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96 



Tlie Bota7iical Gazette. 



[April, 



theuppennostshort-pctiolcd: heads -t to 7 mm. high, numerous 

 in a usually broad and ample leafy panicle, vvith white flowers: 

 involucral bracts narrowly oblong, acute or acuminate, in about 

 two nearly equal rows, thickened and conspicuously striate- 

 nerved below, thinner and sometimes almost scarious at tip 



(especially the inner ones, 



w 



hich 



are also more decidedl) 



acuminatc or even mucronate-tipped). the outer ones more or 

 less hirsute (often densely so). the inner onps crlr.h.-r.nc ,.,- 



chiefly pubescent at tip : heads -10 to 50-flovvered, with a flat 

 or slightly convex receptaclc and corolla-lobes bearded exter- 

 nally: achcnes pubescent on the ribs, with scanty and barbel- 

 late pappus. — Aceituna, Depart. Guatemala, alt 4000 ft 



f± ^/^'^ ^^- ^- -^- ^^' ^^^''^"' D^-P^"-^- Alta Verapaz, alt 

 4300 ft., April,^18S9 {J. D. S. 1003) ; Sarnac, Depart. Alta 



{J- 



Agua, Depart. Zacatepequez. alt. 9500 ft.. April, 



Feb., 1890 (^ 



1890 



5000 ft.. 



, ■ , -This species seems closely re- 



ated to E. ciliatum Less.. to which it was referred by Hems- 



ley {Boiirgcati 1927) and J 



Donnell Smith {Tiirckhcim 



407, in 1887); but E. ciliatiim has 18 to 22 flowers in a head 

 and a glabrous corolla, while E. Donncll-Smithii has 40 to 50 

 rtowers in a head and a bearded corolla, 



Var. parvifoliiim n. var.— Much .smoother, with smaller 

 leaves, and but 20 to 35 flowers in a head.— Duefias, Depart 

 Zacatepequez, alt. 5000 ft., April, 1890 {J. D S 2333) 



EUPATORIUM AZUREUM DC. .?— Apparently a form of this 

 species was collected on Vokan de Agua, Depart. Zacatepe- 



heads are but 12 to lt)-flowercd. 



(y./A 5. 2326). in which thc 



Eupatorium lyratum 



n. sp. — A stout apparently low 



branching perennial herb, softly pubescent throughout fthe 

 stem often even hirsute and more or less glandularj : leaves 



alternate, the lower 



ones 



^. , , ^ ^ obovate, lyrately-pinnatif^d and 



pet.oled, 5 to 9 cm. long, 2.5 to 4 cm. wide. gradually be- 

 commg.Iess lyrate, irregularly toothed, sessile and 



even 



auriculatc-claspmg above, the uppermost ones (in the inflo- 

 rescence) merely ovate (acute) and slightly toothed or entire" 

 heads about 6 mm. high, rather few in a very loose irregular 

 eafy panide, with white flowers : involucrai bracts linear- 

 lanceolate to Imear, acuminate, very lax in 3 or more unequal 

 rows (some of them excceding the hcad), the inner ones 



lin 



