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A. Sodiro. 



73. DiplostepWum spinulosum Wedd. Chlor. And. I. p. 200, ex descr. 

 Species non satis nota et ex descriptione manca cl. Weddellii non 



satis recognoscenda, quare descriptionem hie rcnovo. 



Fruticulus probabiliter usque ad V2 ™ altus, ramosus ; ramulis juventute 

 dense lutescenti-cinereo-tomentosis, tomento deciduo mox glabratis, sulcato- 

 striatis, denique ramisque subteretibus vel dissecatione irregiilariter sulcato- 

 striatis, peridermate cinereo-fuscescente obtectis, glaberrimis, juventute foliosis, 

 denique foliis delapsis nudis ; foliis alternis (internodiis in ramulis vix ultra 2 mm 

 longis, in ramis usque ad 5 mm longis), sessilibus, cuneatis, apice obtusiusculis 

 vel acutiusculis, mucronatis, integris, 8 — ^13 mm longis, 2 — 3 mm infra apicem 

 latis, crassiusculis, coriaceis, uninerviis, supra glabris viridibus glanduloso- 

 punctulatis (glandulis immersis) et marginem revolutum versus spinuloso- 

 tuberculatis, sublus cincreo-tomentosis ; capitulis in apice ramulorum termina- 

 libus, pedunculatis (pedunculis c. \ cm longis, bracteolatis ; bracteolis triangulari- 

 elongatis, acutis, spinuloso-mucronatis, scariosis, uninerviis, fuscescentibus, usque 

 ad 5 mm longis, ad involucri bracteas transeuntibus, iisque similibusj; involucris 

 c. 12 mm longis, anguste campanulatis ; squamis c. 35 — 40, 5 — 6-seriatis, 

 scariosis, substramineis, apicem versus interdum purpurascentibus, acutis, 

 praesertim interioribus margine longiuscule denticulato-ciliatis; intimis c. 40 mm 

 longis, 1 mm latis, exterioribus sensim decrescentibus; receptaculo c. i 

 diam. ; floribus radii femineis ligulatis c. 20 — 25; coroUis c. 40 mm longis, 

 tubule apicem versus parce glandulis globosis consperso, c. 2 mm longo, 

 lignla 4-nervia (nervis parum perspicuis), 8 mm longa, ^/^ mm lata, apice 

 obsolete 2-denticulata ; floribus hermaphroditis disci 16 — 18 tubulosis; co- 

 rollis c. 6 mm longis, tubulo 2 mm longo, limbo basi puberulo 4 mm longo, 

 laciniis 7-2 "^"^ longis erectis apice papilloso-mucronatis dorso glandulis 

 globosis paucis obsitis inclusis; antheris breviter caudatis; achaeniis valde 

 immaturis c. 2 mm longis, villosis ; pappi setis in floribus radii c. 20—30, 

 c. 5—6 mm longis, additis paucis brevibus; in floribus disci c. 25 infra 

 medium flexuosis, c. 7 — 8 mm longis, additis c. 15 brevibus vix 1 mm 

 longis; setis omnibus carneo-albidis. 



Crescit in collibus aridis props Riobamba, mense Septembri florens 

 (S. n. 64/3, Sept. 1893). 



74. D. lavandalifoliam Kunth in Ilumb. Bonpl. Nov. gen. et spec, 

 amer. IV. p. 76 (97), t. 335. 



Crescit in montibus Imbabura, Gayambe etc., alt. s. m. supra 4000 m 

 (S. n. 13/2). 



75. D. mpestre (Kunth) Wedd. Ghl. and. I. p. 206. 



Crescit in rupilms supremis Andium (S. n. 13/1). 



76. Conyza chilensis Spreng. Nov. Prov. 1818 p. 14; syn. Conyxa 

 myosotifoUa Kunth in Humb. Bonpl. Nov. gen. et spec. amer. IV. (1820) 

 p. 54 (69). 



Crescit in pascuis aridis arcillosis prope Quito (S. n. 15/4). 



