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ish, above dark green, below pale and minutely — piece dotted, the 
midrib rather prominent on both sides, veins obscure both sides, 
the primary about 8-10 irregular pairs; fige es I-I.5 
long, 1.5-2 dm. broad, loose, the branches nearly divaricate, the 
lower branches subtended by foliage leaves, the branchlets by 
small and delicate subulate bracts ; — dies 4 divergent, on 
es 2—6 mm. long ; he eac s 4-5 m long, 5-6 mm. broad, 
wny ; involucr ical to broader, aa thirds 
eds length of the head, the scales few, in two series, broadly 
ovate, obtuse, the middle green, the margins white and fimbriate ; 
receptacle conico-hemispherical, brown, strongly foveolate; sterile 
flowers only seen; akene (in flower) very small, pappus sparse, 
I-serialled, white, the apex slightly recurved, not thickened ; 
corolla tube brown, 1 mm. long, the limb campanulate, 1.5 
mm. long, yellowish, the lance-ovate lobes nearly 1 mm. long ; 
anthers truncate or slightly emarginate at the base, with small tri- 
npe epica appendages ; ek oum erect, broadly triangular, 
the a of style recurved-exserted. 
Manir, July-Aug, 1892 REN Very near P. drachaelnoides, 
but differs in the maculate leaves, of different form and nervation. 
FACELIS CAPILLARIS sp. n. 
A tomentose annual; stems 4-6 cm. high, ded slender, red- 
dish; leaves opposite, sessile, .5—1.5 cm. long, a id 
when flattened out, linear or a little broader RR acute, strong- 
ly revolute, the margins and midrib of a deeper green; heads ax- 
illary and terminal, only 2 or 3 mm. broad, the involucre lance- 
ovoid, the scales few, unequal, the longest about 5 mm. long, ovate, 
acutish or obtuse, the very hyaline margins as broad as the green 
middle portion; flowers Apparent all fertile, about 5; akenes 
ge, 
very slightly plumose, 4 mm. long; corolla 2 mm. long, very slen- 
derly cylindrical, white, with brown contracted apex. 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (1144). A satisfactory dissection is 
difficult owing to the mass of mucilage which is developed. 
GNAPHALIUM VERSATILE Sp. n. 
oot vertical, stout, woody; stems numerous, tufted, erect or 
ascending, slender, simple, 2-4 dm. high; indumentum fine, close, 
white, uniform throughout; leaves numerous, erect, mostly secund, 
sessile, 5-10 mm. long, 1—2 mm. broad, subulate, thickish; inflor- 
escence capitate, globular or broader, 2—3 cm. broad, dense ; heads 
5 mm. long, somewhat broader, the pappus about equalling the 
campanulate involucre ; scales uniformly whitish to light-brown, - 
except the lower third which bears a bright green central stripe, 
