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Sect. IJ. Eximpricata (DC.) Hoffm. (see p. 303). 
Key To SpPEcIgEs. 
e 0. 
b. Heads 10—15-flowered, panicled................ 25. E. solidaginoides. 
: ¢ mbed c. 
¢. Villous, the hairs rather long, slender, clearly articulated; ~ 
herbaceous or suffruticose d 
i 
d. Not creeping; leaves 5-7 cm. long, 4-5 cm. wide e. 
e. Leaves coarsely and crenately 7-10-toothed on each 
asa ivegae SRP eG ol ew i sey ea ae Eee 27. E. articulatum. 
€. Leaves serrately or crenately 12—18-toothed on each 
re ray yas a, a a 28. E. ibaguense. 
c. Puberulent, the hairs very short, not articulated or very 
obscurely so....... Sas ee PES SA is 28a. E. n. sp.? 
ves pinnate-veined, oblong or elliptical, coriaceous; shrubs, 
often viscid on the involuc 
reg. 
g. Heads about 6-flowered; leaves 6-9.5 cm. long, woolly on 
eee neath ee ee yes 29. E. Jahnii. 
cate; pubescence of spreading attenuate bristles. . en E. flavisetum. 
h. Leaves oblong, the exserted veinlets beneath sulcate; 
Se 3a 31. E. theaefolium. 
25. E. soumacinomwes HBK. (see p.310). Mérma: near Tovar, 
alt. 1067 m., Fendler, no. 629 Gr.). 
26. E. sttense Hieron. Creeping by means of threadlike rhi- 
mes; stems several, as much as 4 dm. high, sparingly villous, the 
hairs articulated ; internodes sometimes as much as 5 cm. long; 
Yes Opposite, petiolate, ovate, short-acuminate, crenate except at 
the rounded or cordate base, membranaceous, green and slightly 
gencous on both surfaces, villous especially on the nerves, the largest 
S cm. long, 1.3 cm. broad; petiole scarcely over 1 cm. long; heads 
a loosely cymose-corymbed at the top of the stem, 20-25- 
the ered; pedicels as much as 8 mm. long; involucre campanulate, 
Seales 12-14, linear, obtusish, nearly equal, 4.5 mm. long, thin, 
_ and somewhat stramineous, villous-ciliate, 3-nerved; corol- 
— 3.25 mm. long, yellowish-white (in dried state); the proper 
= rt equalling the campanulate throat.— Hieron. in Engl. 
20 J ahrb. xl. 382 (1908).— Freprrat Disr.: on Mt. Silla de Caracas, 
| huary, 1856, Gollmer, without number. Not seen by the writer; 
n..-2 Tesemble E. caducisetum DC. and E. glechonophyllum Less. 
‘cription compiled. 
