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iinpresso subtus proininulo, ncrvulis lutcraHhns pinnatis obscurissimis 

 ca. 5-jugis; capitulis ca. 10-floris in corynibuin laxuin vakle con- 

 vexuin 1-1.5 dm. dianietro dispositis jiracilitor pedicillatis; V)racteis 

 lineari-subulatis; involucri subcylindrici squamis ca. 9, interioribus 

 linearibus oblanccolatis uninerviis oiliolatis alitor glabris ut \idetur 

 purpureis acutis subaequalibus, extiinis 2-3 multo brcvioribus ovatis 

 acutiusculis medio plus minusve incrassatis; flosculis valde ex- 

 sertis; corollis glaberrimis gracilitcr tubulosis 7 mm. longis deorsum 

 decrescentibus sine faucibus distinotis, limbi dentibus ovato-del- 

 toideis suberectis; achaeniis gracilibus 4 mm. longis 5-angulatis basi 

 attenuatis in costis basin et apicem versus paullulo patenter hispi- 

 dulis; pappi setis ca. 48 albidis capillaribus vix scabratis corollam 

 subaequantibus; styli ramis filiformibus. — Colombia: Dept. Antio- 

 quia, alt. 2292-2350 m., in light shade of forest, 25 July, 1880, Kal- 

 hrcyer, no. 1445 (type K.). 



This species, communicated to the Kew Herbarium by Messrs. 

 Veitch, Nov. 1880, is said to have glossy foliage and dark purplish- 

 violet handsome flowers. It seems promising for horticulture, but 

 appears never to have received a name or scientific description. In 

 its thick coriaceous foliage and the somewhat calyculate nature of the 

 involucre it shows similarity to the Mexican E. araliaefolium Lessing, 

 which, however, has lance-oblong acuminate leaves, more numerously 

 flowered heads, and achenes hispid on the angles from the summit 

 to the base. 



E. (§ Eximbricata) sciatraphes, spec, nov., fruticosum prinio 

 aspectu laevissimum sed inflorescentia puberulum (pilis minutis 

 attenuatis curvatis articulatis purpurascentibus) ; caule subtereti 

 costulato juventate purpureo-brunneo maturitate griseo; internodiis 

 2-5 cm. longis; foliis oppositis petiolatis ovatis acuminatis apicem 

 versus integris saepe falcatis lateraliter grosse crenatis (crenaturis ca. 

 2 mm. altis ca. 8 mm. latis) basi obtusis vel rotundatis subcoriaceis 

 vel chartaceis supra in costa pauUo puberulis aliter glaberrimis lucid- 

 ulis viridibus subtus glaberrimis paullo pallidioribus 7-9 cm. longis 

 3-4 cm. latis supra basin 3-nervatis; nervis inter se a venis trans- 

 versis connexis; corj-mbo terminali amplo leviter convexo laxiuscule 

 ramoso ca. 18 cm. diametro basi foliaceo-bracteato supra bracteolis 

 minimis integris spatulatis instructo; pedicellis rectis subfastigiatis 

 apice plerisque capitula 2 vel 3 sessilia gerentibus; capitulis 8-13-floris 

 ca. 6.5 mm. altis; involucri turbinato-campanulati squamis 10-12 

 lanceolatis vix imbricatis modice inaequalibus subacutis dorso paullo 

 granulatis; corollis subcylindricis 2.5 mm. longis sensim dilatatis in 



