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Excerpt from Compositae Newsletter: December, 1997 <p>Members of this subgenus have either opposite or alternate leaves. The tomentum consists of irregularly branching trichomes, which are sometimes substellate or rarely globular with Short points, but not regularly stellate and peltate like in the former subgenus. Also, the overlying evanescent brownish tomentum is lacking. The rays are consistently yellow, and the styles of the disc-orets are pointed. The subgenus is distributed from Argentina through Bolivia and Peru to southern Ecuador. About ten species have been recognized as transfers from Senecio and Gynoxys, or described as new (diaz-piedraiitra cuatrecasas 1990, jeffrey 1992, robinson cuatrecasas Some more Bolivian species remain to be described (nordenstam, in prep), and the subgenus obviously comprises about 20 species. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.