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oblongis (supremis lanceolatis) acuminatis basi levissime cordatis 

 mucronato-serratis (serraturis vix 1 mm. altis 6-8 mm. latis) tenuibus 

 a basi 3-o-nerviis (nervis inter sese a venis transversis connexis) 

 10-12 cm. longis 3-4.5 cm. latis; petiolo brevi gracile viscidulo-to- 

 mentello -4-6 mm. longo; panicula oppositiramea laxa ovoidea basi 

 vel saepe ad mediam partem foliaceo-bracteata; pedicellis filiformibus 

 glabris saepe cum bracteolis squamiformibus solitariis instructis 

 8-15 mm. longis; capitulis ca. 52-floris 7 mm. altis 9 mm. diametro; 

 involucri late campanulati squamis ca. 30 (1-3 extimis bre^■io^ibus 

 exceptis) subaequalibus linearibus acutissimis glabris obscure 1-3- 

 nervatis; corollis 3 mm. longis albis vix sursum gradatim ampliatis 

 glabris ; antheris apice cum appendice ovata integra munitis ; achaeniis 

 (immaturis) ca. 2 mm. longis ut videtur glabris; pappi setis ca. 28 

 tenuibus albis sublaevibus. — Peru: in woods near the tambo Isilluma 

 between Sandia and Chunchusnago, alt. 1000 m., 23 June, 1902, 

 Weberbaucr, no. 1206 (Berl., phot, and fragm. Gr.). 



In habit and foliage recalling the Brazilian E. laeve DC. but readily 

 distinguished by its much looser inflorescence, puberulent petioles, 

 leaA'cs ner\-ed from the \er\ base, more numerous florets, etc. 



E. (§ Eximbricata) lobatum, spec, nov., herbaceum perenne 

 pluricaule decumbens 1-4 dm. altum; caulibus teretibus viridibus 

 vel fuscescentibus flexuosis simplicibus vel oppositirameis foliosis, 

 internodiis 1-2 cm. longis; foliis oppositis graciliter petiolatis in 

 axillis saepe proliferis, laminis ovatis 1-2 cm. longis fere aequilatis 

 profunditer crenato-lobatis vel inferioribus etiam subpinnatim 3- 

 foliolatis utrinque viridibus et pilosulis subtus vix pallidioribus, lobis 

 5-9 integris vel crenato-lobatis apice obtusissimis vel rotundatis, 

 petiolo 5-15 mm. longo ; capitulis mediocritibus solitariis et terminalibus 

 vel in corymbis par^•is paucicapituliferis erectis vel saepius nutantibus, 

 pedicellis 3-10 mm.l ongis gracilibus tomentellis; involucro campanu- 

 lato 8-11 mm. diametro multiflosculoso, squamis 1-2-seriatim imbri- 

 catis subaequalibus oblanceolati-oblongis subherbaceis acutis vel 

 obtusis viridibus vel apice scarioso-purpurascentibus 6-8 mm. longis; 

 corollis verisimiliter albis externe granulosis 4-5 mm. longis, tubo 

 proprio gracili faucibus cylindricis breviori, dentibus limbi brevis- 

 simis suberectis; achaeniis gracilibus griseo-brunneis fere ab apice 

 ad basin gradatim angustatis basi substipitatis in costis pulcherrime 

 ciliolatis; pappi setis albis tenuissimis fragilibus 3-4 mm. longis. — 

 E. scopulorum Sch. Bip. Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xii. 82 (1S65) & 

 Linnaea, xxxiv. 535 (1865-6); Rusby, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. iv. 378 

 (1907); not Wedd. — Bolivia: on chffs in the subalpine region, near 



