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3. E. macra Hiem, sp. n. 



A green-glaucous, perennial herb, glabrous or minutely 

 glandular-papillose, much branched at and near the base ; 

 rootstock rather thick or wiry ; lower branches erect or spreading 

 in many directions, short, 2 to 3 in. long, slender, leafy ; upper 

 branches sometimes comparatively elongated, very slender, erect, 

 less leafy, and 6 to 12 in. long; leaves opposite, narrow, linear- 

 subulate, acute or apiculate at the apex, sessile, connate at the 

 base, I to |- in. long, rather fleshy, often not flat but more or 

 less folded laterally; margins entire; stipules obsolete; inflo- 

 rescence terminal and occasionally axillary; heads of flowers 

 subsessile, solitary ; involucre campanulate, somewhat compressed, 

 ■^ in. long, minutely glandular-pulverulent outside ; lobes rather 

 small, ovate, somewhat cut or fringed ; glands 4 or 5, transversely 

 oval, sub-peltate, not cornuate, narrowly bordered, about -^ to 

 -^ in. in the greatest horizontal diameter ; bracteoles narrow, 

 hairy, some at least exceeding or equalling the filaments ; pistil 

 stipitate; stipe glabrous, at length exceeding the involucre, 

 thickening towards the apex ; capsule obtuse, glabrous, \ in. long, 

 nearly as broad, smooth ; seeds about |- in. long, obtusely angular, 

 marked with coarse wrinkles ; styles distinct nearly to the base, 

 bifid. 



HuiLLA. — In poor, sparingly bushy, rather dry pastures, between 

 Lopollo and Nene ; fr. April 1860. A short leafy form. No. 284. 

 In hilly and rather poor bushy places near Lopollo ; fl. and fr. April 

 1860. A very slender, comparatively elongated, and less leafy form. 

 No. 2846. 



It was probably on the living leaves of this plant that the fungus 

 n. 128a, ^cidium WelwUschii Lagerheim, grew at Lopollo in March 

 1860. 



4. E. Serpicula Hiern, sp. n, 



A dwarf, prostrate herb, spreading in all directions, branched 

 from the base, apparently perennial ; root comparatively thick ; 

 stems hirsute with pallid spreading hairs, leafy, 1 to 2 in. long ; 

 leaves opposite, oblong-ovate or ovate, obtuse with a mucro at 

 the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, somewhat fleshy, glabrous 

 or sparingly cUiate near the base, somewhat reddish cartUaginous- 

 revolute and entire on the margin, J^ to |- in. long, j^ to ^ in. 

 broad, shortly petiolate, spreading ; midrib somewhat depressed 

 above ; lateral veins inconspicuous ; stipules reduced to a trans- 

 verse thickening ; inflorescence axillary : heads of flowers solitary, 

 on hirsute peduncles of ^ to ^ in. long; involucre broadly 

 campanulate, nearly glabrous outside, a little hairy inside ; lobes 

 deltoid-ovate, small, ciUate-fringed ; glands 4, transversely oval, 

 about -^ in. in the greatest horizontal diameter, not cornuate, 

 subpeltate, thick and dark purple with a thinner paler coroUif orm 

 broad conspicuous appendage or border on the outer side ; pistil 

 exserted, stipitate, hairy, -^ in. long, Jg- in. broad ; stipe hairy, 

 shortly exserted, curved and often recurving above ; seeds -^ in. 

 long, glabrous, obtusely angular, foveolate-wrinkled. 



