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margin, thickish, dark green, sparsely hairy on the veins beneath 
and ciliate, the veins very promin a d Seti sides, posa re. 
ticulate; corymbs dense, 1.5-3 c oad; head ong, 
the involucre 5 mm. long, deep sire pe 4 aolas: acutish 
mm. 
long, d at the apex, dark-purple, sparsely hairy, the 
lobes oval-elliptical, nearly 2 mm. long, light purple with lighter 
margins. 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (1027). 
The same as Spruce’s 5042, etc. although the corollas of the 
latter are smaller. 
Eupatorium conyzoides Vahl, Symb. 3: 96. Espirito Santo, 1891 
(1208). Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.—June, 1892 (1444) 
— Rusby's 1621 and 1624. 
Eupatorium glomeratum DC. Prod. 5: 154.  Mapiri, July-Aug. 
1892 (1514) 
Eupatarium sordescens DC. Prod. 5: 167. Var. BoLivIANUM var. 
nov. Differs from the type in being ferruginous and in the long- 
er black akenes with more tapering base. 
Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1464) . 
EvPATORIUM BANGII sp. n. 
(Praxelis.) Branched from near the base, pid branches appar- 
ently sub-ascending, 3-5 dm. long, the stems green, angled, 
pubescent and slightly harsh, ue upper iter odes dilated at the 
summit; leaves 4-8 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. broad, angularly ovate 
with acute apex, sub-cuneate bat narrowed into a short margined 
petiole and distant coarse short teeth ; above strigose-hispidulous, 
underneath pale and sparsely pilose, 3-nerved and sparsely veiny ; 
peduncles elongated, strongly angled, stout, enlarged at summit, 
regularly campanulate, the scales in 5 or 6 series, imbricated and 
closely appressed, the outer femel shorter, obovate to spatu- 
late, with rounded bright purple tips, conspicuou sly 3-7-nerved ; 
reni iiis slightly convex, Decii hollow; akenes curved, 4 mm. 
long, stout, black, with 5 very strong and sharp white hispid 
angles; pappus single, sub-equal, 5 mm. long, coarse, sharply ser- 
rate, obtuse, dull white; corolla purple, the tube infundibular, 
4.5 mm. long, the lobes .5 mm. long; pe manifest, 
and like the style-branches, little exserted. 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (1133). 
