F.rPATORIUMS OF VENEZUELA. ."Jio 



bristles; loaves opposite, elliptiral, obtuse or rounded at jjotii viuh, 

 crenate-serrate, coriaceous, 3-3.5 cm. long, 1.3-2 cm. wide, finely 

 reticulated on botb surfaces (the veinlets exserted but not sulcate), 

 sparingly setulose above, more copiously setose chiefly on the midrib 

 and larger veins beneath; petioles 1-3 mm. long; corymbs small, 

 dense, terminal, 2-3 cm. in diameter; peilicels short, stout, shaggy 

 vdth yellowish bristles; involucre campanulate, pubescent; scales 

 about 20, of firm texture, lanceolate, loosely imbricated in about 2 

 series, ciliolate, often darker toward the tip; corollas glabrous, 5.5. 

 mm. long; the proper tube 2 mm. long, the perceptibly enlarged 

 throat campanulate-subcylindrical, 3 mm. long; anthers rounded 

 at base, the apical appendage blunt or retuse; achenes 3.5 mm. long, 

 hispidulous especially on the angles. — "Venezuela, &c." coll. of 

 1842-3, Funckc, no. 520 (K., phot. Gr.). 



31. E. THEAEFOLiuM Benth. (see p. 309). Venezuela: without 

 locality. Linden, no. 464 (Gr.). Trujillo: Paramo de Jabon, alt. 

 3000-3200 m., Jahn, no. 29 (U. S.). 



Sect. IV. Praxelis (Cass.) Benth. (see p. 318). 



32. E. PAUCiFLORUM HBK. (see p. 319). E. urticifolium Bak. in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. pt. 2, 343 (1876), t. 91, not E. urticacfolium L. f.— 

 Merida: near Tovar, alt. 610 m., Fendlcr, no. 1955 (Gr.). 



Sect. V. CoNOCLiNiUM (DC.) Benth. (see p. 320). 



Leaves ovate, 3-nerved, green beneath 34. E. ballotaefolium. 



Leaves narrowly oblong, pinnately many-veined, white beneath. 



35. E. stoechadifolium. 



33. E. BALLOTAEFOLIUM HBK. (see p. 321). E. hallotifolium 

 [HBK.] Ktze. Rev. Gen. i. 337 (1891).— Merida: near Tovar, alt. 

 1067 m., Fendler, no. 653 (Gr.). Federal District: around Caracas, 

 alt. 800-1200 m., PiUier, no. 5869 (N. Y.); La Guaira to Caracas, 

 Kuntze, no. 1244 (N. Y.); Coticita, Cumin & Haman, no. 1065 (Gr.); 

 between La Guaira and Rio Grande, Curran & Haman, no. 1032 (Gr.) ; 

 La Guaira, Robinson & Lyon, ace. to Johnston, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist, xxxiv. 267 (1909). State not clear: Quebreda de Anoisco, 

 Eggcrs, no. 13,108 (U. S.). Margarita Isl.: El Valle, Miller & 

 Johnston, no. 234 (Gr.); San Juan Mountain, alt. 500m., Johnston, no. 

 95 (Gr.). 



34. E. STOECHADIFOLIUM L. f. (see p. 324). Merida: Paramo de 

 Mucuchies, Moritz, no. 1409 (Gr.). 



