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Forma apodum, i'ornia nov., capitiilis pk-risque .sessilihus in gloin- 

 erulos 2-4-capitulat()S dispositis; pedicellis paucissimis usque ad 2.8 

 mm. longis ovolutis. — Samo locality, habitat, and altitude, Lchmann, 

 n. 343S (type Gr.). 



Var. trineurolepis, var. nov., ut dicitur herbaceum 6 dm. altum 

 habitu, infiorescentia, pubescentia, etc. vere in partibus omnibus 

 in\()luero excepto ut apud var. ti/picum sed differt involucri squamis 

 distincte 3-nerviis paullo maj:;is oblongis obtusis vel apice rotundatis 

 extus apicem versus tomentellis. — Colombia: Papagayeros, Dept. 

 El Valle, in clayey soil, alt. 800 m., 3 Nov. 1899, E. Laiiglasse, no. 9 

 (type Gr.). The differences in the scales, which in the typical \ariety 

 are as to the intermediate ones lance-linear, acutish, and 1 -nerved, 

 while here they are oblong-linear, obtusish, more copiously pubescent, 

 and 3-nerved, are striking and might possibly justify separate specific 

 rank. However, the plants appear to be otherwise identical through- 

 out, and some slight variation has been observed in -the scales of the 

 typical variety of which several collections are now at hand, some of 

 the intermediate scales being occasionally 3-nerved. It is therefore 

 probable that a more extended series will bridge the gap between the 

 two varieties. It may be remarked that, although Klatt, following a 

 manuscript note of Lehmann, described his plant as a shrub reaching 

 3 m. in height and Langlasse notes his plant as an herb GO cm. in 

 height, the specimens themselves (showing in each case about 2.5- 

 3 dm. of stem) exhibit no significant difference in the degree of lignes- 

 cence, which if any distinction can be made is more pronounced in 

 Langlasse's plant. 



E. (§ Subimbricata) tovarense, spec, nov., herbaceum et perenne 

 vel fortasse fruticosum (basi ignota); caulibus vel ramis teretibus 

 gracilibus virgatis 2 mm. diametro sordide puberulis; foliis oppositis 

 petiolatis lanceolato-oblongis attenuato-acuminatis basi cuneatis 

 penniveniis 7-11 cm. longis 2.8-3.3 cm. latis primo aspectu integris 

 sed remote obscureque cuspidato-denticulatis membranaceis utrinque 

 viridibus supra glabris subtus puncticulatis atomiferis in costa venisque 

 puberulis; venis utroque ca. 6 prorsus curvatis et inter sese anasto- 

 mosantibus; petiolo ca. 1 cm. longo; paniculis terminalibus opposi- 

 tirameis foliaceo-bracteatis 1-3 dm. longis 1-2 dm. diametro, ramis 

 di\aricatis basin versus nudis; ramulis brevibus etiam divaricatis; 

 pedicellis plerisque 1-3 mm. longis; capitulis ca. 13-floris ca. 6 mm. 

 altis 3.5 mm. diametro; involucri campanulati squamis ca. 21 strami- 

 neo-scariosis apice rotundatis regulariter 3-4-seriatim gradatis dorso 

 praecipue apicem versus puberulis, extimis ovatis brevissimis, ceteris 



