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ulum aliter glaberrimum; caulibus ut videtur erectis gracilibus 
paullo (post exsiccationem) costato-angulatis fusco-brunneis ad 
inflorescentiam foliosis; internodiis 4-5 cm. longis; foliis oppositis 
petiolatis lanceolato-oblongis utroque acuminatis paullo- undulatis 
obscure remoteque cuspidato-denticulatis penniveniis (venis prin- 
cipibus utroque 4-6 prorsus curvatis) chartaceo-membranaceis supra 
atroviridibus sublucidis subtus paullo pallidioribus opacis utrinque 
glabris delicatule reticulato-venosis, maximis 1.6 dm. longis 6 cm. 
latis, petiolo supra canaliculato brevissime fusco-puberulo 4-7 mm. 
longo; panicula breviter lateque pyramidata 11 cm. alta 17 em. 
diametro oppositiramea basi foliaceo-bracteata; ramis gracilibus 
divaricatim patentibus apicem versus solum capituliferis; capitulis 
ca. 20-floris 4.5 mm. altis et crassis brevissime pedicellatis sub- 
congestis; involucri campanulati squamis ca. 21 fusco- vel viridi- 
stramineis ciliolatis aliter glabris modice gradatis, interioribus ob- 
‘ longis vel linearibus, extimis ovatis acuminatis 5-costulatis apice 
Saepe recurvatis; corollis 2.5 mm. longis paullo sursum gradatim 
ampliatis glabris, dentibus limbi recurvantibus; achaeniis (imma- 
turis) glabris 1.7 mm. longis; pappi setis ca. 30 vix scabratis 2 mm. 
longis.— Perv: Depart. Loreto, near Tarapoto, Spruce, no. 4546 
(K,, phot. Gr.). In habit recalling E. orgyale DC. of eastern Brazil, 
which however has pubescent conspicuously dentate leaves, 6-12- 
flowered heads, and other differences. 
E. (§ Subimbricata) Pachanoi, spec. nov., suffruticosum 3 dm. 
vel ultra altum ramosissimum; caulibus teretibus plus minusve 
flexuosis basin versus delapsu foliorum nudatis nodulosis juventate 
cum indumento brevi lanuginoso griseo-fulvescente obtectis; ramis 
Sracilibus saepissime oppositis curvato-adscendentibus foliosissimis, 
internodiis 3-12 mm. longis; foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutiusculis basi 
obtusis vel rotundatis supra mediam partem serratis (dentibus utroque 
Supra subaveniis obscure praecipue in nervo medio puberulis 
=, tus vix pallidioribus laete viridibus punctatis glabris supra basin 
: naan 1.5-2.2 em. longis 7-10 mm. latis; corymbis pluribus ca. 
mR Panes valde convexis subovoideis ramulos terminantibus a 
oliiferis superatis; pedicellis 4-8 mm. longis fulvescenti- 
pubescentibus bracteolatis; capitulis ca. 10-floris 8 mm. altis 5 mm. 
3 2p Anvolucri campanulati ca. 3-seriati laxe imbricatis squamis 
oc. vel purpureo-tinctis ciliatis dorso pubescentibus et 
acutis tis, extimis brevibus ovatis vel lanceolato-oblongis _vix 
a late spatulato-ovatis apice rotundatis, intimis 
Ongis; corollis ut videtur purpureis 4.3 mm. longis supra 

