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longe attenuates acutis basi cuneatis utrinque viridibus tenuissime 
pubescentibus supra basirn trinervatis 5-7 cm. longis 12 mm. latis 
subsessilibus; capitulis densissime corymbosis numerosis 1.5 cm. altis 
9-tioris, pedicellis gracilibus 3-8 mm. longis glanduloso-puberulis, 
involucri squamulis paucis linearibus acutis viridibus striatis laxe 
imbricatis exterioribus externe puberulis, interioribus longioribus 
minutissime ciliolatis 7 mm. longis; corollis anguste tubulosis 7 mm. 
longis limbo quinquifido laete roseis; achaeniis immaturis 5 mm. 
longis stramineis gracilibus in costis 10 prominulis puberulis, pappi 
setis corollae fere aequantibus purpurascentibus barbellatis circa 
30. — Mexico: on limestone hills at Yautepec near Cuernavaca, alt. 
1225 m., 8 November, 1902, C. G-. Pringle , no. 11,336 (type in hb. 
Or.); also no. 8753 collected at the same place in 1903. 
Verbesina gracilipes, spec. nov. Fruticosa, ramis alternis stri¬ 
atis gracilibus teretibus exalatis a lenticellis sparsis scabridis, ramulis 
tomentellis alatis; foliis oblanceolatis vel obovatis integriusculis 
saepius obtusis vel apice rotundatis basi longe attenuato sessilibus 
modice tenuibus supra saturate viridibus scabridis subtus pallidis 
molliter griseo-pubescentibus 5—8 cm. longis 1.3-2.5 cm. latis pinnatim 
nervatis; pedunculis 2 vel pluribus subumbellato-corymbosis 4-7 cm. 
longis gracilibus teretibus tenuiter et patente pubescentibus, capitulis 
{radiis exclusis) subglobosis 1.5 cm. diametro, involucri squamulis 
pubescentibus valde inaequalibus exterioribus oblongis vel etiam 
aliquid obovatis obtusis vel obtusiusculis patentibus vel reflexis 
interioribus lanceolatis erectis adpressis; ? tloribus circa 12 pistilla- 
tis sed sterilibus, ligulis laete flavis lineari-oblongis 3 mm. latis tubo 
brevi viridi pubescenti; disci tloribus numerosis in receptaculo valde 
convexo ; achaeniis 5 mm. longis obovoideis vel oblanceolatis tubercu- 
loso-hispidulis, alis latis albidis, pappi aristis 2 inaequalibus quam alae 
paulo longioribus. — Mexico : on tufa bluffs near Telmacan, Puebla, 
1 August, 1901, alt. 1725 m., C. G. Pringle , no. 8582 (type in hb. 
Gr.); also in same locality Pose and Hay , no. 5829. 
Near V. Liebmannii , Sch. Bip., which, however, has acute serrate 
petiolate leaves with different pubescence. F7 neriifolia , Hemsl., is 
also a related species, but has narrower lanceolate acute much more 
finely pubescent leaves. V. hypoglauca , Sch. Bip., differs in the 
same regards and has opposite leaves. 
Verbesina hypsela, spec. nov. Alta erecta verisirailiter her- 
bacea, caulibus teretibus glabris purpurascentibus medullatis, inter- 
