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and somewhat scarious, all morc or lcss pubescent (the inner 

 ones chiefly so at thc tips), the outer ones oftcn vcry much so 

 (evcn hirsute) and more or less glandular : heads many- 

 flowered, with a flat receptacle, and very long and slendcr 



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corolla-tubcs with very minute lobes (if any) : achenes pubes- 

 cent, with scanty but long and conspicuous, very minutely 

 barbed soft white pappus.— Laguna Amatitlan, Depart. Ama- 

 titlan. alt. 3900 ft., March, 1890 (y. D. S, 2393). A specics ^ 

 remarkable in its lcaf charactcrs and vcry long and slcnder 

 corolla tube. 



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Eupatoriuiii Rafaeleuse n. .sp. — A small shrub, glabrous 



or minutely pubescent : leaves opposite, rather long petioled, 

 ovate to lance-ovatc, acute or acuminate, from crenate-serrate 

 .to minutely so or even cntirc» 3 to 7.5 cm. long, 2,5 to 3.5 

 cm. widc (but the numcrous spccimcns show only the leaves 

 of thc branc;hlcts) : heads 9 to 18 mm. high, in loosc or rathcr 

 compact cymose clustcrs. tcrminating opposite- divergent 

 branchlcts, thc clustcrs bccoming more compacted into a 

 thyrsoid infloresccncc abovc : in\'olucraI bracts lincar-oblong, 

 oftcn purplish, acute or obtuse, in abfuit 3 unequal lax rows, 

 about half as long as thc hcad, striatc-ncrvcd below, more or 

 less pubcsccnt and glandular (especially thc outcr oncs), all 

 witl) ciliatc mar<rins : hcads 35 to ^o-flowcred, with a flattish 

 or slightl}- convex reccptaclc and glabrous corolla : achenes 

 scabrous-puberulcnt on thc ribs, with conspicuous and bar- 

 bellate white pappus. — San Rafael, Depart. Zacatepequez, 

 alt. 0500 feet. April, 1890 {J. D. S. 2331); Guatemala, Depart. 

 Guatemala, alt. 5000 fect. Fcb. , 1S90 (J. D. S. 2368). 



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KurA roRlKM I^OPUIJFOI.IIJM HHK. — This .species seems 

 to bc very variable in thc size of its leaves and flower clusters. 

 Spccimcns from Laguna Amatitlan (J. D. S, 2400) are reed- 

 like in habit, becoming 18 fcet high, with lcaves a foot or 

 more long, compact thyrsoid panicles over a foot long and 

 broad, and unifwmly 11-flowered heads. Specimens from 

 Cuyuta. Dcpart. Escuintla (J. D. S. 2399), are 12 fcet high, 

 with leaves not half as large, flowcr clustcrs only 5 or G inches 

 iong and 3 or 4 broad, and uniformly 9-flowered heads. 



EUFATORIUM T^^EKUKllEiMll Klatt, — Spccimcns from Fan- 

 samahi {JDirckhcim 1342) show broadcr leaves than the type, 

 Thcy are ovate and long-acuminate, oftcn nearly 2 inches 



broad. 



