EUPATORIUMS OF ECUADOR. 347 
‘Sect. IJ. Susrmsricata (DC.) Hoffm. (see p. 281). 
Key To Spectres. 
a. Leaves “oneal a te shrubs or trees b. 
red 
b. atp ds 
"Leaves ovate to aa oblong, 8-13 em. wide, pete: 
NO eid Soo a fo ay ar we ee eee E. morifolium. 
é. Lares narrowly oblong, 1-2 cm. wide, not pellacid- 
ss ale nae i hw ek a a ee ee . E. salicinum. 
b. oo 1440-flowered d. 
d. Leaves lance-oblong, cordate at base............ 6. E. glutinosum. 
d. Leaves not cordate; a group of very cose related and 
ethane wholly artificial species likely to be found con- 
fluent when better é. 
e. Erect shrubs or call trees 
Fi Mekashes tetragonal; ive cuneate at bas q. 
g- Heads about 20-flowered; leaves elissnotaciee: 
g. Heads about 15-flowered; leayes oblong-lanceo- 
late, u cuminate to t x, more 
a ly cuneate at base, about 4 times as long as 
wide, lowish-tomentose beneath... . . buddleaefolium 
E. persicifolium. 
h. Leaves ees and somewhat obscurely pubes- 
: 28 . meee ie i ee 10. E. arboreum. 
e. Climbin: b; Naat round, suleate; leaves 
scented 3 the base, canescent-tomentose seers 
. E. salviaefolium. 
a. Leaves Palmately wt a ghee tee the base or from ae ea 
the Somewhat above se 0 innately veined having 2 of 
4s than the lateral al ein ibeiderably | longer and more conspicu- 
‘orp ein or rately (in E. loense) as many as 16-flow- 
j. Leaves Scene. 2 fl lepapat Hee the lower surface conspicu- 
te lanulate pubescence; he: 
“bout — wered 
k. Leaf-b 
-blade ovate-oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base 
re 12. E. origanoides. 
Leaf-blade deltoid-ovate, acutish, cordate at the base 
13. E. niveum. 
* are Eo Awben: mature) never whitened beneath 1. 
= oak ee paid leaves very large (12-20 em. long, "F ifoliu 
L - eee a ee, ew We ee ees oe ee es ew wk oe ‘14. . mort : 
hig 
halen panicle n. 
n. agg 12-164 lanceolate, 
glabrous Sera 2 — — oA eae 35. lloense. 

