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tomentellis 16-19 cm. longis 6-9 cm. latis; nervis lateralibus principibus 

 (2-jugis) ca. 1 cm. supra basin laminae nervo medio orientibus; petiole 

 3-5 cm. longo granulari-puberulo ; panicula terminali corymbiformi 

 planiuscula usque ad 2 dm. diametro breviter crispeque pubescenti; 

 capitulis numerosissimis breviter pedicellatis ca. 13-floris ca. 9 mm. 

 longis; involucri anguste campanulati squamis ca. 16 lineari-oblongis 

 acutiusculis (obscure 2-costatis) subaequalibus (1-3 extimis brevioribus) 

 dorso granularibus margine eroso-ciliolatis ; corollis ca. 5 mm. longis 

 albis sursum gradatim mediocriter ampliatis; limbi dentibus 5 deltoi- 

 deis; achaeniis griseo-brunneis deorsum decrescentibus 2.5 mm. longis 

 in angulis hispidulis basi conspicue callosis; pappi setis ca. 31 barbellatis 

 corollam fere aequantibus sordide albidis. — Peru: woods near a brook, 

 below Pampa Romas, between Samanco and Caraz, Dept. Ancachs, 

 alt. 2100 m., 29 May, 1903, Wcberhmier, no. 3184 (Berl., phot, and 

 fragm. Gr.). A species of exceptional luxuriance both as to flowers 

 and foliage, somewhat resembling the Boli\-ian E. longipdiolatiim Sch. 

 Bip. ex Rusby, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, iii. no. 3, 52 (1893), which, how- 

 ever, has a more open inflorescence, shorter, relatively broader, and dor- 

 sally more pubescent involucral scales, purple corollas, more or less 

 clearly crenate leaves, etc. E. uber is also close to the Bolivian E. 

 gloeodadum Robinson described above, which, however, has smaller 

 lance-o\ate, regularly feather-Aeined leaves, viscid stems, etc. 



E. (§ Subimbricata) urubambense, spec, nov., herbaceum et per- 

 enne vel fortasse fruticosum (basi ignota) ; caulibus (vel ramis) erectis 

 teretibus purpureis crispe albo-puberulis ; fohis oppositis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis fere a basi ad apicem gradatim angustatis sed apice vero saepissime 

 obtusiusculis basi obtusis vel rotundatis crenatis a puncto supra basin 

 3-nervatis crassiusculo-membranaceis supra obscure Airidibus puberulis 

 leviter rugnlosis subtus griseo-tomentosis 5-6.6 cm. longis 1.8-2.7 cm. 

 latis; petiolo 5-8 mm. longo; corymbis trichotomis foliaceo-bracteatis; 

 inflorescentiis particularibus densis rotundatis 3-6 cm. diametro; 

 capitulis ca. 10-floris ca. 8 mm. altis subsessilibus ; involucri subcylin- 

 drico-campanulati squamis ca. 3-seriatis apice rotundatis, exterioribus 

 brevissimis, intermediis late ellipticis brimneo-stramineis saepissime 

 3-nervatis et 4-costulatis aliquanto marginatis, intimis lineari-oblongis 

 apice paullo eroso-ciliatis ; corollis 4.8 mm. longis graciliter tubulosis 

 supra basin sensim constrictis glabris; achaeniis fuscis 2.6 mm. longis 

 deorsum attenuatis sursum in costis villosis; pappi setis ca. 28 lucidulis 

 flavido-albidis 4.3 mm. longis sublaevibus. — Peru: Urubamba in the 

 Valley of Ymay [?], Pentland (K., phot, and fragm. Gr.). 



E. VALLiNCOLA DC. Prod. V. 168 (1836). Of this species two varieties 



