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568 



G. Hieroiij'iuus. 



31. E. urticoides Schultz-Bip. n. sp. manuscr. in Herb. Reg. Berol. 

 Osmia herbacea vel suffruticosa c. 1/2 m alta; canlibus basi sim- 

 plicibus, apice ramosis, tcrctibus, parcc hirsalo-villosis (pilis arliculatis), 



■/ 



basi crassis; foliis opposilis (inlcrnodiis 4—7' 



2 



cm 



longis), pcliolatis (pctiolis '/a— 1 '/ 

 chartaceis, subtus glandiiloso-punctulatis, utrinquc sparse birlu-villosis, rliom- 

 beo-ovatis vel ovatis, basi plus minusvc cuncala et apice cxlremo oxceptis 

 margine grosse scrrato-dcnlatis, vel subbiscrrato-denlalis (dentibus saepe 

 unidenticLdalis, c. 5—7 mm dislanlibus, usque ad 3 mm altis, acutis vel 

 subobtusis), e basi Iripli- vel subquintuplinerviis; laminis maximis c. G cm 

 longis 3 cm lalis; innorescentiis paniculatis; partialibus ex axillis foliorum 

 bracteiformium saepe subintogrorum siiperiorum nasccntibus, apice saepe 

 tricephalis corymboso-cymosis, vel supcrne parce ramosis 7-cephalis, sub- 

 corymboso-cymosis; capitulis 45-~G0-floris, longc pedunculatis (pedunculis 

 7—18 mm longis, hirto-pubcrulisj; involucris campanulatis, 7—8 mm longis, 

 c. 4 mm latis; involucri squamis c. 40—50, 5— 7-scnalis; intcrioribus 

 lineari-ligulatis, 7 



unistriatis, apice subherbaceis purpurascentibus et hie dorso aurantiaco- 

 glandulosis; exterioribus scnsim dccrcscentibus latioribusque, usque ad 



appcn- 



/2 mm longis, c. 



2/3 mm latis, scariosis, dorso viridi- 



7 



dicibus subtriangularibus, viridibus, dorso parce puberulis et densius auran- 

 tiaco-glandulosis) ; corollis e schedula cl. Moritzii purpureis c. i'/a mm 

 longis; tubulo c. 4 mm longo glabro, scnsim in limbum amplialo, laciniis 



trianciilari-nvAtie f iL r^-,r^ T^„„:„. „ .- ._•• /^m . . 



triangulari-ovatis, c. 



2 mm longis; pappi sells c. 95 lutesccnti-albidis 



/a mm longis; achaeniis valde immaturis c. 2^4 mm longis, fusees- 



centibus, costis stramineis scabris. 



Species 



E. ivaefolio 



dilTert foliis longius petiolatis, laminis 



latioribus, inflorescentiis oligoccphalis laxis, capitulis majoribus longius pe- 

 dunculatis, corollis pappi setis achaeniis paulo longioribus. 



Venezuela: ad radices montlum 



m 



via Victoriana Tovarensi prope 



La Viscaina locis calidis, mensc Julio florens (Moritz n. 834]; inter La 

 Guayra et Desaguados prope urbem Caracas {mense Septembri florens 

 (GoLLMER, 3. Sept. 1854); loco non indicato (Lansberg). 



32. E. Kunthianum Schultz.-Bip. manuscr. in Herb. Willdenow. 

 n. 15 123; syn. E. scabrnm Kunth in Dumb, et Bonpl. Nov. gen et spec 

 amer. IV. p. 93 (119), non Linn, f Suppl. p. 354 ex Scbultz-Bip. in Herb 

 Willdenow. n. 15123. 



Osm/a fruticulosa ; caulibus teretibus, obsolete striatis, supernc viUoso- 



hirtis; foliis opposilis (internodiis 



c. 1—3 cm longisj, pcliolatis (pctiolis 



^-J mm longis, villoso-hirtis); laminis coriaccis, triangular! -ovatis, basi 

 subcordatis, apice acutiusculis, margine revohitis intcgris, triplincrviis, supra 

 nitent.bus rugosis sparse scabris, subtus dense lurto-tou.cntosis; laminis 

 maximis 14 mm longjs, 8 mm latis; inflorescentiis coryraboso-cymosis 



