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612 G. llH^roiiMtiiis. 



i. 



promincnlibus, supra vix prominulis et densius hirlo-puberulis), inter ner- 

 vos lalerales rcliculjito-vcnosis vcnulosisquc (venis vcnulisque subtns per- 

 spicuis, supra non manifcsUs) , supra obscure lutco-viridibuSj subtus palli- 

 dioribus; foliis maximis c. 14 — 1o cm longis (parte inferiorc cuneata 5 



5'/'2 "^^^ longa medio 5 mm lata, parte superiore 9 — 9*/^ cm longa, 4 cm 

 llataj; inflorescciitiis subcorymbosis^ polycephalis; capitulis pedunculalis (pe- ' 

 dunculis breviter birto-pilosis, ''/2 — 2^2 cm longis, ex axilli.s bractcarnm 

 linearinm vix 1 cm longarum 1 mm latarum acularum nascenlibus); invo- 

 lucri hemispliaerici squamis c. 13, c. biscriatis , subaequilongis, oblongis, 

 breviter acuminatiSj c. 5 mm longisj ^^/^ — 2 mm talis, herbaceiSj dorso 

 hirto-puLei'ulis ; reccplaculi conici c. 9 mm alti et 3 mm dianu:'ti(Milis pa- 

 eis complicatis , angiiste cariuatis ^ cimeato -lanccolatis , acutiusculis j c: 

 C mm longis J 2 mm latis, margine apicem v(n'sus et carina ciliatis, cc- 

 terum glabralis, scariosis, sordidc atbidis j apice fuscescenlibus; floribus 

 c. 30, quorum 3 — 4 ligulatis radii femincis et ceteris liermapliroditis fcr- 

 tilibus lubulosis; corollis florum radii 9—1 mm longis; tubulo 2 mm 

 longo, sericco-piloso; ligulis 7 — 8 mm longis, 4 mm latiSj ovalibus, 9-ncr- 

 viis (nervis 4 — 5 usque ad apicem percurrentibus ibique anastomosanti- 

 bus)j apice rotundatis, obsolete 3-dentatis (dentibus obtusis) ; corollis florum 

 disci c. 4 mm longis; tubulo sericeo-pilosOj c. 1 ^4 mm longo; limbo vix 

 3 mm longo J laciniis vix 1 mm longis inclusis ; achaeniis maturis glabris, 

 late alatis (alls supra apicem achaenii secus aristam produclis c. G mm 

 longis, apicem versus ciliatis etc. 'P/4 mm latiSj lutescenti-alliidiSj interdum 

 in floribus radii basi rudimentariis, angustis) , fuscescentibuSj alis exclusis 

 5 mm longis, c. 1 * A mm latis; aristis 2 pappi sidjpersistcntibus, usque ad 



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I mm ultra alas productis, c. 2 mm longis. 



Flores ox scliedula a!bi. 



Species fortasse K Humholdln Spreng. (syn. V. helianihoides Kunth) 



affinis, differt ex descriptione fuliis vix scabris melius breviter hirtu-pube- 

 ruli5,*^capilulis pauIo minoribus (minoribus iis V. dcganiiis Kunth), invulucri 

 squamis non margine scarioso-diaphanis, ligulis paucioribus 9-ncrviis (nee 

 6-nerviis) etc.; a F. siihcordaia DC, cui certe proxime affinis est, foliis 

 minus dense hirto-pilosis abrupte e laiuina ovali in partem cuneatam an- 

 gustatis apice breviter acuminatis , capitulis minoribus , involucri squamis 

 acuminatis (ncc obtusis) parcc pubescentibus etc, dillcrt. 



Ecuador: crcscit prope Hacienda EI Recrco in prov. Manabi (Eggeus. 

 m 14 941, 19. JuL 1893). . 



158. V. Lehmannii Ilieron. n. sp. 



Verhesliiarla arborea, usque ad 5 m alta; trunco crasso, saepe usque 

 ad 30 cm diamctientc; ramidis sulcato-striatis, juvcntute dense pubesccnti- 



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bus, denique giabratis; foliis alternis (intcrnodiis in speciminc usque, ad 



I I cm longis), breviter p^tiolatis vcl subscssilibus, e parte inferiore cuneata 

 obovato-lanceolatis, apice breviter acuminatis, inlegerrimis vcl supernc ob- 



