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17. E. coamareprirotium HBK. Upright shrub; stems virgate 
or trichotomously forked; the branches curved-ascending, terete, 
velvety-pubescent; leaves opposite, subsessile or shortly petioled, 
ovate or oval, obtuse or rounded at the tip, rounded at base, crenulate, 
thickish, subcoriaceous, 3-nerved, sparingly pubescent above, softly 
sordid- or dark-pubescent beneath, about 2 em. long and 1.5 em. wide; 
petiole 2-3 mm. long; corymbs terminal, compact, 3-6 cm. in diameter; 
heads 10-12-flowered; involucre campanulate-cylindrical; scales 
closely appressed, oval to oblong-linear, green, somewhat striate, 
ciliate, often purplish at the obtuse tip; corollas violet, glabrous; 
achenes almost black, roughened on the angles, 2 mm. long.— Nov. 
Gen. et Spec. iv. 113 (1820); Jameson, Syn. Pl. Aeq. ii. 81 (1865).— 
Loga: in the mountains, acc. to Jameson, |. ec. [Peru. 
18. E.prunirottum HBK. Small tree, about 4 m. high; branches 
terete, shallowly ribbed or furrowed, pubescent; leaves opposite, 
ovate-oblong, scarcely acute at the tip, rounded at base, quite entire 
or shallowly crenate above the middle, coriaceous, 3-ribbed from some- 
what above the base, 3-3.6 cm. long, half as wide, dark-green, smooth, 
and glabrous above, paler, pubescent, and prominently reticulated 
beneath; petiole 6-8 mm. long; corymbs chiefly terminal (occasion- 
ally becoming lateral), rounded, about 6 cm. in diameter, dense; 
pedicels 46 mm. long, pubescent; heads about 12-flowered, A em. 
high; involucre campanulate-subcylindrical, loosely imbricated, a6 
mm. high; scales about 12, oblong to linear, glabrous, purplish at tip, 
the outer acute, glutinous; corollas white, with differentiated tube and 
throat, smooth; achenes about 3 mm. long, black; pappus-bristles 
dusky, roughened.—Nov. Gen. et Spec. iv. 132, t. 349 (1820); J ameson, 
Syn. Pl. Aeq. ii. 83 (1865).— Prcurncua: in the gorge of Tarqui near 
Quito, alt. 2470 m., Humboldt & Bonpland, no. 3287 (Par., phot. and 
sk. Gr.). Referred here, as by DeCandolle, to § Subimbricata but 
“<tieasiey character transitional between this group and § Exim- 
ata. 
19. E. pseupogiomeratum Hieron. (see p. 291).— PicHincHa: 
Andes of Quito, 1855, Couthouy (Gr.); environs of Quito, Jameson, 
no. 893 (K.). Prov. nor INDICATED: in moist bushy places, alt. 
2000 m., Sodiro, nos. 6/2 (Berl., fragm. Gr.), 6/4 (Berl., phot. Gr.), 
and 6/10 (Berl.). [Colombia.] : 
20. E. pseuporicanomwes Hieron. Shrub; branches spreading, 
terete, finely striate, at first pubescent, later glabrate; leaves opposite, 
ovate, long-acuminate, rounded at base, crenate to subentire, thick- 
» Subcoriaceous, above glabrous, lucid, bullate and rugose, beneath 
