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ligulatis plerumque 6; coroUis c. 11 mm longis, tnbulo {^'^mm longo 

 puberulo, ligula 91/2 longa, c. mm lata, apice obtusiuscula, obso- 

 lete denticulata, 5 — 7-nervia; floribus hermaphroditis disci tubulosis c. 25; 

 corollis 4^2 nam longis, tubule pubescente 2 mm longo, limbo V/^ mm 

 longo, laciniis triangulari-ovatis c. mm longis inclusis; achaeniis sub- 

 maturis fuscescentihus, glabris, 2'/2 — nim longis. 



Species Z- aspcrrimae Scliultz-Bip. et Z. Sodiroi Hieron. affinis, (iifTci l a pi-iore raniis 

 villoso-hirsutis, foliis plerumque breviter petiolatis, laminis buUato-rugulosis brevius acumi- 

 natis, capitulis majoribus, a posteriore differt laminis foliorum e basi angustiorc triangulari- 

 (nec rhombeo-)ovatis argutius mucroiuilo-flcnticulaUs, capitulis noribusquc majoribus etc. 



Crescit in silvis subandinis prope pagum Nono (S. n. 31/2). 



U1. Z. quitensis Hieron. n. sp. 



Z. herbacca (?) vel sufTrulicosa (?); ramis sulcato-strinlis, subglandu- 

 loso-pubescentibus ; foliis alternis (inlernodiis in spcciminihus usque ad 5 cm 

 longis), subsessilibus vel brevissime petiolatis (petiolis vix ultra 2 mm longis, 

 glanduloso-pultescenlibus): laminis c basi cuncata (c. 1 — 1' 2 cm longa, 

 superne usque ad 5 mm lata) triangulari- vel subsagittato-ovalis, apiccm 

 ipsum obtusum et mucronulatum versus acuminatis, subobsolete basi Inte- 

 gra cxcepta crenato-dentatis (dentibus vel crenis minute mucronulatis), 

 subchartaceis, supra scabriusculis, subtus cano-tomentosis, subtriplinerviis 

 (nervis lateralibus 2 supra basin cuneatam nascentibus ceteris crassioribus 

 et longioribus ultra medium laminae percurrentibus) ; laminis maximis parte 

 basali cuneata c. \ — 1 72 cm longa inclusa usque ad 5 '/2 cm longis , 3 cm 

 supra basin latis; inflorescentiis corymbosis, polycepbalis, ramosis; capi- 

 tulis pedunculatis (pedunculis glanduloso-pubescentibns, vix usque ad o mm 

 longis); involucri campanulati squamis 10 — 15, bi- vel Iriscriatis, subacqui- 

 longis, vix ultra 3'/2 mm longis, 1 '/2 w^"^ latis, obtusiusculis, dorso glan- 

 duloso-pubescentibus ; receptaculi c. 1 '/-i n^nn diametientis paleis complicatis, 

 scariosis, c. 4^/2 mm longis, 1 ' '4 mm latis, obtusiusculis, margine ciliatis, 

 dorso glanduloso-puberulis ; floribus femineis ligulatis radii 4 — 7, corollis 

 aureis, c. 5 mm longis, tubulo pubescente, \ mm longo, ligula 4 mm longa, 

 3 mm lata, elliptica, apice subrotundata emarginala sinuque denticulato (vel, 

 si mavis, ligula tridenticulata dentibus lateralibus conniventibus), 7-ncrvia; 

 floribus hermaphroditis disci c. 20 — 30; corollis'tubulosis aureis, c. 3'/. mm 

 longis, tubulo basi incrassato c. 1 \ 4 mm longo, puberulo, limbo c. 2 '/j mm 

 longo, laciniis c. -' 4 n^i" longis triangulari-ovatis inclusis; achaeniis valdc 

 immaluris glabris, brunneis, c. 1 ^ji mm longis. 



Species Z. aspcrrimae Scliullz-IJijt. d prioribus affinis, dilTnt » Z. nsprrrinm 

 Schultz-Bip. foliis saepe breviter petiolatis, laminis e basi cuneata triangulari- vol swh- 

 sagittato-ovatis (nee rhombeo-ovatis) , subobsolete crenato-dentatis, involucri s(pianiis 

 obtusiusculis, ligulis 7-nerviis etc., a Z. Sodiroi Hieron. differt foliorum laminis minori- 

 bus triangulari- vel subsagittato-ovatis (nee subrhombeo-ovatis] , cai)itulis minoribus, 

 ligulis 7-nerviis etc., a Z. nonensi Hieron. differt foliis minoribus, capitulis minoribus, 

 ligulis brevioribus etc. 



Crescit in collibus prope urbem Quito (S. n. 31/3). 



