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ad 4 m. ahum glabruni; ramis curvatis subteretibus foliosis post 

 exsiccationem pauUo costulatis; internodiis 1-2 cm. longis; foliis 

 oppositis lanceolatis falcatis acuminatis basi acutis serratis (dentibus 

 0.6 mm. altis 2-3 mm. latis) firmiusculis supra minute atomiferis 

 planis (sine reticulatione prominulente venarum) subtus pauUo 

 pallidioribus supra basin 3-nerviis demum penniveniis 7-9 cm. longis 

 1.8-2.1 cm. latis; petiolo glabro ca. 2 cm. longo; corymbis termi- 

 nalibus sessilibus compositis convexis 1 dm. vel ultra diametro, 

 ramulis pedicellisque arachnoideo-puberulis ; capitulis nuraerosis ca. 

 7-floris 6 mm. (valde immaturis) longis 3.5 mm. diametro; involucri 

 anguste campanulati squamis ca. 13 ovato-oblongis acutiusculis 

 striatulis purpurascenti-stramineis arachnoideis ciliatis; coroUis 

 graciliter tubulosis conspicue 5-nervatis granulatis; dentibus limbi 

 5 lanceolato-oblongis ; achaeniis (valde immaturis) deorsum de- 

 crescentibus granulatis; pappi setis ca. 23. — Peru: open woods by a 

 brook, Comin, Prov. Huari, Dept. Ancachs, alt. 3600-3700 m., 18 

 Apr., 1903, Wcherhaiier, no. 2918a (Berl., phot, and fragm. Gr.). 

 This species, though pretty clearly undescribed, is represented only 

 by fragmentary and immature material. 



Near E. cocJocauJc, described above, but with much smaller and 

 relatively narrower and duller leaves, arachnoid-ciliate involucral scales, 

 etc. 



E. (§ Subimbricata) endytum, spec, nov., fruticosum 1-2 m. 

 altum breviter ferrugineo-velutinum ; caulibus teretibus fistulosis 

 usque in paniculam foliosis; internodiis 5-8 cm. longis; foliis oppositis 

 oblongo-ovatis acutis serrulatis (dentibus ca. 0.7 mm. altis 2-3 mm. 

 latis) basi rotundatis utrinque tomentellis subtus distincte palli- 

 dioribus penniveniis 8-12 cm. longis 3.6-6 cm. latis pauUo firmiasculis 

 vix membranaceis; petiolo subtereti 1.5-2 cm. longo; panicula 

 ovoidea oppositiramea ca. 1.5-1.8 dm. alta et diametro apice rotun- 

 data; ramis inflorescentiae late patentibus infra nudis solum apicem 

 versus capituliferis; capitulis ca. 37-floris 7 mm. longis 7 mm. diame- 

 tro; involucri campanulati squamis ca. 21 acutiusculis 2-3-seriatim 

 imbricatis sed vix gradatis exterioribus ovato-oblongis persistentibus 

 dorso brunneo-tomentellis nervis obscurissimis, squamis interioribus 

 angustioribus parce pubentibus mox deciduis; corollis sordide albis 

 3.5 mm. longis sursum gradatim ampliatis glabris; styli ramis fili- 

 formibus rectiusculis laevibus vix clavellatis; antheris apice cum 

 appendice tenui ovata instructis; achaeniis immaturis 1.5 mm. 

 longis glabris; pappi setis ca. 20 corollam subaequantibus pauUo 

 scabratis. — Peru: between Sandia and the tambo Azalava, on the 



