[Vol. 10 



84 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Bolivia: Lake Titicaca, May, 1910, Buchtien 8106 (U. S. Nat. 

 Herb.); vicinity of Oruro, August 18, 1914, Mr. & Mrs. J. N. 

 Rose 18926 (U. S. Nat. Herb.). 



Senecio laciniatus HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 4:175. 1820. 



S. pimpinellij 'olius var. laciniata Hieron. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 



28:634. 1901. 



Ecuador: vicinity of Zaragura, September 28, 1918, Rose 



Pachano & Rose 23143 (U. S. Nat. Herb.). 



Peru: Mathews 87 (Gray Herb.). 



Senecio latiflorus Wedd. Chlor. And. 1:125. 1855-57. 



Colombia: dry, open, rocky places, Paramo de Ruiz, Depart- 

 ment of Tolima, alt. 3700-4200 m., December 10, 17, 1917, Pen- 

 nell 3033 (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb., U. S. Nat. Herb., Mo. Bot 

 Gard. Herb., and Gray Herb.); in moist lands, Ruiz, alt. 3000- 

 3500 m., coll. of 1918, Dawe 7J+9, and 763 (N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb.) ; Triana 98 (Gray Herb.). 



Senecio lophophilus Green m 



Plate 5. 



Fruticulus .5-1 m. altus plus minusve diffusus ubique glabrus; 

 caulibus teretibus striatis brunneis; foliis attends petiolatis lan- 

 ceolatis 3-0 cm. longis 1-2 cm. latis acutis sinuato-dentatis basi 

 cuneatis utrinque glabris luteo-viridibus ; petiolis usque ad 5 mm. 

 longis; inflorescentiis terminalibus dense paniculatis 7 cm. lon- 

 gis 5 cm. latis; capitulis brevi-pedunculatis parvis 6-7 mm. altis 

 discoideis; involucris anguste campanulatis parce calyculatis; 

 bracteis involucri 8 lineari-lanceolatis circiter 



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glabris stramineis; floribus 10-12, corollis 5-6 mm. longis flavi- 

 bus; achaeniis glabris. 



Small shrub, .5-1 m. high, more or less diffuse, glabrous 

 throughout; stems terete, striate, brownish; leaves alternate, 

 petiolate, lanceolate, 3-6 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad, acute, sinuate- 

 dentate, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces, yellow- 

 ish green ; petioles 5 mm. or less in length ; inflorescence a dense 

 terminal panicle, 7 cm. long, 5 cm. broad; heads short-pedun- 

 culate, small, 6-7 mm. high, discoid; involucre narrowly cam- 

 panulate, sparingly calyculate; bracts of the involucre 8, linear- 

 lanceolate, about 5mm. long, acute, glabrous, stramineous; 

 flowers, 10-12, corollas 5-6 mm. long, yellow; achenes glabrous. 



Colombia: open lands on San Lorenzo Ridge, Santa Marta, 

 alt. 2000-2300 m., January 27, 1899, Herbert H. Smith 1988 

 (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb., fragment and photograph in Mo. Bot. 

 Gard. Herb.). 



