Lepidaploa leptoclada (Sch. Bip.) H. Rob.

Vernonia calophylla Gleason, Bull. Torrey Club 40: 317. 1913.
Stems shrubby, 1 m. high or less, freely and loosely branched, cinereous-puberulent
below to tomentose among the branches; leaf-blades firm and rigid, ovate to subrotund, 20-25
mm. long, 13-18 mm. wide, rounded or obtuse, entire, somewhat revolute, rounded or subcord-
ate at base, dark-green, rugose, and papillose-pubescent above, closely gray-tomentose beneath;
veinlets prominently reticulate; petioles 1-2 mm. long; heads in the axils of the upper leaves,
forming cymes 10-16 cm. long, sessile, 18-21 -flowered; bracteal leaves resembling the cauline
but smaller, 10-15 mm. long and more densely pubescent above; involucre campanulate, 5 mm.
high; scales erect, not closely appressed, somewhat arachnoid-puberulent, especially near
the apex, the outer narrowly triangular, subulate, the inner linear-oblong, acute; achenes
pubescent, 2 mm. long; pappus nearly white, the bristles 4 mm., the scales 1 mm. long.
TypB locality: Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente, Cuba. Distribution: Cuba.

Vernonia semitalis Gleason, Bull. Torrey Club 40: 319. 1913
Stems shrubby, 6-9 dm. high, freely branched above, thinly brown-tomentose, especially on the younger branches; leaves crowded, thick and rigid, the blades ovate or ovate-triangular, broadest near the base, 15-20 mm. long, 10-13 mm. wide, obtuse or rounded, entire and somewhat revolute, truncate or subcordate at the base, scabrellate, shining, and strongly buUate above, thinly gray-tomentose beneath; veinlets prominently reticulate; upper leaves resembling the lower in shape and scarcely reduced in size, bearing heads at their bases; heads in several crowded cymes 10-15 cm. long, 21-flowered, the upper approximate; involucre campanulate, 5-6 mm. high, the outer scales triangular-subulate and pubescent below, the inner scales narrowly triangular-lanceolate, sharply acuminate, tomentose near the base, glabrous or nearly so toward the apex; achenes pubescent, 1.5 mm. long; pappus nearly white, the bristles 4 mm. long, the scales 1 mm. long and as much as 0.3 mm. wide, ciliate.
Type locality: Along the trail from Rio Yamaniguey to Camp Toa, Oriente, Cuba.
Distribution: Cuba.

Vernonia leptoclada Sehultz-Bip. Jour. Bot. 1: 233. 1863
Vernonia Wrightii Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 144. 1866. Not V. Wrightii Schultz-Bip. 1863. Vernonia gnaphaliifolia Gleason, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 4: 178. 1906. Not V. gnaphaliifolia A.
Rich. 1850. Vernonia neglecta Gleason, Bull. Torrey Club 40: 318. 1913.
Stems erect, suffrutescent, sparingly branched, 6-15 dm. high, finely gray-tomentulose ;
leaf-blades firm, flat, spreading, narrowly ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 6-7 cm. long, 2
cm. wide, acute, or obtuse and minutely apiculate, entire, rounded to truncate or subcordate
at base, dark-green and strongly rugose above, papillose-puberulent when young, becoming
glabrate and shining with age, but scabrellate with the persistent hair-bases, softly and loosely
gray-tomentose beneath: veins prominently reticulate; petioles tomentose, 1-4 mm. long;
cymes 2 or 3, terminal, straight, spreading; bracteal leaves resembling the cauline in shape
but gradually reduced in size, the upper only 1.5 cm. long; heads about 2 1 -flowered ; involucre
broadly campanulate, 6 mm. high; scales loosely and irregularly imbricate, the outer triangular
and subulate, thinly villous or subtomentose, the inner lanceolate, sharply acute, glabrate
at the middle, villous at the tip, somewhat scarious at the margin; achenes pubescent, 1.5
mm. long; pappus very pale-brown or almost white, the bristles 4 mm. long, somewhat flattened,
the scales 0.8 mm. long.
Type locality: Cuba.
Distribution: Cuba.

Vernonia calida Gleason, Bull. Torrey Club 40: 318. 1913
Stems shrubby, freely branched, 5 dm. tall, thinly puberulent or cinereous-tomentulose above; leaf-blades thick, rigid, ovate-oblong, 3.5-5 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. wide, obtuse or rounded, crenate or repand, broadly rounded or subcordate at the base, strongly bullate, dark-green, minutely papillose-pubescent when young, soon becoming glabrate or scabrellate and shining above, densely and softly brown-tomentose beneath; veins prominently reticulate; petioles 1-3 mm. long; cymes few, 6-12 cm. long; bracteal leaves resembling the cauline in shape, crenulate or entire, the upper 10-15 mm. long; heads rather crowded, frequently in pairs, 21-flowered; involucre broadly campanulate, 7 mm. high; scales densely pubescent, closely imbricate or somewhat spreading at the apex, the outer subulate, the inner narrowly triangular-lanceolate and acute; achenes pubescent, 1.5 mm. long; pappus yellowish-brown, the bristles 4 mm. long, the outer scales fimbriate, 0.7 mm. long.
Type locality: Sabanilla to Yamuri Arriba, Oriente, Cuba.
Distribution: Cuba.

Vernonia vicina Gleason, Bull. Torrey Club 40: 317. 1913
Stems shrubby, erect, 3-6 dm. tall, sparingly branched, glabrate below, puberulent above,
closely cinereous-tomentulose among the branches; leaf-blades firm and rigid, spreading,
dark-green above, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 3-4.5 cm. long, 1—1.5 cm. wide, broadest at or
near the middle, narrowed to an obtuse or subacute tip and an acute base, entire, somewhat
revolute, rugose above and papillose-pubescent when young, becoming glabrate with age,
thinly and closely tomentose beneath; veinlets prominently reticulate; petioles tomentose,
1-2 mm. long; upper leaves like the lower, but smaller, eventually only 1 cm. long, bearing
heads in the upper 4 or 5 axils; heads about 26-flowered; involucre campanulate, 5-6 mm.
high ; scales closely imbricate, pubescent or thinly tomentose, the outer subulate, somewhat
spreading, the inner lance-oblong, sharply acute; achenes pubescent, 2 mm. long; pappus
white, the bristles 4 mm., the broad outer scales 1 mm. long.
Type locality: Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente, Cuba. Distribution: Cuba.