540 EOBINSON. 



laxe fastigiata 1.5 dm. diametro convexa vel subpyramidali multi- 

 capitulata, ramis ramulisque adscendentibus fusco-puberulis, bracteis 

 inferioribus foliaceis, bracteolis multo reductis lanceolato-subulatis 

 plus minusve connatis sordide tomentosis ca. 3-4 mm. longis; pedi- 

 cellis 4-5 mm. longis gracilibus rectis; capituHs discoideis 1.3 cm. 

 altis ca. 9 mm. diametro ca. 8-floris; involucri turbinato-campanulati 

 4-seriati squamis oblongis apice rotundatis dorso striatulis purpureo- 

 viridibus vix puberulis margine obscure ciliatis extimis brevibus sub- 

 oibiculari-ovatis; corollis laete flavis 8 mm. longis glabris, tubo 

 proprio gracili in fauces gradatim ampliato, dentibus limbi 5 lanceolatis 

 recurvatis; achaeniis glabris crassiusculis; pappi setis albidis obscure 

 barbellatis ca. 6 mm. longis (paucis extimis ter brevioribus).^ — Guate- 

 mala: San Lucas Toliman, Solola, 2 February, 1915, alt. 1665 m., 

 Prof. E. W. D. Holway, no. 179 (type, in Gray Herb.). A species 

 near L. glabrum Hemsl., but readily distinguished by its somewhat 

 lobed leaves and puberulent inflorescence. 



