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scarcely half the length of the scales, the corolla short-cam- 
panulate, half as broad as long, slightly shorter than the stout 
pappus, the lobes oblong, elongated; akene obovoid. 
Yungas, 1890 (639 a).—Matthew, Peru, 1737, and Lechler 
2315, fide Britton. 
Solidago polyglossa, D. C. Prod. v. 332. Yungas, 1890 (449 
Aster marginatns, var. acaulis (Wedd.), Sch. Bip. Bull. бос: Bot. 
Fr. xii. 81. (Aster acaulis Wedd. Chlor. And. i. 189, t. 33, 
Fig. a). Songo, Nov. 1890 (916).=Rusby 1718. 
Aster Гаши (Gaud.), Н. & A. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 49 (??). Vic. 
Cochabamba, 1891 (941).=Rusby 2720. І have named this 
specimen in accordance with Dr. Britton's determination of 
mine, but it will require farther study. 
Erigeron Bonariense, L. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 1211. Yungas, 1890 (234). 
=Rusby 1664 and 1665. 
Erigeron Canadense, L., Sp. Pl. 863 (?). Vic. La Paz, 10,000 ft., 
1889 (124)=Rusby 1666. The several plants occurring in 
various parts of South America which have been referred to 
this species require study. This one appears nearly identical 
with specimens in the Columbia College Herbarium labelled 
E. spiculosum, Н. & A. Distributed as Conyza. 
Erigeron ану ES (H. B. K.), Sch. Bip. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xii. 
81. c. La Paz, 10,000 ft., 1890 (149).— Rusby 2713. 
Exo Pass, Sch. Bip. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xii. 80. 
y 
somewhat flexuous; leaves numerous, strongly ascending, 3-6 
cm. long, 1.5-3 mm. wide, linear, narrowed to the clasping base, 
жей I—nerved, grayish-green, scabrous; elongated erect 
branchlets bearing I to several linear-subulate bracts and ter- 
minating in solitary heads, which are about 1 cm. long and 15 
mm. broad, the involucre broadly hemispherical, its scales 
loosely imbricate, about 7 mm. long, linear subulate, grayish 
pubescent; receptacle 6 mm. broad, nearly flat, papillose; 
akene 2.5 mm. long, oblong, compressed, the edges sub-alate, 
light grayish brown, uses pappus scant, serrulate, slightly 
exceeding the involuc 
Vic. La Paz, 10,000 А. ide (14 and 67). = Rusby 1662 and 
1663. 
ERIGERON BRITTONIANUM, sp. п. Root stout, woody, vertical, the 
stems several, short, thick, woody, densely crowded, 3-5 cm. 
high; leaves rosulate, densely crowded, 6-12 mm. long, 1-2 mm. 
