9S4 THE JOUKXAL OF BOTANY 



in vao:inaJii oLlongam connatiE in lateribus plus minus fissam apice 

 sul)trinic.itiini obscure lobulatam longe persistentem. Flores m 

 cvmis anii)lis corvnibosis multifloris clispositi, omnino glabris nitenti- 

 bus, brac/rfs cum bracteolis parvis plus minus concaveis ovatis v. 

 lanccobitis acutis. Cal//.v cum ovario minimus obtuse lobulatus ; 

 enroll le tubus validiusculus basi inflatus insuperampliatus, lobi4 ovati 

 cucullato-concavei intus ])iloso-pubescentes. 



Colombia : Pasto, S450 feet, Triana 1650! 1658 j 

 A sotnewhat isolated species, ai:)parently, distinguished especially 

 bv its complete glal>rousness, ample inflorescences, and short stout 

 4-merous corolla. The leaven are varial)le, both in shape and size, 

 measuring from 4 cm. to 12 cm. in length, and 2 cm. to 5 cm. in breadth ; 

 ^vith rather stout stalk from 4 mm. to 12 mm. long ; the stijmlar 

 sheath is 4-8 mm. deep. The injlorescence brandies from the very 

 base, or arises upon a sliort peduncle, and is as much as 15 cm. across. 

 Cah/x less than a millimetre long ; corolla-twhQ not exceeding 6 or 

 7 mm. in length, the lobes 2 mm. 



Cepliaelis ostreophora, sp. nov. Frutex glaber ramulis novellis 

 com])ress()-striatis tenuiusculis deraum subteretibus. Folia lirme 

 membranacea, lanceolata longe acuminata acuta, basi rotundata, 

 ])etiolo brevissimo ; vense secundaria? utrinque ca. 9 ; stipiilce ])arv5ie 

 l)asi brevissime triangulares insuper in aristis 2 subsetaceis persisten- 

 tibus desinentes. Flores in capitulis cymosis minusculis 7-10-floris, 

 ])edunculo breviusculo gracili minute pubescente dispositi sessiles, 

 braetearum involucro ad basin liberarum circumdatis ; quse hracfece 

 (exteriores saltem) late ovatse cordataj acuminata? acuta^, palmatim e 

 basi venatae, in siccitate in centro brunnea? aliter subazureae. Cah/x 

 minimus inconspicuus cupularis subinteger ; corolla graciliter elon- 

 gata extus glaberrima, limbo angusto patente, involucrum excedens. 



Colombia : Triana ! 



Allied to C. Evea DC, but leadily distinguished by the persistent 

 seta3 of the stipules, the smaller corolla with relativel}" much smaller 

 limb, the more delicate and curiously tinted involucral leaves, etc. 

 The leaven are 7-11 cm, long, by 2-8-8-5 cm. broad, the stalk not 

 exceeding 8 mm. ; stipules with seta? to 8 mm. or longer. Peduncle 

 to 2 cm. long ; hrac/s of involucre zt 1"7 cm. x 1*8 cm. Corolla- 

 tube 1*6 cm. long, limb barely 5 mm. in diameter; sf^/le exserted 

 about 5 mm. 



Cephaelis ps3udaxillaris, sp. nov. Frutex glaber ramulis valde 

 com])resso-sulcatis gracilibus. Folia firme chartacea, elliptico-lan- 

 ceolata utrinque acuta acuminata, supra in siccitate olivaceo-brunnea 

 subfusca subtus ])allidiora, basi in petiolum gracilem brevem leniter 

 angustata ; ven;e secundarife tenerrimae subtus ])rominuhe iitriiupie 

 ca. 1)12; sfipuhe inajuscula? ovato-oblongje vaginantes. Flores in 

 ('a|)itulis aliribus dense congesti parvi, inllorescentije ramulis in 

 anthesi su))pressis demum in fructu ap])arentil)us nee tanien elongatis; 

 capituhe stipulis necnon hracteis ])aiicis membranaceis latis ma jusculis 

 involucri modo involucrat;e sul)inclusie. Calj/x exiguus breviter 

 dentatus : corolla brevis infundilmlaris, ore dense barbata, dentllius 

 triangularilius ltivvil)us deiuum ivllexis acutiusculis onusta. Bacca 



