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pallidius viridia subsparse hispido-pilosa pilis patentibus basi 
tuberculatis 3.3-5.5 em. longa 1.5-2.7 em. lata; petioli immargi- 
nati basi non auriculati hispido-pilosi 24 mm. longi. Capitula 
per 4-8 in apicibus ramorum irregulariter paniculata; bracteae 
anguste lanceolatae saepius 8-10 mm. longae; pedicelli ut pedun- 
culus brevis dense sordideque hispido-pilosi 0.8-2 em. longi ad 
apicem saepius parum clavati. Capitula radiata ca. 1.8 em. lata; 
discus 7—(fructu)10 mm. altus 7—(fructu)12 mm. diametro. In- 
volucri 2-seriati parum gradati 5-6 mm. alti phyllaria oblongo- 
lanceolata apice calloso-mucronulato obtusiuscula subherbacea 
nigrescenti-viridia subdense patenterque hispido-pilosa. Radii 
6-8 late elliptici leviter emarginati fertiles ut videtur albidi (?), 
lamina 7.5 mm. longa 4.5 mm. lata, tubo piloso 2 mm. longo; 
corollae disci ca. 40 albidae (?) 4.5 mm. longae, tubulo 1 mm. 
longo supra basin ampliatam contracto piloso, faucibus anguste 
infundibuliformibus 2.5 mm, longis in nervis sparse pilosis, denti- 
bus triangulari-ovatis 1 mm. longis. Paleae acutiusculae supra 
nigrescenti-virides in dorso hispido-pilosae 7 mm. longae. Achenia 
plane compressa nigrescentia in latere sparse strigillosa 4.2 mm. 
longa 1.5 mm. lata angustissime alata, alis ciliolatis basibus 
aristarum 2 inaequalium ca. 2 mm. longarum adnatis. — CoLom- 
BIA: Guadalupe, 3000 m., Nov. 1911, Bros. Apollinaire & Arthur 
60 (TYPE in Gray Herb.). "— To be inserted next to V. sordescens 
dC. 
LIABUM HASTIFOLIUM Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. iii. 43 (1845). — 
To the synonymy of this well-known species may be added Hetero- 
theca deltoidea Klatt ! Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien ix. 358 (1894). 
Fragments of the type of this species (D’Orbigny 466, Yungas, 
“ Peru ’’) are now in the Gray Herbarium and differ in no respect 
from specimens of Liabum hastifolium. 
Liasum hypochlorum Blake, sp. nov. Frutex 2 m. altus infra 
inflorescentiam vix ramosus. Caulis validus juventate fusco- 
brunneus dense glanduloso-adspersus et sparse sublanateque sor- 
dido-pilosus aetate glabratus vel subglabratus olivaceo-brunneus. 
Folia opposita triangulari-ovata breviter acuminata basi latissime 
rotundata et abrupte breviterque in petiolum angustata obscuris- 
sime denticulata (dentibus minutis mucronulatis interdum intra- 
marginalibus!) subchartaceo-membranacea supra viridia glabra 
(costa venisque obscure glandulari-puberulis exceptis) subtus vix 
