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puberulis, pilis incurvis; cymis ca. 4-7-capitulatis 2-3 cm. diametro 
convexis laxiusculis, pedicellis 3-6 mm. longis; capitulis 7 mm. altis 
ea. 25-floris; involucri glabriusculi campanulati squamis stramineo- 
seariosis 3-4-seriatis plerisque 2-costatis (costis e callo conspicuo 
basilari oriuntibus), interioribus elliptico-oblongis apice erosis ob- 
tusis vel rotundatis, exterioribus gradatim brevioribus ovatis ciliatis 
dorso paullo pubescentibus; corollis albis 3.5 mm. longis glabris, 
tubo proprio 1 mm. longo, faucibus vix ampliatis cylindricis 2 mm. 
longis, limbi dentibus 5 ovato-deltoideis 0.5 mm. longis; achaeniis 2 
mm. longis nigrescentibus in costis pallidioribus patenter hispidu- 
lis. —CoLomsBiA: at the foot of the Cordillera Oriental near Neiva, 
Rusby & Pennell, no. 626 (TYPE Gr., dupl. N. Y.). 
E. (§Subimbricata) perezioides, spec. nov., gracile perenne 
erectum 4-5 dm. altum; caule tereti ad ‘Wullinoaneat Gait simplici fusco- 
tomentoso et glandulari, internodiis inferioribus 2-12 mm. longi 
superioribus 2~3 cm. longis; foliis oppositis ovato-ellipticis obtusis 
cordatis crenato-serratis firmis subcoriaceis supra atroviridibus et 
cum glandulis sessilibus vel breviter stipitatis conspersis infra multo 
pallidioribus griseo-tomentosis glandularibus 4-7 em. longis 2.5-4 em. 
latis basi ima penniveniis paullo supra basin tamen 3-nervatis venulis 
utrinque prominulis reticulatis; petiolis 2-3 mm. longis fusco-tomento- 
sis; panicula diffusa 12-30-capitata, ramis oppositis divaricatis longis 
flecxinoed subfiliformibus; pedicellis 1-2.5 em. longis; capitulis ca. 
36-floris ca. 8 mm. altis 5 mm. diametro; involucri campanulati 
3-4-seriati squamis purpureo-brunneis ca. 3-nerviis, exterioribus 
brevibus late ovatis obtusis, interioribus gradatim longioribus an- 
gustioribus acutioribus; corollis viridi-albis limbum versus purpureo- 
tinctis, tubo proprio gracili 2.3 mm. longo, faucibus campanulatis 
distincte ampliatis 1.2 mm. longis, limbi dentibus 5 breviter deltoideis 
patentibus vel recurvis; styli ramis filiformibus perlongis; achaeniis 
2 mm. longis rubro-brunneis in costis hispidulis; pappi setis 27-36 
vix scabratis 3.7 mm. longis— Cotompta: “ Buenavista,” west of 
Villavicencio, Dept. Meta, alt. 1000-1200 m., Pennell, no. 1678 
(Type Gr.). 
Not very closely related to any hitherto described species, and to 
nie gaan recognized by its diffuse inflorescence and Perezia-like 
a 
E. (§ Eximbricata) rorulentum, spec. nov., fruticosum vel ar- 
boreum fulvo-tomentellum; ramis teretibus; ligno albo duro, cortice 
fusco brunneo; ramulis adscendentibus sdidictiiatis foliosis fulvo- 
tomentellis teretibus vel obscure hexagonis; foliis oppositis petiolatis 
