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pubcrulis, pilis incurvis; (viiiis ca. 4-7-capitulati.s 2-3 cm. (lianu'tro 

 convexis laxiusculis, pedicellis 3-0 mm. longis; capitulis 7 mm. altis 

 ca. 25-floris; involucri glabriusculi cainpamilati squamis straminco- 

 scariosis 3-4-senatis i)lcri.s(jue 2-C()statis (costis e callo C()n.si)icuo 

 basilari oriimtibiis), intcrioribus clliptico-oblongis apice erosis ob- 

 tusis vel rotundatis, exterioribus gradatim brevioribus ovatis ciliatis 

 dorso paullo pubescentibus ; corollis albis 3.5 nun. longis glabris, 

 tubo proprio 1 mm. longo, fancibns vix ampliatis cylindricis 2 mm. 

 longis, limbi dcntibns 5 ovato-deltoidris ()..") nuii. longis; achaeniis 2 

 mm. longis nigrescentibus in costis pallidioribus patenter hispidu- 

 lis. — Colombia: at the foot of the Cordillera Oriental near Neiva, 

 Rvsby & PcnneJl, no. 620 (type Gr., dupl. N. Y.). 



E. (§ Subimbricata) perezioides, spec, now, gracile pcrenne 

 erectum 4-5 dm. altum; caule tereti ad inflorescentiam simplici fusco- 

 tomentoso et glandulari, internodiis inferioribus 2-12 mm. longis, 

 superioribus 2-3 cm. longis; foliis oppositis ovato-ellipticis obtusis 

 cordatis crenato-serratis firmis subcoriaceis supra atroviridibus et 

 cum glandulis sessilibus vel breviter stipitatis conspersis infra multo 

 pallidioribus griseo-tomentosis glandularibus 4-7 cm. longis 2.5-4 cm. 

 latis basi ima penniveniis paullo supra basin tamen 3-nervatis venulis 

 utrinque prominulis reticulatis; petiolis 2-3 mm. longis fusco-tomento- 

 sis; panicula diffusa 12-30-capitata, ramis oppositis divaricatis longis 

 flexuosis subfiliformibus ; pedicellis 1-2.5 cm. longis; capitulis ca. 

 36-floris ca. 8 mm. altis 5 mm. diametro; involucri campanulati 

 3-4-seriati squamis purpureo-brunneis ca. 3-nerviis, exterioribus 

 bre^■ibus late ovatis obtusis, interioribus gradatim longioribus an- 

 gustioribus acutioribus; corollis viridi-albis limbuni versus purpureo- 

 tinctis, tubo proprio gracili 2.3 mm. longo, faucibus campanulatis 

 distincte ampliatis 1.2 mm. longis, limbi dentibus 5 breviter deltoideis 

 patentibus vel recur\ds; styli ramis filiformibus perlongis; achaeniis 

 2 mm. longis rubro-brunneis in costis hispidulis; pappi setis 27-36 

 vix scabratis 3.7 mm. longis. — Colombia: " Buenavista," west of 

 Villavicencio, Dept. Meta, alt. 1000-1200 m., Pennell, no. 1678 

 (type Gr.). 



Not very -closely related to any hitherto described species, and to 

 be readily recognized by its diffuse inflorescence and Pcrezia-like 

 habit. 



E. (§ Eximbricata) rorulentum, spec, nov., fruticosum vel ar- 

 boreum fulvo-tomentellum; ramis teretibus; ligno albo duro, cortice 

 fusco brunneo; ramulis adscendentibus subfastigiatis foliosis fulvo- 

 tomentellis teretibus vel obscure hexagonis; foliis oppositis petiolatis 



