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A. Sodiro. 



culis dense hirto-tomentosis , 2 — 5 (7) mm longis); involucris cylindraceo- 

 campanulatis, calyculatis (calyculi squamulis vel bracteolis c. 8 lineari-ob- 

 longis, obtusis, usque ad 4 mm longis, vix ultra \ mm latis, fuscescentibus, 

 apicem versus magis obscuris, dorso plus minusve hirto-tomenlosis); invo- 

 lucri squamis subaequilongis, oblongis, obtusiusculis vel acutiusculis, c. 7 mm 

 longis, usque ad 2^4 latis, dorso fuscescentibus parce puberulis vel 

 subglabratis, plus minusve scaiiosu-straniineo-marginatis : floiibus 10 — 13; 

 radii femineis ligulatis 1 — 3; corollis 13 mm longis, tubulo 5'/2 mm longo, 

 ligula 71/2 mm longa, usque ad 31/2 nim lata, 4-nervia, apice breviter 

 3-dentata; floribus disci hermaphroditis c. 10, corollis 40 mm longis, tu- j 

 bulo 4 mm longo, limbo 6 mm longo, laciniis 2 mm longis inclusis; achae- 

 niis immaturis c. 3 mm longis, glabris; pappi setis c. 80, lutescenti-albidis, 

 c. 8 mm longis. 



Species G. laurifoliac (Kunlli) Cass, affinis, difTert foliis niajoribus, laminis basi 

 rotundiitis. vel suheordatis apice obtusis nervis lateralibus pluribus ornatis et inter ner- 

 vos iaterales manifestius reticulato-venosis venulosisque, involucri squamis parce pube- , 

 rulis vel subglabratis etc. 



Crescit in regione arborea superiore mentis Goraz6n (S. n. 60/8). 



0. chimborazensis Hieron. n. sp. 

 Arbor 4 — 6 m alta; ramis divaricatis; ramulis quadrangulis, dense 

 ferrugineo-velutino-tomentosis ; foliis oppositis (internodiis in specimine us- 

 que ad 6 cm longis), petiolatis (petiolis crassis, supra canaliculatis, subtuS 

 bisulcatis, carinatis, c. 2 — 2'/2 cm longis); laminis oblongis, basi rotundatis, 

 apice breviter acuminatis, integerrimis, cbartaceis, pinninerviis (nervis late- 

 ralibus crassioribus utrinque c. 10 — 15, subtus et supra prominentibus), 

 inter nervos Iaterales reticulato-venosis venulosisque (venis venulisque utrin- 

 que prominulis, sed subtus tomento indutis parum conspicuis), supra nervo 

 mediano tomentoso excepto glabris, opacis (glauco-viridibus ?), subtus dense 

 lanato-tomentosis ; laminis maximis in specimine 15 cm longis, 6 cm latis; 

 inflorescentiis in apice ramorum corymboso-pauiculatis, ramosis; partialibus 

 lateralibus ex axillis foliorum supremorum nascentibus, longe pedunculatis [ 

 (pedunculis sulcato-sexangulatis , dense velutino-tomentosis); capitulis in ' 

 ramulis ultimis inflorescentiae saepe ternis, pedunculatis (pedunculis vix 

 ultra 5 mm longis, bracteolatis, bracteolis lineari- oblongis, acutis, dorso | 

 plus minusve pubescentibus, 2 — 3 mm longis, 1/2 — V4 latis); capitulis 1 

 bracteolis pedunculi quasi calyculatis; involucri cylindraceo-campanulati | 

 squamis 7 — 8, subaequilongis, c. 8 mm longis, 2 — 3 mm latis, apicem | 

 versus ciliatis et ipso apice obtuso penicillatis , ceteruni fere glabris, me- 

 diana herbaceis, plus minusve subhyalino-scarioso-marginatis ; floribus femi- 

 neis radii 3 — ^5; corollis c. 16 mux longis glabi-is, tubulo c. 5 mm longo, 

 ligula 1 1 mm longa, 3 mm lata, 4-nervia, apice 3-denticulala ; iloribus her- 

 maphrodites disci 11—12, corollis c. 10 mm longis, glabris, tubulo c j 

 3 nun Ipngo, ,parimi in limbmu 7 mm longum (laciniis lanceolatis c. 2 mm ,1 



