503 ErQchthites valerianifolie, (Wolf , ) DC, — • 
5^)8 Upright, 5 ft, damp ground', clearing ", Jiracaeaca,Sept, Sds-Saa-M: — 61 — 
,25-50; not observed elsewhere; appears to he an annual. Pappus rosy. 
Full set. Specimens had moulded end could not he cleaned properly,. 
503 Dissecting Material. I cannot find any clear distinction between this 
and No. 664;’ yet the two he.ve a very different appearance.. No, 664 is sel- 
dom over 24—5 ft. high, and the flower clusters are not large; this form 
is commonly 5 ft,, high, with large, showy flower-clusters; and the large, 
deeply cleft lower leaves are a constant character. I have a single speci- 
men from Sampo Alegre, ,2000 ft., and it is common in a clearing at 
Jiracasaca; hut I have not observed it elsewhere.. 
509. Jesse ria mucronata DC,. , r , . 
A tree, 10-15 ft. hut flowers when not more than .2 ft. high, -a re ah 01® 
Cienaga, dm wet ground, open places, The specimen is from a swampy place 
by the seashore, Sept.. 8. Flower pink. 
Full set, somewhat scant and in some,f lowers**?? are not out well. 
51 Q Verbesina divereifolia DC. . * 
A shrub vwith long suffrutescent branches , upright from a woodtjf stock, 
6-8 ft. Forest road from Bonda to Cacague.lito, 1500 ft. ' T ov. 10. 
Flowers white. Full set, good hut scant., 
511 (not named) 
Shrubby with long branches, 5—5 ft. Common in campo thickets, clearings 
etc. locally, below 5000 ft. flowering Nov. -Dec,. Flower rosy (Specimen is 
from near Escalera de los Tndios,800 ft.., Nov. ) 
Full set", some poor. 
512 Bidens leuconth.e Willd. (?) 
Observed only in damp woods near river at Mas inga ( ab out-5 00 ft.) Nov. 
15-50. .25 specimens, scant and poor and. only 14 have fruit., 
515 Snilanthes Acmilla L/, 
Local in damp, shady or open ground below 5000 ft. Nov, -Dec, tonda, 
Ma$atoca, Onaca etc. Upright, 1-5 ft. Full set, good. 
514 Me lamp odium di varies, turn (Rich.)DC,. 
Upright, 1-2 ft. A common weed in clearings below 5000 ft. often covering 
the ground. Appears to flower more or less throughout the year, most 
freely in the wet season, April-Nov. 
Full set, good. Varieties sent to N.Y. 
515 (not named) 
Common in campo thickets, dry woods etc,. below 1500 ft. A/s brut , 
4-6 ft. Bonda, Mae inga etc. July- Oct.. 
•515 (already sent in) A variety collected near Ma.singa,2oQ ft,. ,tue 
large one Dec. 16, the small one Nov. 20. Shis species varies greatly 
in the form and pubescence of the leaves, size of flowers and habit; it ja 
may be a low, compact shrub or subscandent to 6 or 7 ft. ThS rough stem a, 
and curved stiff hairs on the veins seem to be constant characters; gen- 
erally there are little tufts of fine hairs in the anils of the veins. 
Full set; might be improved. 
516 
Campo thickets on road from Bonda to Cacagualito at Campo Alegre etc,.. 
A shrub 5 or 6 ft. high, semiscendent among bushes ? ^V.-fec. 
Full set, good, but flowers had moulded and mould encysted. 
