262 ROBIXSON. 



pedunculatis ca. 10-capitulatis; capitulis ca. 100-floris 12-13 mm. 

 altis; involucri campanulati squamis 22-25 subaequalibis lanceolato- 

 oblongis basin versus 2-4-costatis (extimis 1-3 brevioribiis) dorso 

 pubescentibus et cum glandulis paucis sessilibus instructis margine 

 erosis et glandulari-ciliatis; receptaculo valde convexo fere hemi- 

 sphaerico glabro; corollis 6.3 mm. longis; tubo proprio 2.6 mm. longo 

 gracillimo; faucibus 3.7 mm. longis campanulato-ampliatis; limbi 

 dentibus 5 lanceolato-deltoideis acutis dorso villosis; achaeniis 2.7 mm. 

 longis 5-costato-angulatis brunneis in costis sursum hispidulis in 

 faciebus glabris basi callosis ad apicem cum disco par\o coronatis; 

 pappi setis 20-25 albidis 5.5 mm. longis paullulo firmiusculis apicem 

 versus sensim incrassatis scabridulis. — Colombia : on the Sierra 

 Nevada, alt. 2745-3050 m., Prov. of Rio Hacha, Dept. ^Nlagdalena, 

 1852, L. Schlim, no. 1812 (type K., phot. Gr.). 



This noteworthy species clearly belongs to the § Campyloclinium 

 ha\ing the large heads and exceedingly convex receptacle of the group, 

 but otherwise possessing many marked differences from previously 

 described species. It was one of many plants obtained for horticul- 

 tural purposes by J. Linden from northern South America in the 50's, 

 but it has been impossible to find any horticultural records of the 

 plant, which presumably failed to succeed in cultivation. The only 

 field notes to be derived from the label are that the plant was shrubby 

 and had roseate flowers. Whether the color was derived from the 

 corollas or a composite impression of corollas and suffused involucral 

 scales cannot now be told. 



Fleischmannia repens, spec, nov., herbacea repens; caulibus 

 pluribus teretibus a rhizomate horizontali curvato-adscendentibus 

 1.5-4 dm. longis usque ad inflorascentiam foliosis longiuscule sordi- 

 deque pilosis, pilis patentibus moniliformibus; foliis oppositis lanceo- 

 latis petiolatis 7-9 cm. longis 1.2-1.9 cm. latis argute serratis apice 

 attenuato-acuminatis basi integerrimis anguste cuneatis supra basin 

 3-nervatis utrinque laxe in ncr\is venisque pilosis subtus paullo 

 pallidioril)Us; corymbis terminalibus compositis planiusculis multi- 

 capitulatis puberulis; pedicellisgracillimis; bracteis lineari-filiformibus 

 minimis; capitulis parvis vix 5 mm. altis ca. 4 mm. diametro 17-floris; 

 involucri campanulati squamis ca. 11 lineari-lanceolatis vel anguste 

 oblongis acutiusculis ciliolatis 2-3-costato-n('rvatis una vel duabus 

 extimis brevioribus caeteris subaequalibus ca. 3 mm. longis; corollis 

 2.8 mm. longis ut videtur albis vel pallide roscis glabris, tubo proprio 

 gracillimo 1.5 mm. longo, faucibus abrupte canij)anulato-dilatatis, 

 dentibus limbi 5 ovato-dcltoideis acutiusculis patentilnis; styli ramis 

 filil'oniiiljus; antheris brcvibus apice cum appendice oblongo-ovata 



