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oppositis plerisque 3-5-capitulatis; pedicellis lateralibus late patenti- 
bus subfiliformibus canescenti-tomentellis; capitulis campanulato- 
cylindricis ca. 45-floris 7 mm. altis 4 mm. diametro; involucri squamis 
ca. 50 albis uninerviis ca. 5-seriatim imbricatis apice cum appendice 
subulata herbacea patente vel deflexa ca. 0.7 mm. longa munitis; 
corollis 3 mm. longis purpurascentibus, tubo proprio 1.7 mm. longo 
sparse papilloso sursum in fauces 1 mm. longas paullo ampliato denti- 
bus limbi 5 anguste ovatis 0.3 mm. longis; achaeniis 2.8 mm. longis 
gracilibus 5-costatis faciebus nigris glabris lucidulis, costis stramineis 
eroso-serratulis; pappi setis ca. 28 albis breviter hispidulo-scabratis 
3 mm. longis.— CoLomBia: occasional in thickets and dry forests 
below 915 m., fl. May—Dec., near Santa Marta, expedition of 1898-’99, 
H. H. Smith, no. 505 (TYPE Gr.). 
A species readily distinguished by its caudate involucral scales. 
E. (§ Cylindrocephala) xestolepis, spec. nov., ut videtur frutico- 
sum (basi ignota); caulibus teretibus 3-4 mm. diametro lanatis 
maturitate glabrescentibus fuscescentibus medullosis; ramis divari- 
Catis curvatis sordide lanato-villosissimis; foliis oppositis petiolatis 
Ovatis acute acuminatis basi cordatis crenato-serratis 3-5 cm. ongis 
2-3 em. latis supra bullatis puberulis subtus griseo-tomentosis promi- 
henter reticulatis a basi 3(-7)-nerviis; nervis a venis transversis 
Connexis; corymbis laxiusculis paucicapitulatis; pedicellis patentibus 
_ Saepe curvatis gracilibus pubescentibus 2-12 mm. longis; capitulis ca. 
9 mm. altis 6 mm. diametro ca. 28-floris; involucri campanulato- 
Subeylindrici squamis ca. 27 rigidiusculis pallidis eburneis lucidis 
1(-3)-nerviis vel -striatis 4-5-seriatis regulariter gradatis caducis, 
€xtimis ovatis acutis, intermediis oblongis obtusis, intimis linearibus; 
Summa parte axis post delapsum squamorum breviter cylindrica 
Pedicello paullulo crassiore ; corollis 4 mm. longis glabris; tubo 
Proprio gracile 2.7 mm. longo; faucibus campanulatis 1.3 mm. altis; 
dentibus limbi brevibus recurvatis; pappi setis ca. 26 albidis 3.5 mm. 
longis apicem versus paullulo clavellatis stramineis hispidulo-scabratis; 
achaeniis nigris gracilibus 4—5-angulatis in angulis sursum minute 
Scabratis apice cum nectario late breviterque cylindrico coronatis.— 
VENEZUELA: near Tovar, State of Mérida, Fendler, no. 638 (TYPE 
Gr.) 3 Caracas, Birschel (Gr.); on the old road from Caracas to La 
Guaira, alt. 1100-1700 m., Pittier, no. 5880 (U. S., N. Y.). 
E. (§ Campyloclinium) zinniifolium, spec, nov., fruticosum 
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