the stem glabrate as in 
V. gigantea, of which it is probably only a winged form. 
= = Leaves deeply 3-9-lobed ; lobes oblong, acuminate, not very unequal, serrulate. 
97. V. piversiroLia, DC. 1. ¢.; Baker in Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. pt. 3, 
213, t. 65. ? Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, xix. 150.— Bahia, Brazil, 
Blanchet & Salzmann ; and probably Coripati, Yungas, Bolivia, Bang, 
no. 2135 (stem winged?). A portion of the type material in herb. Gray. 
Leaves said to vary to an unlobed form, 
= = = Leaves irregularly and seldom deeply lobed, rarely undivided; lobes 
broad, often obtuse; veins at length very prominent beneath. 
98, V. tuRBAcENsIs, HBK. 1. c. iv. 203; DC. 1. ¢.; Klatt, Leopol- 
dina, xx. 93. V. verbascifolia, Walp. Bot. Zeit. ix. 63 (wrongly 
referred to the opposite leaved V. pinnatifida by Klatt, 1. c.). V.niard- 
guensis & V. microcephala, Benth. in Oersted, Vidensk. Meddel. 1852, 
p. 97-98; Klatt, Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxi. 206. V. pinnatifida, 
Hemisl. 1. c. 190, in part.—S. Mexico, Oaxaca, Pringle, no. 4966, L. 
C. Smith, no. 288, EZ. W. Nelson, no. 1852; Lobani, Liebmann, no. 333; 
Orizaba, Bourgeau, no. 3208, Schaffner ; Costa Rica, Tonduz, no. 7247; 
Guatemala, von Tuerckheim, no. 1351 of Mr. J. Donnell Smith’s sets; 
Turbaco, U. S. Colombia, Humboldt & Bonpland ; Tovar, Venezuela, 
, Fendler, no. 698; Caracas, Moritz, no. 60 (leaves undivided). This 
species was originally described as having yellow flowers, but this ' 
probably an error. The otherwise excellent description of Kunth and & 
detailed drawing by Klatt are well matched by the white-flowered plants 
placed here. : 
++ ++ ++ Stems wingless, permanently pubescent or tomentose. : 
99. V. suptopata, Benth. Pl. Hartw. 76; Hemsl. 1. c. 190; Klatt, — 
Leopoldina, xxiii. 144. V. gigantea, Coulter in Donnell Smith, Enum. — 
Pl. Guat. pt. 4, 88, not Jacq. — Chiapas, E. W. Nelson, no. 3468; Gua 
temala, Hartweg, no. 536, Salvin (acc. to Hemsl.), Heyde & int oe 
no. 4238 of Mr. J. Donnell Smith’s sets; “Costa Rica & Guatemala, ' 
Warscewicz, no. 127. V. tomentosa, DC. 1. c. 614, is a doubtial 
synonym. fo 
