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HELIOTROPIUM (EUHELIOTROPIUM) BRIDGEsII sp. n. 
Strigose throughout; primary root woody, nearly I cm. in 
diameter, crown stout, knotty, much branched, stems 1-3 or A dm. 
long, prostrate, very. slender, the internodes mostly nearly twice 
as long as the leaf with petiole; petiole nearly half the length of 
the blade, the latter 7-10 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, oval-obovate 
with acute base and rounded minutely pointed apex; inflorescence 
terminal, dichotomous ; calyx-lobes very unequal, narrowly oblong, 
foliaceous, blunt, about equalling the corolla-tube, which is nearly 
as broad as long and densely bearded at the base; corolla-lobes un- 
dulately plicate, very broad; anthers very small, linear-oblong, 
obtuse, less than half the length of corolla-tube; style a little 
longer than the ovary, nearly as broad, ovoid-conical, blunt, 
annulus small ; nutlets 4, distinct, slightly shorter than the smaller 
(inner) calyx-lobes. | 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (950). 
Also collected by Bridges. 
-HELIOTROPIUM (EUHELIOTROPIUM) ABBREVIATUM Sp. n. 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (924). 
HELIOTROPIUM (ORTHOSTACHYS) ANDINUM sp. n. 
. Root strong and woody; stems several, prostrate or ascending, 
hirsute, leafy, the leaves mostly more than twice the length of the 
internodes; petioles 2-3 mm. long, blade about 2 cm. long, 5-6 
m. broad, oblong, base subacute, apex acute and apiculate, stri- 
gose both sides, especially beneath; cymes terminal, dichotomous, 
the one-sided racemes about three in number, when through flow- 
