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G. llioruiiyiuiis. 



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Itibulo breviore el limbo paulo longiorc praoditis ; h:\h\lii PeryiNCNio gramU 

 ITenislcy simiiis, di[Tert jam floribus radii sicrilibus. 



Columbia: crescit in silvis p rope Array anal ad (luvimn Rio Risaralda 

 in prov. Cauca, alt. s. m, 1400 — 1800 m (L, n, 3282); loco ^non indicalo 

 (TuiANA n. 1363 cL 1365), 



142 A. Eggersii Ilioron. n. sp. ; syn. Zexmenia lieliaatlioidcs Klalt 

 in Enylcr's But Jahrb. VIIL p. 43 n. 82, sed uon Wcddia hcUautholdes 



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Frulcx subscandens; ramis clongaliSj parce ramulosis; ramis ramulisquc 

 infra nodos compressis, fislulosis, parce el apprcsse birlo-pilosis obsolete slriato- 

 sulcalis; foliis opposilis (internodiis in spcciminibus usque ad \\ cm longis), 

 pcliolatis (petiolis usque ad 2 cm longis, compressis, subbirsuto-pilosis], laminis 

 lanccolato-ovatiSj apice longiusculc acuminatiSj basi brcvilcr cuncatis, basi 

 cuneala inlegra exccptis margine crenato-scrratis (scrraturis vix y^ ^^^^'^ ^'^"i^; 

 c. 4 — 5 mm dislantibus), membranaceis, utrinque parce, sublus praeserlim in 

 ncrvis bispido-pilosis, subtriplincrviis (norvis 2 lalcra]ii)us c. 5 — 7 mm uUra 



basin laminae nascentibus ceteris (5 



crassioribus ct longioribus, ultra 



medium laminae percurrentibus), inter nervos subLus prominenles supra ])at'iim 

 prominulos reticulato-venosis venulosisque (venis venulisque subtus opLime 

 supra parum perspicuis); capilulis in apice ranuilorum terminalibuSj hmge 

 l»edunculatis {pedunculis c. 5 cm longis, subbispido-birlis); involucri late cam- 

 panulali squamis c. 10; exterioribas bcrbaceis, subtiiplincrviis et reticulalo- 

 venosis venulosisque, oblongi.s, oblusis, utrin(jue parce hirlis, viridibus basi 

 jMirpurascente excepta; exlimis 2 ceteris longioribus usque ad 1 y^ cm longis, 

 c. 5 mm lalis; intcrioribus sensim dccrescentibus;. intimis 3—4 obovato- 

 cuncatis; c. 6 mm longis, 3^2 "^i^^ infra apiccm rotundatum latis, scarios^is, 

 basi purpurasccnli-hyalinis^ cetcrum sublulcsccnti-hyalinis ; receptacul(i c. 

 3 mm diam., paleis lineari-oblougis, apice utrinque unidentatis et minute 

 ciliato-dcnticulatis, aculis, albido-hyabnis^ uninervii*=^, c. 5^/2 mm longis, 

 1^/2 mm latis, complicatis, carinatis (carina c. 4^2 ^^^ longa, c. ^/^^ mm 

 lata, apicem versus obsolete denliculata); floribus radii lignlatis neutris c. 10; 

 corollis c. 16 — 17 mm longis, ex sicco aureis, glabris; tubulo 1^2 ^^^^^ longo; 



2—15^/2 mm longa, 6 — 7Y2 ^^^^ l^ta, apice bifida (laciniis trian-* 

 gularibus, 1 Y2 — 2 mm longis latisquc), subseptcmncrvia (ncrvis 2 ceteris 

 crassioribus in lacinias desinentibus , omnibus anastomosantibus); floribus 

 disci hermaphroditis numerosis (in capitulo examinato c. 55); corollis tubu- 

 losis aureis, c. 5 — 6 mm longis, apice 5-fidis; tubulo \^/2—^ umi longo; 

 limbo infundibuliformi, 3^2 — ^ i™ii longo, laciniis 1 mm longis inclusis; 

 antberis violaceo-nigrescentibus, c. 2 mm longis ; styli exscrti ramis c. 

 1^2 ^1"^"^ longis, acutis; pappo squamulis in cyathum apice lacerato-cilatum 

 fuscescentem c, 1 mm altum connatis costituto; achacniis valde immaturis 

 compressis, fuscescentibus, sericeo-pilosis, c. S^j mm longis, Y2 ^^^ latis. 



Species A, aurantiacac Griseb. afdnis et ci nee non Wedeliae Eggersii 



ligula 141 



