EUPATORIUMS OF VENEZUELA. 331 
Ill, KEYED RECENSIONS OF THE EUPATORIUMS OF 
VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR. 
In the course of work primarily directed toward a revision of the 
Colombian Eupatoriums it was found needful to devote considerable 
attention to the identical or closely related species of Venezuela and 
Ecuador, and finally it has seemed desirable to list and key all the 
species of this genus known from those countries. As it appears 
likely that the matter thus assembled from very scattered sources 
I be found useful pending a monographic treatment of the whole 
group which cannot be completed for some years to come, it is here 
put on record. 
EUPATORIUMS OF VENEZUELA. 
Since Kunth, working upon the specimens secured by Humboldt 
& Bonpland, enumerated in 1820 five species of Eupatorium from 
Venezuela, there appears to have been no attempt to bring together, 
catalogue, key out, or otherwise to give any separate treatment for 
the Venezuelan members of this large genus. Although similar to 
Colombia in territorial extent and indeed comparable in its diversity 
soil and variety of climatic conditions Venezuela is to our present 
knowledge much less rich in its flora, and in the case of Eupatorium 
has less than half as many species. 
us difference, however, is probably more apparent than real, 
and it is to be remembered that of all the South American countries 
enezuela has to date received the least botanical exploration. Indeed 
cept for a few scattered and essentially coastal points which have 
been frequently visited, such as those around Caracas and La Guaira, 
whe h and Carupano, Cumarebo and Porto Cabello, the only regions 
h “ appear to have had any serious botanical attention since the 
aay Journey of Humboldt and Bonpland more than a century ago 
“y\© been the uplands of Mérida, visited by Moritz, Pittier, Jahn, 
os and others, especially the region of Tovar, for some months 
aie of the indefatigable collector Fendler, the Paraguand Penin- 
the i recently explored for its forestry resources by Curran & Haman, 
islands of Margarita and Coche, diligently explored and carefully 
