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STEIRACTINIA, A NEW GENUS OF COMPOSITE 155 
margine et medio lateris a td eam pubescentia basi crus- 
taceo- —— non alata . longa mm. lata; ariste 
pappi ca. 30 subsquales ec a nang caduce = 2°5 mm. long in 
apice achenii elevato subcupuliforme insident 
cUADOR: bushy branched shrub 2-3 m. ae with greyish 
green oniage 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 plant has been recorded by Klatt (Engl. Jahrb. viii. 
45 oe as ips Leontophthalmum Less. (= Calea peruviana 
(H. B. K.) gaa in herb., n. — Meet tophthalmum peruvianum 
H. B. K Silke iv. 296, t. 409 (1820) ), with which it has 
no oad yelationship. the e name there ms a8 sage 
Kewensis ascribed to Lessing was never pene the 
Synopsis Generum Compositarum (p. 241 (1 339) ) Lessing pens 
refers the genus Leontophthalmum ee to Calea as a subgenus, 
and cites eile ee) peruvianum Kunth z its single 
5 ies. The name Calea Le <ontaphthatmen first appears in 
the 
Museum from Triana’s herbarium, eT leat, appears to 
be iontieal ae Calea peruviana (ex ch 
Rami teretes dense 
ia 
ovata vel ovato-lanceolata acuminata basi cuneata obscure ap- 
presso-sorrlatn distincte 3-nervia supra viridia peere = tuberculato- 
strigosa subtus pallidiora subdense submolliterque pilosula + 
glandulari-adspersa ad 6 cm. longa 3° 3c m. lata. Petioli immargi- 
nati dense appresse pubescentes 4°5-9 mm. longi. Capitula satis 
numerosa in apicibus ramorum ramulorumque ternate disposita 
3'5 em. lata ; pedicelli "L-2: 8 cm. longi subappresse pubescentes. 
Discus 9- (fructu) 11:5 mm. altus 9-10 mm. dimetente. volucri 
3-seriati 6-7 mm. alti squamz subsequales; extime oblonge vel 
oblongo-ovatz subobtuse appresse pubescentes et glandulosx 
supra herbacex basi subsiccatz apice subungulate ; medi similes 
latiores; in spurns tenuiores submembranacew dorso minutissime 
i ad a 
ad apicem irae patelliformem one adnata 3-7 mm. 
longa 14 mm. lata; ariste pappi ca. 22 tenues spinulosz 
ad 2 mm. longs ise, cm ge longiores 3°5 mm. longe) 
se oa 
t. Santander, alt. 1190 m., Ocana, October, 
1846-1908, as ‘ Bake (distr. Linden, 247) (Brit. Mus., ae 
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