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attenuates, integris, supra glabris, valde viridibus, subtus 
dense albo-pubescentibus, 5-7 cm. longis, 10-15 rnm. latis; 
capitulis copiose scorpiodo-paniculatis, sessilibus, late cam- 
panulatis, 5-6 mm. latis, 3-4 mm. longis; involucri squamis 
4-5 seriatis, interioribus lanceolatis, acutis, exterioribus subu- 
latis ; pappi albidi, setis interioribus exteriores 5-6-plo super¬ 
antibus. 
Yungas, 6,000 ft. (2147). 
VERNONIA ARISTOSQUAMOSA, spec. nov. Fruticosa, ramosa, 
ramis teretibus pubescentibus; foliis sessilibus, lanceolatis, 
coriaceis, integris, acuminatis, 3-6 cm. longis, 10-12 mm. 
latis, supra glabris, subtus sparse pubescentibus; capitulis ses¬ 
silibus campanulatis multifloris, IO-15 mm. latis, 10-12 mm. 
longis, bracteatis, laxe scorpiodo-paniculatis ; involucri squamis 
4-5-seriatis, exterioribus subulatis, longe aristatis, interioribus 
lanceolatis, mucronatis; pappi fusci, setis interioribus exteri¬ 
ores 5-6-plo superantibus; acheniis dense pubescentibus. 
Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1657). Near V. muricata, DC. and V. 
ai 0 ea , Mart. 
VERNONIA YUNGASENSIS, spec. nov. Fruticosa, ramosa, ramis 
dense puberulentis; petiolis 10-15 mm, longis; foliis ovatis 
vel ovato-lanceolatis, denticulatis, longe acuminatis, ad basim 
rotundatis, supra scabridis, subtus reticulatis, dense griseo- 
pubescentibus; capitulis campanulatis 6-7 mm. latis, copiose 
sub-scorpioideo-paniculatis ; involulucri squamis 3-4 seriatis, 
ovatis vel interioribus lanceolatis, obtusis, pubescentibus ; 
pappi albidi setis exterioribus brevissimis, acheniis striatis, 
glabratis. 
Yungas, 4,000 ft. (1731 ; 1732). 
VERNONIA BoLIVIANA, spec. nov. Fruticosa, copiose ramosa, 
ramis angulatis, glabris; petiolis 6-12 mm. longis; foliis 
ovatis, coriaceis, utrinque glabris, nitidis viridibusque, integ¬ 
ris, acuminatis, ad basim rotundatis, integris, 8-12 cm. 
longis, 4-5 cm. latis ; capitulis campanulatis, paucifloris, copi¬ 
ose sub-scorpioideo-paniculatis; involucri squamis 2-3 seri¬ 
atis, ovato-oblongis, obtusis, glabris; pappi albidi, setis uni- 
serialibus 3 mm. longis ; acheniis striatis. 
Yungas, 4,000 ft. (1729). Related to Spruce’s No. 4865 from 
Tarapoto, Peru. 
Elephantopus tomentosus , L. Sp. PI. 814 (E. mollis , H.B.K.) 
Mapiri, 5,000 ft. (1105); Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1106). 
