252 ROBINSON. 



E. (§ Cylindrocephala) meridense, spec, nov., perenne lierba- 

 ceum vel fruticosum erectum; caule teretiusculo paullulo costato- 

 angulato dense breviterque fulvo-lanato; foliis oppositis lanceolatis 

 utroque attenuato-acuminatis crenulatis vel subintegris 4-6 cm. longis 

 1-1.5 cm. latis basi in petiolum brcAe cuneato-alatum gradatim 

 angustatis supra buUatis scabridis puberulis subtus 3-nerviis con- 

 spicue exserto-venosis et reticulatis in venis venulisque sordido- vel 

 fulvo-tomentosis; corymbis terminalibus compositis valde rotimdatis 

 1 dm. diametro multicapitulatis; capitulis pedicellatis ca. 10-fioris 

 ca. 9 mm. altis ca. 3.5 mm. diametro; involucri cylindrici 4-5-seriatim 

 imbricati squamis ca. 22 regulariter gradatis obscure ciliolatis apice 

 rotundatis vel subtruncatis apicem versus brunnescentibus ; corollis 

 graciliter tubulosis verisimiliter purpurascentibus; achaeniis gracil- 

 Hmis 3.2 mm. longis (vix maturis) in costis cum pilis brevissimis 

 subsphaericis ornatis; pappi setis ca. 30 sordide albidis x'lx scabratis 

 corollam subaequantibus. — E. scabrum Sch. Bip. ex Hieron. in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. xxviii. 569 (1901), not L. f. — Venezuela: at Merida, 

 Moriiz, no. 1365 (type Gr.). 



This species differs from E. scabrum L. f. in having smaller heads, 

 considerably narrower subentire or finely crenulate leaves much more 

 attenuate at each end. The pubescence is also very different, that 

 of the stem being a close matted wool of tawn}' color instead of the 

 long spreading articulated hairs composing the much liarsher and 

 more scattered indument of E. scabrum. 



E. (§ Subimbricata) microdon, spec, nov., fruticosum; ramis 

 teretibus curvatis nodosis griseis laevibus; ranuilis ol)Scure strigilloso- 

 pubcrulis; foliis oppositis petiolatis lanceolato-oblongis longiuscule 

 acuminatis basi acutis in margine subrevoluto remote obscureque 

 cuspidato-dcnticulatis penninerviis (nervis lateralibus ca. 10-jugis 

 prorsus cur\atis) utrinque glaberrimis delicatule prominulenter 

 reticulatis subcoriaceis 9-13 cm. longis 2.5-4.8 cm. latis; petiolis 

 1-1.5 cm. longis; paniculis terminalibus hemisphaericis 6-10 cm. 

 diametro; bracteis parvis anguste oblanceolatis ; capitulis in glomeru- 

 los sphaericos ca, 5-capitulatos dispositis sessilibus ca. 3-floris 8 mm. 

 longis; involucri subcylindrici squamis valde inaequalibus ca. 9, 

 exterioribus lanceolato-ovatis acutiusculis vel obtusis dorse brevis- 

 sime pilosulis brevibus persistentibus, intermediis et interioribus 

 gradatim longioribus minute eroso-ciliolatis aliter glabrescentibus 

 substranu'ncis caducis; corollis graciliter tul)ul()sis 4.8 nun. longis sine 

 faucil)us ullis distinctis, dentibus limbi o\ato-deltoitleis patentibus 

 subacutis; achaeniis atro-olivaceis 2 mm. longis 5-angulatis glaber- 



