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elatum; caule tereti fulvido-tomentello raedulloso; foliis oppositis 

 suborbiculari-ovatis magnis acuminatis crenato-dentatis basi rotun- 

 dato-truncatis vel subcordatis integriusculis 14-16 cm. longis 10-12 cm. 

 latis membranaceis utrinque glabriusculis in nervis venisque fulvo- 

 tomentellis prope basin cum 2 jugis nervorum munitis supra basin pal- 

 matim 3-nervatis; petiolo 3.5-5.5 cm. longo; paniculis amplis termina- 

 libus et lateralibus ovato-pyramidalibus trifidis laxiusculis usque ad 2 

 dm. altis et crassis multicapitulatis; capitulis ca. 20-floris subsessilibus 

 in glomerulos subsphaericos coUectis; in\'olucri campanulati 2 mm. 

 longi squamis ca. 16 ovato-oblongis valde inaequalibus obtusis vel 

 apice rotundatis 3^-costatis ciliatis; receptaculo valde convexo 

 densissime niveo-villoso, pilis 0.6-0.8 mm. longis erectis; corollis 

 graciliter cylindraceis sine faucibus distinctis breviter 5-dentatis 

 3 mm. longis limbum versus paullo hispidulis ut videtur albis; styli 

 ramis longissimis gracillimis filif ormibus ; achaeniis nigris glabris 

 5-costatis deorsum decrescentibus 1.3 mm. longis basi callosis; pappi 

 setis 30-35 albis tenuiter capillaribus. — Colombia: occasional in 

 thickets near water at Las Nubes, near Santa ^larta, alt. 1373 m., 

 15-20 Dec, H. H. Sinith, no. 625 (type Gr.). 



A species with the habit of E. guapulense Klatt, to which it is \ery 

 close in many of its characters. In that species, however, the stem 

 is described as notably tetragonal, the leaves are more distinctly 

 cordate at base and are 3-nerved from the very base instead of being 

 provided with two pairs of pinnately disposed nerves before the 

 palmate divergence of the three principle nerves which occurs no less 

 than 1.5-2 cm. above the actual base of the leaf. If one may judge 

 from description as well as from an excellent photograph of the type 

 of E. guapulense in the Gray Herbarium, the leaves in that species 

 are somewliat tliicker and are co\ered with more copious pubescence. 



E. (§ Eximbricata) flavisetum, spec, nov., fruticosum; caule 

 tereti firme lignoso cum cortice griseo-brunnescente tecto; ramis 

 suberectis flexuosis conspicuiter nodosis; ramulis foliosissimis cum 

 pilis setiformibus patentibus fulvo-flavidulis densissime instructis, 

 foliis oppositis brevissime petiolatis cUipticis subcoriaceis utroque 

 obtusis vel rotundatis crenato-serratis 3-3.5 cm. longis 1.3-2 cm. 

 latis utrinque crebre reticulatis (venulis prominulentibus non sulcatis 

 supra sparse subtus copiose setosis; petiolo 1-3 mm. longo dense 

 setoso; corymbis terminalibus folia subtendentia vix superantibus 

 parvis (2-3 cm. diametro) paucicapitulatis; pedicellis brevibus 

 tomentoso-setosis; capitulis ca. 7 mm. altis et 5 mm. diametro ca. 

 14-floris; involucri campanulati paullo imbricati l-2(-3)-seriati 



