EUPATOUIl'MS OF ECrADOH. 



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k. Leaves ovate, aeute at base; petiule 1.4-l.S cm. 



lon^ 35. E. viscosum. 



a. Loaves ineinl)ranaoeous /. 



/. Leaves sessile; i)edieels eoi)iously glanchilar 3ti. E. gland uliferNiii. 



1. Leaves petioled (shortly so in E. (iracilc, v. e{>il()hi()i(lcs, 

 which, however, does not have {i;landiilar ])edicels) ?h. 

 //(. Heads subracemosely disi)osed in a i)yraniidal jianicle 



37. E. soJiddginoides. 

 t>}. Heads corymbose or in flattish cymes 7i. 

 n. Leaves ovatc-suborbicnlar o. 



0. ypreadin^-villous; teeth of leaves about 14 on each 



side; heads 40-45-flowered 38. E. pichinchense. 



0. Puberulent; teeth of leaves 6-9 on each side ; heads 



25-30-flo\vered 39. E. Sodiroi. 



n. Leaves deltoid-ovate to ovate-lanceolate p. 



p. Petiole short, one-tenth to one-fifth as long as the 

 blade; inflorescence sparingly pubescent, the hairs 

 slender, attenuate, articulated, curved-ascending or 



subappressed 40. E. gracilc, v. cpilobioides. 



,p. Petiole relatively longer, one-fourth to two-thirds as 

 long as the blade; inflorescences puberulent with 

 stipitate glands q. 

 q. Heads 16-19-fiowered; stems glabrous to the in- 

 florescence 4L E. cuencamim. 



q. Heads 25-40-flowered ; stem puberulent much 

 below the inflorescence r. 



r. Heads about 7 mm. high 42. E. glechonophyllum. 



r. Heads slightly larger, about 9 mm. high; 



leaves lanceolate to deltoid-ovate 43. E. azangaroense. 



28. E. PSEUDOCHiLCA Benth. Shrub, smooth but viscid, 9-15 

 dm. high; branches round, very leafy; internodes mostly 1.5-2 cm. 

 long; leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, petiolate, 6-7 cm. long, 3-4 cm. 

 ^^^de, scarcely acute, rather finely serrate except at the entire and 

 rounded base, firm in texture, glabrous and reticulated on both sur- 

 faces, lucid above, dull beneath; petiole about 1 cm. long; corymb 

 dense, rounded, S cm. in diameter, many-headed, slightly puberulent, 

 or beset with sessile glands; heads 5-6-flowered, about 7 mm. long; 

 involucral scales few, subequal, 3-4 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, dark- 

 purple toward the tip, beset with sessile glands; corollas 5.5 mm. long; 

 proper tube 1.5 mm. long, beset with a few sessile glands; throat 

 about 4 mm. long, glabrous; achenes (immature) 1.5 mm. long, his- 

 pidulous toward the summit especially on the angles; pappus-bristles 

 about 30, unequal, yellowish-white, slightly stiffish, somewhat rough- 

 ened, the longest about 4 mm. in length. — PI. Hartw. 198 (1845); 

 Jameson, Syn. PI. Aeq. ii. 85 (1865); Hieron. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 xxix. 7 (1900), excl. syn. E. prunifolium Klatt, which is a much smaller- 

 leaved plant apparently not distinguishable from E. cotacachcnse 

 Hieron. — Pichincha: Rumibamba (thus on original label but incor- 



