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An Enumeration ot the Plants collected by Dr. H. H. Rusby in South 
America, 1885-1886.-XVI II. 
(Continued from page 264.) 
COMPOSITE. 
Sparganophorus Vaillantii , Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 396. Falls of 
Madeira, Brazil (1628). 
Vernonia coriacea, Lessing, Linnaea, 1831, 661. Reis, 1,500 ft. 
(1588). 
Vernonia pycnantha , Benth. Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1728). The 
same as Hartweg, Peru, 754. 
Vernonia simplex , Lessing, Linnaea, 1829, 280. Sorata, 13,000 
ft. (2669). 
Vernonia scabra, Pers. Ench. ii. 404. Reis, 1,500 ft. (1589). 
Vernonia mollis, H.B.K. -Yungas, 6.000 ft. (1658). The 
same as Lechler’s Peru, 2351. 
Vernonia scorpioides, Pers. Ench. ii. 404. Yungas, 6,000 ft. 
(1704). 
Vernonia senecion^efolia, spec. nov. Fruticosa, ramosa, 
ramulis teretibus plus minusve pubescentibus; foliis petio- 
latis (petiolus 8-12 mm. longus), ovalis 8-12 cm. longis, 
utrinque glabris viridibusque, ad apicem acuminatis, basi 
acutis, margine remote denticulata; capitula pauca, campanu- 
lata, multiflora, regulariter corymboso-paniculata, 15-20 mm. 
lata; involucri squamae persistentes, 6-8 seriatae, interiores 
ligulatae obtusae, exteriores breviores, lanceolatae, acutae; pap¬ 
pus uniserialis, setis albidisom, minute scabris. 
Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1730). Plant with much the aspect of a 
Senecio. 
Vernonia laurifolia , DC. Prodr. v. 30 (?). Yungas, 4,000 ft. 
(1617). Agrees well with the description. I ha^e not seen 
a named specimen of the species. 
Vernonia arborescens, Sw. var. CUNEIFOLIA, var. nov. Folia ad 
basim cuneata. Reis, 1,500 ft. (2148), apparently differing 
from the wide-spread tropical American species only in the 
cuneate bases of the leaves. 
VERNONIA Bakerana, spec. nov. Fruticosa, alte ramosa, dense 
et minute tomentosa; foliis petiolatis, lanceolatis, utriusque 
