14 ROBINSON. 



way from Samlia to ("hunchusmayo, among bushes at an altitude of 

 1500-2000 m., 5 June 1902, Dr. A. ]Vcbcrbaucr, no. 1074 (Berl., phot, 

 and fragm. Gr.). 



E. (§ Cylindrocephala) eripsimum, spec, nov., suffruticosum 

 3-5 dm. ahum ramo.sum decumbens; caule tereti et ramis saepissime 

 curvato-adscendentibus foliosis teretibus puberulis; foliis parvulis 

 oppositis lanceolatis vix petiolatis integriuseulis vel utroque obscure 

 1-3 dentatis membranaceis 2.5-3.5 cm. longis (internodiis subaequan- 

 tibus) 5-10 mm. latis a basi cuneata 3-nervatis supra glaberrimis sed 

 saepe minute pustulatis subtus in nervis obscure appresseque puben- 

 tibus; corymbis terminalibus 3-S-capitulatis laxis; capitulis ca. 44- 

 floris; involucri campanulato-cylindrici squamis ca. 3-4-seriatim 

 gradatis, extimis ovato-oblongis, intimis oblongo-linearibus, omnibus 

 caducissimis praeter marginem ciliolatum glaberrimis stramineis 1-4- 

 costulatis lucidulis; receptaculo planiusculo sed apice pedicelli post 

 delapsum squamarum denudato subcylindrico ; corollis lilacinis (post 

 exsiccationem nigrescentibus) graciliter tubulosis vix sursum ampliatis 

 glaberrimis 8.5 mm. longis; dentibus limbi 5 angustis recurvatis; styli 

 ramis longissimis leviter clavellatis rectiusculis patentibus ca. 6 cm. 

 longis; achaeniis gracilibus deorsum paullo decrescentibus adpresse 

 puberulis 4.5 mm. longis; pappi setis ca. 35 albis barbellatis subaequa- 

 libus coroUam subaequantibus. — Peru: in open places among grasses, 

 bromeliads, and cacti, alt. 2200-2500 m., Caraz, Dept. Ancachs, 19 

 May, 1903, Wcbcrbauer, no. 3003 (Berl., phot, and fragm. Gr.). 



A species somewhat resembling E. scrratuloidcs HBK. but with 

 narrower less toothed leaves somewhat hairy beneath, and consider- 

 ably longer florets. Like E. scrratuhides it has somewhat the habit 

 of § Praxelis. The excessively caducous nature of the scales and 

 florets, giving the specimens a dilapidated appearance, has suggested 

 the specific name, which, happily, is not likely to have been hitherto 

 employed. 



E. (§ Eximbricata) flexile, spec, nov., suffruticosum gracile 

 subscandens 2 m. altum; caulibus teretibus flexuosis molliter brevi- 

 terque sordido-tomentellis ; foliis ovatis caudato-acuminatis cordatis 

 a basi 5-7-nerviis tenuibus supra puberulis subtus praecipue in nervis 

 griseo-pubescentibus ca. 6 cm. longis 3 cm. latis plus minusve lateraliter 

 leviter remoteque pauci-dentatis; petiolo gracih flexuoso ca. 1 cm. 

 longo; panicula ampla pyramidata 2-4 dm. alta 1.5-2.5 dm. diametro 

 laxa foliaceo-bracteata; pedicellis filiformibus flexuosis griseo-tomen- 

 tellis; capitulis ca. 20-floris 7 mm. altis 6 mm. diametro; in^'olucri 

 campanulati squamis ca. 16, intimis lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis sed 



