246 ROBINSON. 



5 mm. longis glabris, tubo proprio 2 mm. longo gradatim in fauces 

 3 mm. longas ampliato, dentibus limbi 5 lanceolatis patentibus; 

 achaeniis 3.8-5 mm. longis atrobrunneis in costis cum granulis sparsis 

 scabratis in faciebus glabris; pappi setis ca. 28 roseis 5.5 mm. longis. — 

 Colombia: hillside near Tequendama, alt. 2500-2700 m., PcnncU, 

 no. 2641 (type Gr.). 



E. (§ Eximbricata) hammatocladum Britton & Robinson, 

 spec, nov., fruticosum 2-3 m. altum; ramis teretibus flexuosis foliosis 

 fusco- vel fulvo-tomentellis post foliorum delapsum cum cicatricibus 

 majusculis prominentibus conspicue nodosis; internodiis 1-2 cm. longis; 

 foliis oppositis vel ternis vel quaternis petiolatis obovatis obtusis 

 supra mediam partem repando-dentatis basi integerrimis rotundatis 

 supra laete viridibus minute sparseque punctatis glabriusculis subtus 

 paullo pallidioribus densius punctatis in costa venisque plus minusve 

 fulvo-tomentellis 4-6.5 cm. longis 3-^.5 cm. latis coriaceis penni- 

 veniis; petiolo 1 cm. longo; con-mbis terminalibus compositis planius- 

 culis fulvo-tomentellis; capitulis ca. 7-floris pedicellatis ca. 7 mm. 

 altis; involucri campanulati squamis ca. 9, interioribus subaeciualibus 

 oblongis apice rotundatis ciliolatis 1-3-nerviis, 1-3 extimis brevioribus 

 lanceolatis dorso puberulis; corollis albidis 4 mm. longis sparse 

 papillosis, tubo proprio 1.5 mm. longo gradatim in fauces 2.5 mm. 

 longas paullo ampliato; achaeniis 2.5 mm. longis cum granulis in 

 faciebus sparse asperatis; pappi setis ca. 21 lutescenti-albidis firmius- 

 culi-capillaribus ca. 4 mm. longis. — Jamaica: Peckham AYoods, 

 Upper Clarendon, alt. 762 m., 28 December, 1917, William Harris, 

 no. 12,795 (type Gr., N. Y.). 



An attractive and clear-cut species with bright-green thickish 

 repand-dentate leaves in texture, contour, and toothing recalling 

 those of Ilamamclis. 



E. (§ Eximbricata) hylibates, spec, nov., fruticosum 1.2-2.4 m. 

 altum; caule robusto tereti medulloso fulvo-tomentoso (pilis crispis 

 cum glandulis sessilibus globosis numerosis intermixtis) ; foliis oppo- 

 sitis longe petiolatis oblongo-ovatis acutiusculis vel breviter acumi- 

 natis basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis margine crenato-serratis 

 (crenaturis ca. 1 mm. altis et 4 mm. latis) supra viridibus et in costa 

 et venis principibus paullo fulvido-puberulis subtus multo palli- 

 dioribus et crispe fulvo-pubescentibus penniveniis 1.1-1.8 dm. longis 

 7-12 cm. latis; petiolo robusto fulvo-tomentello subtereti 5 cm. vel 

 ultra longo; corymbo composito trichotomo multicapitulato leviter 

 convexo denso 1.5-2 dm. diametro foliaceo-bracteato; capitulis ca. 

 7 mm. altis ca. 14-floris; involucri squamis ca. 12 lanceolato-linearibus 



