238 ROBINSON. 
apicem costatis, exterioribus gradatim brevioribus et angustioribus.— 
CotomsiA: without precise locality, Humboldt & Bonpland (Par., 
phot. Gr.); also later collected by many others; see p. 321. 
Var. caucense, var. nov., involucri squamis subaequalibus plerisque 
oblanceolatis apicem versus tenuioribus et magis herbaceis vix costatis 
dorsaliter magis pubescentibus; aliter var. typico simillimum.— 
E. ballotaefolium Hieron. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxviii. 575 (1901), not 
exactly of HBK.— Cotompstia: in the upper Cauca Valley, under low 
isolated thickets on savannahs near Anserma Nueva, alt. 1000 m., 
Lehmann, no. 3279 (rypr Gr.); common in scattered bushy places 
on savannahs along the Rio Paez, Lehmann, no. 5675 (U. S.). 
E. CELTIDIFOLIUM Lam., var. hirtellum, var. nov., arborescens 
3-6 m. altum; inflorescentiae ramis et ramulis et pedicellis crispe 
hirtellis, pilis brevibus flexuosis; achaeniis non solum in costis sed 
etiam in faciebus hirtellis; aliter omnino ut apud var. typicum An- 
tillum.— Corompia: Dept. Magdalena, locally common in dry forest 
near Bonda, below alt. 150 m., May, 1852, L. Schlim, no. 909 (K,, 
phot. Gr.). 
In the typical variety, as it grows in Martinique and Dominica, the 
subdivisions of the inflorescence are glabrous and the achenes are 
venues almost exclusively on the ribs and very slightly if at all on the 
aces 
E. (§ Eximbricata) chiriquense, spec. nov., fruticulosum 2.5- 
3 dm. altum; caule,fusco paullo decumbente vel suberecto fastigiatim 
dichotome vel trichotome ramoso; ramis erectis foliosissimis atro- 
purpureis strigillosis infra post foliorum delapsum nudis fuscis nodu- 
losis lignescentibus; internodiis 3-9 mm. longis; foliis oppositis 
. subsessilibus ovatis 1-2.5 cm. longis 6-15 mm. latis acutatis vel 
acuminatis ad apicem verum obtusiusculum crenato-serratis subcoria- 
cels supra viridibus glabris rugulosis subtus vix pallidioribus in nervis 
venisque pubentibus a basi 3-nerviis; petiolo vix 1 mm. longo; 
corymbis ramos terminantibus multicapitulatis densiusculis 3-5(-8) 
cm. diametro convexis; pedicellis filiformibus longiusculis glandulari- 
pubescentibus ; capitulis ca. 26-floris 9 mm. altis 8 mm. diametro; 
involucri campanulati squamis ca. 14 linearibus obtusis subaequalibus 
(1-2 extimis brevioribus exceptis) dorso glandulis minutis stipitatis 
praeditis; corollis ut videtur albis vel forsan roseis 5 mm. longis, tubo 
proprio 17 mm. longo, faucibus campanulatis distincte ampliatis 2.5 
mm. longis, dentibus limbi 5 deltoideis 0.8 mm. longis; achaeniis atro- 
brunneis 2 mm. longis in costis hispidulis; pappi setis ca. 19 capil- 
laribus vix scabratis 3.5 mm. longis roseis.— PANAMA: among rocks, 
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