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squamis lanceolatis dorso pubescent il)us; corollis verisimiliter jjiir- 

 purascentibus glabris 5 mm. longis; tiibo proprio 2 mm. longo leviter 

 gradatimque in fauces 3 mm. longas amplialo; antlieris apice cum 

 appendice brevi obtusa vel retusa munitis; acluieniis 3.5 mm. hmgis 

 deorsum decrescentibus in faciebus et praesertim in angulis hispidulis; 

 pappi setis ca. 31 inaequalibus picrisque ca. 5 mm. longis paullulo 

 rigidiusculis flavidulo-albidis. — " Venezuela &c.," coll. of 1842-3, 

 Funckc, no. 520 (type K., phot. Gr.). 



E. (§ Eximbricata) glischrum, spec, nov., fruticosum ramosum; 

 ramis teretibus oppositis flexuosis nodosis atrogriseis ; ramulis pap- 

 pilloso-scabridulis atropurpureis; foliis oppositis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 breviter petiolatis obtusis leviter cuspidatis basi cuneatis integerrimis 

 trinerviis (nervis lateralibus anastomosantibus) utrinque glaln-is et 

 vernicosis 2-3.5 cm. longis 5-10 mm. latis, levissimc reticulatis subtus 

 pauUo pallidioribus, petiolis 2-6 mm. longis; inflorescentiis dense 

 cymosis 2-3 cm. diametro terminalibus vernicoso-viscosis oppositi- 

 rameis; capitulis 4-6-floris sessilibus vel brevissime pedicillatis 1 cm. 

 altis; involucri subcylindrici squamis ca. 7 subaequalibus anguste 

 oblongis obtusis 4.8 mm. longis apicem versus eroso-ciliolatis dorsaliter 

 con\'exis 2-3-striato-nervatis marginibus valde involutis; corollis 

 purpurascentibus glabris 5.5 mm. longis, tubo proprio ca. 1.5-2 mm. 

 longo in fauces cylindricas ca. 4 mm. longas leviter expanso, dentibus 

 limbi 5 ovato-triangularibus; styli ramis vix clavellatis; achaeniis 

 5-angularibus stramineo-olivaceis deorsum decrescentibus 3 mm. 

 longis in faciebus et praesertim in costis hirtellis; pappi setis 27-34 

 substramineo-albidis et saepissime purpureo-tinctis valde inaequalibus 

 sursum scabridulis. — Mexico: on summit of Sierra de Parras, Coa- 

 huila, October, 1910, alt. 2745-3050 m., Dr. C. A. Purpus, no. 4655 

 (type Gr., authenticated duplicate Calif.). 



E. (§ Eximbricata) glyptophlebium, spec, nov., fruticosum; 

 ramis teretibus flexuosis striatulis f ul vo-tomentellis ; internodiis 5-7 

 cm. longis; foliis oppositis petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis grosse 

 crenato- vel serrato-dentatis basi (quarta parte longitudinis) integer- 

 rimis paullulo angustatis imam ad basin rotundatis vel subcuneatis 1.5 

 dm. longis 5 cm. latis coriaceis penniveniis utrinque viridibus et reti- 

 culatis in costa venisque principibus pilosulis aliter glabris, venulis 

 subtus (sub lente) sulcatis; petiolo 1.5 cm. longo; corymbis termina- 

 libus compositis usque ad 12-14 cm. diametro convexis multicapi- 

 tulatis fulvo-tomentellis; capitulis pedicellatis ca. 14-floris 10-11 mm. 

 altis; involucri subcylindrici 5 mm. alti squamis 10-12 anguste ob- 

 longis subaequalibus molliter pilosis ; corollis ut vifletur albis vel roseis 



