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STEIRACTINIA, A NEW GENUS OF COMPOSITE 155 
margine et medio lateris ae appresse pubescentia basi crus- 
taceo-marginata non alata 3-5 mm. longa 1°5 mm. lata; ariste 
pappi ca. 30 subequales iciecduane caduce vies mm. longe in 
apice achenii elevato subcupuliforme insidente 
CUADOR: bushy branched shrub 2-3 m. ee with greyish 
green foliage ‘and bright yellow flowers, edges of woods, Tunga- 
ragua, alt. 1500-2500 m., December 14th, 1880, Lehmann, 453 
rit. Mus.); western side of Pichincha, alt. 2135 m., Jameson, 
734 (types, Brit. Mus 
ehmann’s plan itis been recorded by Klatt ae Jahrb, vili. 
45 peso) ) as Eaiea Looauedie ahaa m Less. (= a peruviana 
K.) caer. th. i i n. comb. Een eae peruvianum 
. syn. 
Bs. being there first published. laniss , 34, in the British 
2. S. Schlimii, n.sp. Frutex ramosus. Rami teretes dense 
appresse pubescentes + glandulosi demum sms Folia 
ovata x ovato- ete a acuminata basi cuneata obscure ap- 
3°0 cm. lata; pedicelli 1-2-8 cm. longi subappresse pubescentes. 
Discus 9- (fructu) 11-5 mm. altus 9-10 mm. dimetente. Involucri 
3-seriati 6-7 mm. alti squame subequales; extimz oblonge vel 
ad apicem achenii patelliformem pappiferum adnata 3:7 mm. 
longa 1:4 mm. lata; ariste pappi ca. 22 tenues spinulose 
“ 2 mm. longe (due in angulis longiores 3-5 mm. longe) 
uc, 
Conv Santander, alt. 1190 m., Ocana, October, 
1846-1852, ce L. Schbm (aia wm (distr. Linden, 247) (Brit. Mus., wg w). 
