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AncHiuu occidenlalium dilionis Galij alt. s. m, 2000 — 2800 m, mensc Julio 

 Auguslo florens (L. n. 7697; 1890). 



36. E, thyrsi gcrum Ilicron, n- sp. 



Critonia fruticosaj caulibus glabris, tcnuibus, usque ad 5 m longis, 



lerclibuSj slriatis, ramosis, ligno molli pracditis; foliis opposilis (intornodiis 



in spcciminc 1 — i-'^ cm longis), petiolaLis (petiolis 1 — 1 '/j cm longis, supra 



canaliculalis, glabris); laminis ovatis, basi rolundaliSj apicc longc acutis vcl 



subacuminalisj subintegris vcl inarginc superiore plus minusve manifesle 



scrratis (serraturis c, 3 — 6 mm distantibus, crcbrisj c. Y^ ^^"^ altis), charla- 



ccis supra clarc viridibus, subtus glauco-viridibus, pinnincrviis (nervis late- 



i*alibus crassioribus in utraquc dimidia facie 4 — 6 subtus promincntilnis 



supra pauIo prominulis, additis aliis tcnuioribus et brevioribusj, inter nervos 



latcralcs reticulato-venosis vcnulosisque (venis venulisque supra subtusquc 



paulo prominulis), supra glabris opacis vel subnilenliiiusj subtus parce 



pubesccntibus; inflorescentiis apice ramorum ramulorumque thyrsoidcisj 



c, '10 — 12 cm longiSj 5 



fere redo distanlibus), brcvibus vix ultra 4 cm longis, inflorcscenlias par- 



liales polycephalas pedunculalas ramosas subglobosas gcrenlibus; capitulis 



confertis, subsessilibus vcl brcviter pedunculatis (pedanculis pubcsccnti- 



Lomcntosulis, c. 1 mm longis), 10 



panulatis, 6 — 7 mm longis; involucri S(piamis 15 — 17; interioribus dcciduis 



lineari-Ianceolatis, ^^U — 6 mm longis, c. 



8 cm crassis, ramosis; ramis divaricatis (angulo 



-12"tloris; involucris cylindracco-cam- 



1 mm lalis, aculiusculis, scariosis, 



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stramincis^ dorso Icviter 3 — 5-striatis; exterioribus scnsim decresccntibus 

 et paulo latioribus, usque ad 1 Y4 mm latis, acutiusculis vcl obtusiusculis, 

 apicem versus levitcr fuscesccntibus, margine minute cilialis; floribus fra- 

 grantibus; corollis virescenti- vel cocrulescenti-albidis, c. 4 mm longis, 

 cylindraceis ; tubulo vix in limbum ampliato, basi incrassato; laciniis c. Y4 nun 

 longis; pappi setis stramineo-albidis, 4 — 4Y2 ^^^i^^ longis; achacniis valde 

 immaturis c. 2 mm longis, glabris. 



Species E. megaphyllo Bak, proxime affmis, dilTert foliis minute argute 



scrratis basi rotundalis sublus puberulis. 



Columbia: crescit in fruticetis camporum montanorum propc La 

 Plata in prov, Tolima, alt. s. m, 1000 — 1500 m, mense Januario florens 



(L. n. 8445). 



37. E. prunifolium Kunth in Ilumb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et spec. 



am. IV, p, 101 (132), t 349, 



Forma fruUcosa usque ad 2 m alta ramosa; foliorum laminis coriaccis, 

 obscure viridibus, supra viscosis, sublus argentco-arachnoidcis, marginibus 

 supcrioribus sacpc obsolete scrratis; maximis c. SY^ cm longis, 1 Y2 ^^^^ 

 latis; capitulis 5^7-floris, involucri squamis 8— 



Ecuador: crescit in rcgione suprema fruticum in alliplanicie Paramo 

 de Choroncs, inler Ona et Zaraguro, alt. s. m. 2900—3300 m, mense 



9, corollis virescenti-albidis. 



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Auguslo — Oclobri florens 



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L. n. T0I7). 



