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Inust be emphasized that the vahdity of the distinctions made above 

 depends upon the accuracy with which Hieronymus identified Leh- 

 mann's no. 5971 from the region of Popayan with Stiibel's no. 51, 

 the original material of E. turhaccnse from near the mud-volcano of 

 Turbaco. The writer has had no opportunity to have this identifica- 

 tion controlled by a re-examination. 



E. (§ Subimbricata) Steetzii, spec, nov., fruticosum ramosum 

 robustum 2-3 m. altum; ramis teretibus dense cum tomento purpureo- 

 brunneo obtectis, capillis articulatis paten tibus ; foliis oppositis ovato- 

 oblongis acutis vel acuminatis, crenato-serratis basi saepius rotundatis 

 rarius paullo cordatis 7-20 cm. longis 5-12 cm. latis supra cum basibus 

 incrassatis capillorum dense scabratis et cum glandulis subsessilibus 

 interspersis subtus griseo-tomentosis supra basin 3-nervatis; petiolo 

 1.2-3.8 cm. longo crasso dense tomentoso; corymbis densis trichot- 

 omis pluricapitulatis; capitulis ca. 15-18-floris brcA-iter pedicellatis ; 

 involucri campanulati squamis ca. 15 subtriseriatis stramineo-pur- 

 pureis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis vel subattenuatis dorso glabris ; 

 corollis 5 mm. longis gradatim sursum ampliatis glabris albis mar- 

 ginem versus purpurascentibus (Fendler); achaeniis 2.8 mm. longis 

 brunneis cum glandulis sessilibus scabratis; pappi setis ca. 40 strami- 

 neo-albidis barbellatis 5 mm. longis saepius purpureo-tinctis. — E. 

 Vargasianwn Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. liv. 289 (1918), as to char- 

 acter, not DC, also Robinson, 1. c. 339 excl. pi. of Vargas. — Ven- 

 ezuela: in the State of Aragua: near Colonia Tovar, Fendler, no. 

 647 (type, Gr.) ; without exact locality, Cruger (K.). In the Federal 

 District: Caracas, Linden, no. 137 (K.); in forest, Boca de Tigre, 

 Altos de Galipan, Cerros del Avila, alt. 1600 m., Pittier, no. 8302 

 (Gr.); La Cienega, alt. 2280 m., Silla de Caracas, Coastal Range, alt. 

 2000-2640 m., Pittier, no. 8314 (Gr.). Dedicated to the memory of 

 Joachim Steetz (1804-1862), a physician of Hamburg and a discrimi- 

 nating investigator of the Compositae, who by some unpublished notes 

 on a drawing of this plant now in the Gray Herbarium appears to 

 have been the first to recognize its probable novelty. 



E. (§ Eximbricata) stictophyllum, spec, nov., fruticosum usque 

 ad 1 m. altum; caule tereti purpureo-brunneo oppositirameo juven- 

 tate obscure puberulo; foliis oppositis ovato-lanceolatis caudato- 

 acuminatis basin versus rotundatis deinde abrupte subacuminatis 

 serratis firmiuscule membranaceis glabris supra obscure viridibus 

 subtus pallidius viridibus nigro-puncticulatis delicatule reticulates 

 venulosis (venulis non prominulentibus) 6-8 cm. longis 3-4 cm. latis 

 a puncto ca. 5 mm. supra basin 3-nervatis, nervis lateralibus brevi 



