292 ROBINSON. 



fragrant; achenes from nearly smooth to finely and upwardly ciliolate 

 on the ribs and (microscopically) glandular-punctate on the faces. — 

 Nov. Gen. et Spec. iv. 109 (1820); Hieron. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxii. 

 765 (1897), where synonymy is considerably extended. E. molle 

 HBK. 1. c. E. pallescens, var. hirsuhim DC. Prod. v. 154 (1836); 

 Bak. in Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. pt. 2, 325 (1876), as hirsuta. E. cinereum 

 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 359 (1861). E. decemflorum Klatt in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. viii. 34 (1887), not DC. E. inuHfoHum Heering, Mem. 

 Soc. neuchat. Sci. Nat. v. 419 (1913). 



Tolima: near Mariquita, alt. 850 ni., Hiimholdt & Bonpland (Par., phot. 

 Gr.). 



Cauca: in light tliickets about Inza, alt. 1200-2000 m., Lehmann, no. 2185, 

 (Gr.) ; in open woods near Popayan, alt. 2500-3000 m., Lehmann, no. 897 (Gr., 

 U. S.), being the number wliich by clerical or typographical error was cited 

 by Klatt, 1. c, as 98. 



Cundinamarca: slopes of Montserrate above Bogotd, alt. 2900 m., Mayor, 

 no. 70, ace. to Heering, 1. c. 



Magdalena: common on campo, Jiracasaca near Santa Marta, alt. 762 m., 

 H. H. Smith, no. 326 (Gr., U. S.); clearing, edge of forest, alt. 1370 m., H. H. 

 Smith, no. 624 (Gr.). 



Cordillera Occidental: in clayey soil, Langlasse, no. 53 (Gr.). 



[Southern Antilles to Venezuela and Argentina.] 



A characteristic species of wide range and easily recognized when 

 taken in a broad and natural sense, but varying considerably in the 

 amount and persistence of the pubescence, in the density of the 

 inflorescence, and in the dentation of the leaves. The following forms 

 are often, but not always, distinguishable: 



Forma typicum. Leaves densely and permanently canescent- 

 tomentose beneath, the reticulation of the veins being so covered as 

 to be obscure or in\'isiblc. (Synonym}^ and exsiccatae as above.) 



Forma suaveolens (HBK.) Hieron. Leaves somewhat harsher, 

 above more bullate, beneath at least in age thinly tomentose or merely 

 soft-pubescent, the reticulated veins clearly evident. — Hieron. in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 11 (1900), xxviii. 572 (1901). E. sumcolens 

 HBK. Nov. Gen. et Spec. iv. 109 (1820). 



Tolima: in temperate regions of the mountains near Santa .Vna, Mariquita, 

 and Ibagu6, alt. 730-1280 m., Humboldt & Bonpland (Par., phot. Gr.) ; clear- 

 ing, in loam, Libano, alt. 1100-1400 m., Pennell, no. 3236 (Gr.). 



Huila: Eastern Cordillera near Neiva, Rusbij tt Pennell, no. 498 (N. Y.), 

 "fls. yellow"; nos. 497 (N. Y.) and 1055 (N. Y.), "fls. white." 



Cauca; in woods of the plateau near Popayan, alt. 1500-2000 m., Lehmann, 



