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k. Leaves ovate, acute at base; petiole 1.4-1.8 em. 
TOA oa yb ewice ba cap eee ee eee eee 35. E. viscosum, 
a, Leaves membranaceous_ I. 
l. Leaves sessile; pedicels copiously glandular. ..... 36. E. glanduliferum. 
l. Leaves petioled (shortly so in E. gracile, v. epilobioides, 
which, however, does not have glandular pedicels) m. 
m. Heads subracemosely disposed in a pyramidal panicle 
37. E. solidaginoides. 
m. Heads corymbose or in flattish cymes n. 
n. Leaves ovate-suborbicular 0. 
o. Spreading-villous; teeth of leaves about 14 on each 
side; heads 4 vered 38. E. pichinchense. 
o. Puberulent; teeth of leaves 6-9 on each side; heads : 
25-S)-floweted. 5 6a36 wie ein ee re ee 39. E. Sodiroi. 
appresse my 2 C 
p. Petiole relatively longer, one-fourth to two-thirds as 
as e; inflorescences puberulent with 
RORPORE U.S obs ¥ cbc gacn Peer eee es . E.cuencanum. 
q. Heads 25—40-flowered; stem puberulent muc 
below the inflorescence 1. 
. Heads about 7 mm. high........... 42. E. glechonophyllum. 
r. Heads slightly larger, about 9 mm. ; 
leaves lanceolate to deltoid-ovate...... 43. E. azangaroense. 
28. E. psevpocurica Benth. Shrub, smooth but viscid, 9-15 
dm. high; branches round, very leafy; internodes mostly 1.5-2 cm. 
long; leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, petiolate, 6-7 cm. long, 3-4 cm. 
wide, scarcely acute, rather finely serrate except at the entire and 
rounded base, firm in texture, glabrous and reticulated on both sur- 
faces, lucid above, dull beneath; petiole about 1 cm. long; corymb 
dense, rounded, 8 cm. in diameter, many-headed, slightly puberulent, 
or beset with sessile glands; heads 5-6-flowered, about 7 mm. long; 
involucral scales few, subequal, 3-4 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, dark- 
purple toward the tip, beset with sessile glands; corollas 5.5 mm. long; 
proper tube 1.5 mm. long, beset with a few sessile glands; throat 
about 4 mm. long, glabrous; achenes (immature) 1.5 mm. long, his- 
pidulous toward the summit especially on the angles; pappus-bristles 
about 30, unequal, yellowish-white, slightly stiffish, somewhat rough- 
ened, the longest about 4 mm. in length.— Pl. Hartw. 198 (1845); 
Jameson, Syn. Pl. Aeq. ii. 85 (1865); Hieron. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 
xxix. 7 (1900), excl. syn. E. prunifolium Klatt, which is a much smaller- 
