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1:2-1'7 cm. longa 9-14 mm. lata in petiolos hispido- sven ciliatos 
anguste marginatos 3-6 mm. longos angustata. Capitula (1-3 per 
caulem) in pedunculis nudis sree et terminalibus 1-9-3 cm. 
longis insidentia. sige: hesi) 5°5 mm. altus 2°5 mm, crassus 
(fructu) 8 mm. altus (acheniis fae mm, lstns. Involucri 
biseriati squamze aretiore 4 aces Saher oblongo-spathu- 
te obtusiuscule hispidix gto 55 i . longe 1:3 mm. late; 
crustaceo- ned tikes a in faciebus te l1-nervia nigrescentia apice 
truncata breviter biaristata 4-5 mm. longa 2 mm. lata, aristis 
retrorsim spinulosis 0°6 mm. longie ea intima disci lineari-fusi- 
formia obcompressa striata a aed brevirostrata (rostro pallide 
flavescente) non sehr a 58 m onga, aristis 2 retrorsim 
aa nulosis 1:8 mm. longis; ea interes disci she eet paullo latiora 
revius rostrata % ma hc nata. Antherse i parum sagittate. 
li rami sursum parum papilloso- hirtelli- appendice lineari- 
a papilloso- gee preediti. 
San NG Maniel de Ocua, mountain ek ied 
alt. 300 1 m., October, “1910, Tiirckheim, 3639 (type, Brit. Mus. 
Distributed as H. diversifolium H. B. K.,a South American species, 
differing widely in habit and leaf form 
Heterosperma spathulatum ‘hewn erectum ramo 
ad 1:3 dm. altum, ramis ho apatalcbes vel adscendentibus pe 
multo o longio ribus (usque ad 2-6 dm. longis). Caulis subquadran- 
gulatus striatus tenuis bifariam pilosus. Folia glabra opposita 
inferiora figura “deltoiden 8-12 mm. are re 8-16 mm. lata fae ad 
lobat 
cilinti basi Barta peRTR iati gag ange stissime sig 
Capitula numerosa axillaria et terminalia in pedunculis nudis 
striatis ~ hispidulis 2-4°5 cm. longis. Discus (thes 5mm. 
altus . crassus (fructu) 6-5-7 mm. altus 7-10 mm. crassus. 
PN AY biisstiads squame sha sess 4 herbacez anguste oblongze 
obtusiuscule 3-nervie sparse ciliate 4mm. longe 1 mm. late 
interiores ca. 5 membranaceze oblonae glabre flavide lineatee 
obtusiuscule 5 mm. longe 2°2 mm. late. Radii 5 oblongo-ovales 
apice eee eee Play ted vel bidentatis) flavi glabri, lamina 
2:2 mm. longa . lata tubum paullo superante. Corolle 
disci uve ue a6 61 mm. longe Saco 1:5 mm. longo in fauces 
tracto). Pales oblong acutiuscule flavescentes glabre lineate 
i cee 5mm. | 1 
interiore 1-nervi 
longa 3°5 mm. a pee ea disci “similia tor om 5 “p mm, ini 
