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G* HiiTOiiyimis, 



bus LLsijuc ad irnKTonom arcuairm pcrcurreiilibusjj inter nervos rclirulalo- 

 venosis vcnulosisque (vcnis venulisque in sicco supra parum proniinulis); 

 laniinis maximis c. 5V2 <^ni longisj 3 cm lalis; spinis axillaribus geniinis c. 



3—20 mill loiigisj rectis, sordide purpurasc 



3 



inllorescenliis in apice 



lincari'OblongiSj 



\ . 



ramorum thyrsoideo-paniculatis ; partialibus lateralibus ex axillis foliorum 

 .suprcmorum nascenlibus in ramulis plus minusve abbrevialis usque ad 4 cm 

 longis bractealisque (bracteis foliis similibuSj sed minoribus, vix ultra 2 cm 

 longisj 8 mm latis) terminali])uSj 3 — 7-cephalis; capitulis scssilibus vol bre- 

 vissimc pcdunculatis; involucri oblongi squamis 22 — 25; intcrioribus c. 7 



c. 10 — 11 mm longiSj 1^2 — ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^is, apice oblusis; 

 ceteris sensim decrcscenlibus; mediis 2 — 3 oblongis^ c. 7 nun longis, V/2 

 3 mm latiSj obtusiusculis ; cxterioribus ovatis, usque ad 4 mm latis y 5 mm 

 longis, obtusiusculis vel extimis acutiusculis et apice spinulosis ; squamis 

 omnibus scariosis, duris^ lutesccnti-ochraceiSj sub-5-nerviis (ncrvis crebre 

 anastomosantibus) margine pracscrtim apicem versus longc ciliatis, dorso 

 plus minusve hirsuto-pilosis (pilis ferrugincis) ; receptaculi palcis paucis 

 (2 — 3) involucri squamis interioribus paulo longioribus ccterum simili!)us; 



floribus homogamis hcrmaphroditis fertilibus 1 ; 



c. 8 mm longis; lubulo c. 3 mm longo, paulo in limbum profunde quin- 



quefidum amplialo; laciniis c. 4 mm longis acutis apicem versus dorso bir- 



sulo-pilosiSj .faucibus dense hirsuto-pilosis ; stylo apice brcviter bifido, ramis 



apice brcviter appendiculatis 



c, 3 mm longis; pappi setis 14 — 15 dense plumosis, c. 7 mm longis^ lu- 

 tesccnti-albidis ; achacniis valde immaturis c. 3 mm longis^ dense lutcscenti- 

 sericeo-villosis. * . 



Species Ch, Lehmanmi parum affmis, dilTert foliis majoribus, spinis 

 axillaribus binis (ncc IcrnisJ, picrumque longioribus, infloresceniiis ramo- 



Floius ox f>cIioduld vjrciccnti-luteo-alljidij sacpius fusi^osccnics; ^ u^r 



Columbia: crcscit in silvis densis in Paramo do Guaniicas Andium 

 centralium popayanensium, alt. s. m. 3000 — 3500 m, mense Januario 

 florens (L. n. 6031). 



corollis extus glabris, 



rotundatis; antheris basi brcviter caudatis^ 



t 



266. Ch, microphylla Ilumb. et Bonpl. Plant, jiequin. p. 151, t43; 

 syn. Ch. insigms Klatt in Engl. Bot Jahrb, Vlll. p. 51 n. 138, rion llumb. 

 et IJonpL 



Fnilox usfjue i ni alius, clensu ramosas, foliis (Uii-is obs;cure vii-idihus, floribus 

 roseo-ochraceis. Decocto vel infusione plantac indi^^cnac jiro t'ebrirugo ufunlur. 



Ecuador: crescit in declivibus superioribus occidcntalibus montis Ghim- 

 borazo, alt. s. m. 3500 — 4000 m, mense Junio florens (L. n. 469; 18. .lun. 

 1887). 



267. Lycoseris squarrosa 'Benlh. Bot. A'oy. of Sulphur p, 121; ex 



descriplione, 



. Spccimina mascula. 



