26 KOBINSON. 



basin pauUo constrictis aliter subcylindricis, usque ad mediam partem 

 et in limbo extus atomiferis; achaeniis 2 mm. longis brunneo-fuscis 

 deorsum decrescentibus in faciebus et in costis cum glandulis globosis 

 sessilibus conspersis ; pappi setis ca. 35 inaequalibus patenter barbel- 

 latis. — Ecuador: vicinity of Nabon, Prov. of Azuay, Sept. 25, 

 26, 1918, Dr. J. N. Rose, A. Pachano, & George Rose, no. 22,978 (Gr., 

 U. .S., N. Y.). 



A well-marked species, in its habit and small ovate-lanceolate leaves 

 recalling several species of Vaccinium. From E. vaccine ae folium 

 Benth. of Colombia it differs in having longer internodes, membran- 

 aceous leaves, broader, blunter, and much more pubescent involucral 

 scales, and more numerous florets. From E. umbrosum Benth. it 

 differs in having considerably smaller ovate-lanceolate rather than 

 elliptical leaves, which are fewer-toothed, and also in having a more 

 imbricated involucre. 



E. (§ Hebeclinium) phoenicticum, spec, nov., herbaceum ut 

 videtur erectum oppositirameum; caulibus ramisque teretibus dense 

 lanato-tomentosis; indumento primo pulchriter purpureo deinde 

 brunneo vel griseo; internodiis 1-1.5 dm. longis; foliis majusculis 

 oppositis ovatis vel (superioribus) lanceolatis acuminatis basi breviter 

 cuneatis margine leviter obtuseque serratis penniveniis (venis laterali- 

 bus principibus utroque 3-4) supra scaberrimis dense papilloso- 

 pubentibus subtus molliter fulvo-lanuginosis 7-14 cm. longis 3.5- 

 7.5 cm. latis; petiolo 1-3.4 cm. longo tomentoso; corymbis terminali- 

 bus di- vel trichotomis densis; ramis curvato-adscendentibus ; capi- 

 tulis numerosis congestis sessilibus 5-6 mm. longis ca. 13-floris: 

 involucri o\'oideo-subcylindrici squamis ca. 25, 3-5-seriatis regulariter 

 gradatis ovatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis obscure ciliolatis aliter glabris 

 1-3-nerviis purpureo-tinctis ; receptaculo planiusculo vel leviter 

 convexo longe piloso; corollis roseis graciliter tubulosis vix sursum 

 ampliatis 4 mm. longis glabris; styli ramis filiformibus flexuoso- 

 recurvatis; achaeniis glabris 1.7 mm. longis (vix maturis); pappi 

 setis ca. 36 laevibus vel vix barbellatis apicem versus paullulo in- 

 crassatis plerisque corollam subaequantibus albidis. — Colombia: 

 herb in field, alt. 2200-2600 m., Murillo, Dept. Tolima, 18 Dec, 

 1917, Dr. F. W. Pennell, no. 3159 (N. Y., Gr.). 



This species in habit and inflorescence rather closely resembles 

 E.fuliginosiua HBK., but dift'ers from it in the serrate (not mucronate- 

 denticulate) leaves, which have fewer lateral veins; also in having its 

 involucral scales (which are purple rather than fuscous) glabrous 

 except for an obscure ciliation. It is also related to E. sericevm HBK., 



