252 : _ ROBINSON. 
E. (§ Cylindrocephala) meridense, spec. nov., perenne herba-. 
ceum vel fruticosum erectum; caule teretiusculo paullulo costato- 
angulato dense breviterque fulvo-lanato; foliis oppositis lanceolatis 
utroque attenuato-acuminatis crenulatis vel subintegris 4-6 cm. longis 
1-1.5 em. latis basi in petiolum breve cuneato-alatum gradatim 
angustatis supra bullatis scabridis puberulis subtus 3-nervils con- 
spicue exserto-venosis et reticulatis in venis venulisque sordido- vel 
fulvo-tomentosis; corymbis terminalibus compositis valde rotundatis 
1 dm. diametro multicapitulatis; capitulis pedicellatis ca. 10-floris 
ca. 9 mm. altis ca. 3.5 mm. diametro; involucri cylindrici 4-5-seriatim — 
imbricati squamis ca. 22 regulariter gradatis obscure ciliolatis apice 
rotundatis vel subtruncatis apicem versus brunnescentibus; corollis 
graciliter tubulosis verisimiliter purpurascentibus; achaeniis gracil- 
imis 3.2 mm. longis (vix maturis) in costis cum pilis brevissimis 
subsphaericis ornatis; pappi setis ca. 30 sordide albidis vix scabratis 
~ corollam subaequantibus.— FE. scabrum Sch. Bip. ex Hieron. in Engl. 
Bot. Jahrb. xxviii. 569 (1901), not L. f— Venezveza: at Mérida, 
Moritz, no. 1365 (typE Gr.). 
This species differs from E. scabrum L. f. in having smaller heads, 
considerably narrower subentire or finely crenulate leaves much more 
attenuate at each end. The pubescence is also very different, that 
of the stem being a close matted wool of tawny color instead of the 
long spreading articulated hairs composing the much harsher and 
more scattered indument of E. scabrum. 
E. (§ Subimbricata) microdon, spec. nov., fruticosum; ramis 
teretibus curvatis nodosis griseis laevibus; ramulis obscure strigilloso- 
puberulis; foliis oppositis petiolatis lanceolato-oblongis longiuscule 
acuminatis basi acutis in margine subrevoluto remote obscureque 
cuspidato-denticulatis penninerviis (nervis lateralibus ca. 10-jugis 
prorsus curvatis) utrinque glaberrimis delicatule prominulenter 
reticulatis subcoriaceis 9-13 em. longis 2.5-4.8 em. latis; petiolis 
1-15 cm. longis; paniculis terminalibus hemisphaericis 6-10 cm. 
diametro; bracteis parvis anguste oblanceolatis; capitulis in glomeru- 
los sphaericos ca, 5-capitulatos dispositis sessilibus ca. 3-floris § ™™- 
longis; involucri subcylindrici squamis valde inaequalibus ¢a- 9, 
exterioribus lanceolato-ovatis acutiusculis vel obtusis dorso brevis- 
sime pilosulis brevibus persistentibus, intermediis et interioribus 
gradatim longioribus minute eroso-ciliolatis aliter glabrescentibus 
substramineis caducis; corollis graciliter tubulosis 4.8 mm. longis sine 
faucibus ullis distinctis, dentibus limbi ovato-deltoideis patentibus 
subacutis; achaeniis atro-olivaceis 2 mm. longis 5-angulatis glaber- 
