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17. E. CHAMAEDRiFourM HHK. Upri<>lit shrill); stems virfjjate 

 or trichotomously forked; the brunches curved-asceiunn^, terete, 

 velvety-pubescent; leaves opposite, subsessile or shortly petioled, 

 ovate or oval, obtuse or roundetl at the tip, rounded at base, crenulate, 

 thickish, subcoriaceous, 3-ner\ed, sparingly pubescent above, softly 

 sordid- or dark-pubescent beneath, about 2 cm. long and 1.5 cm. wide; 

 petiole 2-3 mm. long; corymbs terminal, compact, 3-G cm. in diameter; 

 heads 10-12-flowered; involucre campanulate-cylindrical; scales 

 closely appressed, oval to oblong-linear, green, somewhat striate, 

 ciliate, often purplish at the obtuse tip; corollas violet, glabrous; 

 achenes almost black, roughened on the angles, 2 mm. long. — Nov. 

 Gen. et Spec. iv. 113 (1820); Jameson, Syn. PI. Aeq. ii. 81 (1865). — 

 Loja: in the mountains, ace. to Jameson, 1. c. [Peru.] 



18. E. PRUNiFOLiuiM HBK. Small tree, about 4 m. high; branches 

 terete, shallowly ribbed or furrowed, pubescent; leaves opposite, 

 ovate-oblong, scarcely acute at the tip, rounded at base, quite entire 

 or shallowly crenate above the middle, coriaceous, 3-ribbed from some- 

 what above the base, 3-3.6 cm. long, half as wide, dark-green, smooth, 

 and glabrous above, paler, pubescent, and prominently reticulated 

 beneath; petiole 6-8 mm. long; corymbs chiefly terminal (occasion- 

 ally becoming lateral), rounded, about 6 cm. in diameter, dense; 

 pedicels 4-6 mm. long, pubescent; heads about 12-flowered, 1 cm. 

 high; involucre campanulate-subcylindrical, loosely imbricated, 5-6 

 mm. high; scales about 12, oblong to linear, glabrous, purplish at tip, 

 the outer acute, glutinous ; corollas white, with differentiated tube and 

 throat, smooth; achenes about 3 mm. long, black; pappus-bristles 

 dusky, roughened. — Nov. Gen. etSpec. iv. 132, t. 349 (1820); Jameson, 

 Syn. PI. Aeq. ii. 83 (1865). — Pichincha: in the gorge of Tarqui near 

 Quito, alt. 2470 m., Humboldt & Bonyland, no. 3287 (Par., phot, and 

 sk. Gr.). Referred here, as by DeCandolle, to § Sitbimbricata but 

 in involucral character transitional between this group and § Exim- 

 bricata. 



19. E. PSEUDOGLOMERATUM Hieron. (see p. 291). — Pichincha: 

 Andes of Quito, 1855, Couthouy (Gr.); environs of Quito, Jameson, 

 no. 893 (K.). Prov. not indicated: in moist bushy places, alt. 

 2000 m., Sodiro, nos. 6/2 (Berl., fragm. Gr.), 6/4 (Berk, phot. Gr.), 

 and 6/10 (Berk). [Colombia.] 



20. E. PSEUDORiGANOiDES Hieron. Shrub; branches spreading, 

 terete, finely striate, at first pubescent, later glabrate; leaves opposite, 

 ovate, long-acuminate, rounded at base, crenate to subentire, thick- 

 ish, subcoriaceous, above glabrous, lucid, bullate and rugose, beneath 



