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bustis alte scandens pubescens ; caulibus teretibus striatis flexuosis pur- 

 purascentibus internodiis ad 1.8 dm. longis; foliis oppositis petiolatis 

 ovato-deltoldeis acuminatis 5-6.5 cm. longis 4-4.8 cm. latis crenato- 

 serratis basi subtruncatis merabranaceis a basi trinerviis utrinque 

 viridibus supra appresse puberulis subtus praecipue in nervis venisque 

 laxe pubescentibus, petiolo 2-3.5 cm. longo; paniculis terminalibus 

 oppositirameis foliaceo-bracteatis, ramis late patentibus; capitulis 

 15-20-floris in capitibus terminalibus convexis vel subglobosis laxe 

 glomeratis, pedicellis 2-4 mm. longis filiformibus pubescentibus; 

 involucri subcylindrici basi turbinato-campanulati 6-7 mm. alti 

 squamis ca. 3-seriatis valde inaequalibus viridibus plus minusve pur- 

 purascentibus striatis dorso pubescentibus, extimis brevibus ovatis 

 acuminatis, intermediis oblongis acutis, intimis lineari-oblongis apice 

 obtusis; corollis albis vel roseis glabris 5-nerviis (nervis a basi ad sinum 

 inter dentes percurrentibus) anguste tubulatis sine faucibus distinctis 

 4 mm. longis, limbi dentibus 5 deltoideis 0.3 mm. longis; achaeniis 

 atrobrunneis 1.7 mm. longis in angulis et inter eos sursum hispidulis; 

 pappi setis ca. 25 albis tenuibus quam corolla paullo brevioribus. — - 

 Guatemala: Climbing over shrubs, Solola, alt. 2135 m., 28 January, 

 1915, Prof. E. W. D. Holway, no. 144 (type, in Gray Herb.); Volcan 

 de Agua, Antigua, alt. 2135 m., 13 January, 1915 (in bud), Holway, 

 no. 83 (Gray Herb.). A species somewhat resembling E. pycno- 

 cephalum Less., but much larger, the involucral bracts more pubescent, 

 the outer narrower and more acute. 



Var. glandulipes, var. no v., pedicellis et involucri squamis glandulo- 

 so-puberulis; flosculis roseis; achaeniis subglabris faciebus lucidis 

 costis solis paullo sursum hispidulis.^ Guatemala : Totonicapam, alt. 

 2440 m., 24 January, 1915, Prof. E. W. D. Holway, no. 106 (type, in 

 Gray Herb.). 



Eupatorium rhexioides, spec, nov., laxe caespitosum glabriuscu- 

 lum stragulum 1 m. diametro formans; caulibus elongatis apicem 

 versus ramosissimis flexuosis angulato-striatis; internodiis inferioribus 

 elongatis ad 1.5 dm. longitudine superioribus multo brevioribus vix 1 

 cm. longis; ramis valde flexuosis plerisque alternis in inflorescentias 

 racemosas terminantibus ; foliis parvis deflexis ovato-lanceolatis vel 

 lanceolato-ellipticis, inferioribus oppositis, ramealibus plerisque alternis 

 ca. 2 cm. longis 6-9 mm. latis crassiusculis utrinque glabris subtus 

 paullo pallidioribus 3-nerviis puncticulatis integris vel utroque latere 

 obtuse 2-3-dentatis acutiusculis margine plus minusve revolutis basi 

 cuneatis, petiolo 1-3 mm. longo; racemis plus minusve compositis 

 bracteatis; bracteis inferioribus foliis similibus superioribus gradatim 



