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riniis, tubo proprio 3 inin. longo scnsiin in I'uuccs 2.") nun. l(jnj;us 

 ampliato, dentibus limbi 5 ovato-lanceolatis patentibus 0.7 mm. 

 lonps; achaeniis stramineo-olivaceis 2.S mm. longis Incidulis dcorsum 

 decrescentibus angulis praesertim apicom versus sparse hispidulis, 

 faciebus nigro-punctatis ; pappi setis ca. 40 stramineo-albidis 5.5 mm. 

 longis vix scabratis. — Colombia: Lobb (type K., phot. Gr.). 



A species obviously related to E. lamiifolium HBK, of middle 

 altitudes on the Ecuadorian Andes, which, ho\ve\'er, has consideral)ly 

 smaller heads with more numerous and very unecjual involucral scales 

 of much smaller size. Its leaves are, furthermore, rugose above 

 and very shallowly cordate instead of being penetrated by a deep 

 narrow sinus as in the species here described. Unfortunately the 

 specimen is accompanied by no data in regard to the precise locality, 

 habitat, habit, or flower-color. 



E. (§ Eximbricata) droserolepis, spec, nov., herbaceum vel 

 paullo lignescens subglabrum exsiccatione fuscescens; caule subtereti 

 gracili leviter costato-angulato superne oppositirameo primo pur- 

 pureo-fusco maturitate griseo-brunneo ; foliis oppositis graciliter 

 petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis caudato-acuminatis basi rotundatis vel 

 subcordatis grosse serratis vel undulato-dentatis utrinque glabris 

 viridibus obscuris opacis subtus paullo pallidioribus nigro-punctatis 

 5-7 cm. longis 2-4 cm. latis a basi vel vix supra basin 3(-5)-nerviis 

 apicem versus saepe falcatis; petiolo 4-12 mm. longo; bracteis 

 foliaceis gradatim reductis lanceolatis petiolatis, supremis linearibus 

 minutis sessilibus; panicula ampla 1-3 dm. alta et crassa laxe 

 ramosa; pedicellis filiformibus sub lente obscure puberulis 5-25 mm. 

 longis; capitulis ca. 11-floris 8 mm. altis; involucri squamis ca. 10 

 lineari-oblongis laxe imbricatis obtusis 1-costatis subcarinatis ad 

 5 mm. longis margine sub lente obscure eroso-fimbriatis dorso cum 

 glandulis lucidis globosis sessilibus dense obsitis, extimis paucis 

 brevioribus; corollis 3.5 mm. longis sursum a media parte gradatim 

 ampliatis, dentibus limbi brevissimis recurvatis; styli ramis longis 

 filiformibus recurvatis fuscis apice brevissime incrassatis; achaeniis 

 3 mm. longis primo sursum in angulis hispidulis sed maturitate gla- 

 bratis non glanduliferis nigrescentibus ; pappi setis ca. 37 sordidis 

 inaequalibus basi subconnatis sursum scabratis. — Porto Rico : 

 summit of Monte Torrecilla, alt. 1100 m., 19-20 March, 1915, N. L. 

 Britton, J. F. Coicell, & S. Brown, no. 5608 (type N. Y., phot. Gr.); 

 Utuado, 8 November, 1913, F. L. Stevens & IV. E. Hess, no. 4575 

 (N. Y., phot. Gr.). 



E. (§ Hebeclinium) erioclinium, spec, nov., ut videtur herbaceum 



