THOPICAT. AMLKKAX ElPATOHl KAK. -(')1 



oppositis plerisque S-o-cupituhiti.s; pcclici'llis hitcralilnis lalo pattnti- 

 bus subfiliforinibus canesccnti-tomentellis; capitulis campanulato- 

 cylindricis ca. 45-floris 7 mm. altis 4 mm. diainotro; involucri squamis 

 ca. 50 albis iiniiuTviis ca. 5-seriatim imhricatis apice cum aj^pcmlicc 

 subulata herbacea patente vel dcflcxa ca. 0.7 mm. longa munitis; 

 corollis 3 mm. longis purpurascentibus, tubo proprio 1.7 mm. longo 

 sparse papillose sursum in fauces 1 mm. longas paullo ampliato denti- 

 bus limbi 5 anguste ovatis 0.3 mm. longis; achaeniis 2.8 mm. longis 

 gracilibus 5-costatis faciebus nigris glabris lucidulis, costis stramineis 

 eroso-serratulis; pappi setis ca. 28 albis breviter hispidulo-scabratis 

 3 mm. longis. — Colombia: occasional in thickets and dry forests 

 below 915 m., fl. May-Dec, near Santa Marta, expedition of 1898-'99, 

 H. H. Smith, no. 505 (type Gr.). 



A species readily distinguished by its caudate involucral scales. 



E. (§ Cylindrocephala) xestolepis, spec, nov., ut videtur frutico- 

 sum (basi ignota); caulibus teretibus 3-4 mm. diametro lanatis 

 maturitate glabrescentibus fuscescentibus medullosis; ramis divari- 

 catis curvatis sordide lanato-villosissimis ; foliis oppositis petiolatis 

 ovatis acute acuminatis basi cordatis crenato-serratis 3-5 cm. longis 

 2-3 cm. latis supra bullatis puberulis subtus griseo-tomentosis promi- 

 nenter reticulatis a basi 3(-7)-nerviis; nervis a venis transversis 

 connexis; corymbis laxiusculis paucicapitulatis ; pedicellis patentibus 

 saepe curvatis gracilibus pubescentibus 2-12 mm. longis; capitulis ca. 

 9 mm. altis 6 mm. diametro ca. 28-floris; involucri campanulato- 

 subcylindrici squamis ca. 27 rigidiusculis pallidis eburneis lucidis 

 l(-3)-nerviis vel -striatis 4-5-seriatis regulariter gradatis caducis, 

 extimis ovatis acutis, intermediis oblongis obtusis, intimis linearibus; 

 summa parte axis post delapsum squamorum breviter cylindrica 

 pedicello paullulo crassiore; corollis 4 mm. longis glabris; tubo 

 proprio gracile 2.7 mm. longo; faucibus campanulatis 1.3 mm. altis; 

 dentibus limbi brevibus recurvatis; pappi setis ca. 26 albidis 3.5 mm. 

 longis apicem versus paullulo clavellatis stramineis hispidulo-scabratis; 

 achaeniis nigris gracilibus 4-5-angulatis in angulis sursum minute 

 scabratis apice cum nectario late bre^'iterque cj'lindrico coronatis. — 

 Venezuela: near Tovar, State of INIerida, Fendler, no. 638 (type 

 Gr.) ; Caracas, Birschel (Gr.) ; on the old road from Caracas to La 

 Guaira, alt. 1100-1700 m., Plttlcr, no. 5SS0 (U. S., N. Y.). 



E. (§ Campyloclinium) zinniifolium, spec, nov., fruticosum 

 densissime fusco-tomentosum pilis glandulosis; foliis oppositis arete 

 sessilibus 5-7-nerviis elliptico-lanceolatis 7 cm. longis 3.5 cm. latis 

 serratis (dentibus 0.5-1 mm. altis 3^ mm. latis) apice angustatis 

 obtusiusculis utrinque sordido-tomentellis; corymbis terminalibus vix 



