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spatio furcatis vel aliquando pro nervo uno latere nervis duabus 

 proximis substitutis; petiolo puberulo parce murieulato; eorymbis 

 terminalibus compositis planiusculis foliaceo-bracteatis, particularibus 

 densiiisculis fastigiatim ramosis convexis; capitulis ca. 24-floris 1 cm. 

 longis; pedicello filiformi 6-10 mm. longo braeteolato; involucri 

 campanulati squamis ca. 24 anguste lanceolato-linearibus inaequalibus 

 sed vix imbricatis acutis purpureo-viridibus extus granulari-pulveru- 

 lentis; corollis 7.8 mm. longis roseis glabris vix sursum ampliatis; 

 achaeniis (immaturis) 3 mm. longis cum glandulis subsessilibus 

 instructis; pappi setis ca. 27 albis scabridis corollam subaequantibus. 

 — Peru: in bushy places about Cuyocuyo, Prov. Sandia, Dept. 

 Puno, alt. 3100 m., Dr. A. Wcherhauer, no. 860 (Berl., phot, and 

 fragm. Gr.). 



E. (§ Subimbricata) tarapotense, spec, nov., verisimiliterfrutico- 

 sum oppositirameum ; caulibus sul)teretibus purpureis crispe fulvo- 

 puberulis (pilis articulatis), internodiis 4-6 cm. longis; foliis oppositis 

 ovato-ellipticis petiolatis acuminatis basi rotundatis remote serratis 

 (dentibus ca. 1 mm. altis ca. 1 cm. inter se distantibus) penniveniis 

 (venis principibus ca. 5-jugis) coriaceis supra atroviridibus nitidis in 

 nervo venisque depressis puberulis subtus pallidioribus tomentellis et 

 atomiferis 4-8 cm. longis 1.5-4 cm. latis; petiolo ca. 1 cm. longo fulvo- 

 puberulo; cymis paucicapitulatis ramos ramulosque terminantibus 

 conjunctim paniculam laxiusculam foliaceo-bracteatam formantibus; 

 pedicellis 1-3 mm. longis ; capitulis ca. 37-floris ca. 1 cm. altis ; involucri 

 campanulati squamis ca. 18 gradatis acutiusculis, extimis late ovatis 

 5-7-costulatis fusco-brunneis dorso pubescentibus, intermediis ovatis 

 3-5-costulatis substramineis, intimis lineari-oblongis acutis stramineis 

 ciliolatis dorso plus minusve puberulis ; corollis glabris ca. 6 mm. longis, 

 tubo proprio gracili ca. 4 mm. longo, faucibus pauUo sed distincte 

 ampliatis 1.5 mm. altis, dentibus 5 detoideis 0.5 mm. longis extus granu- 

 latis; achaeniis graciliter prismaticis fusco-brunneis 2.3 mm. longis; 

 pappi setis inaequalibus corolla distincte brevioribus. — Peru: in the 

 mountains along the river Mayo, near Tarapoto, Dept. Loreto, July- 

 Aug., 1850, Spnice, no. 4014 (Gr.). In habit similar to E. Lobbii 

 Klatt, but readily distinguished by its much thicker, pinnately veined 

 leaves, which are shining above. 



E, (§ Eximbricata) uber, spec, nov., fruticosum 4 m. altum; ramis 

 oppositis robustis griseo-brunneis foliosis granuloso-puberulis medullo- 

 sis ; foliis oppositis magnis petiolatis deltoideo-ovatis acuminatis integris 

 vel obsolete undulato-denticulatis basi abrupte subcuneatis supra 

 glabris \'iridibus (venulis reticulars depressis) subtus sordide puberulo- 



