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latis; petiolo gracili vix supra villosulo ca. 2 em. longo; cor 
compositis terminalibus trifidis laxiusculis inferne foliaceo-bracteatis; 
pedicellis 8-15 mm. longis cum bracteolis 1-3 filiformibus instruetis; 
capitulis ca. 22-floris 6-7 mm. altis 5 mm. diametro plerisque erectis; 
involucri campanulati squamis ca. 18 linearibus acutis glabriusculis 
substramineo-herbaceis apicem versus scariosis et fimbria ; 
subaequalibus; corollis albis ca. 3.5 mm. longis glabris; tubo proprio ee 
ca. 1.5 mm. longo fauces campanulato-cylindricas aequante, limbi— 
dentibus 5 ovato-deltoideis ca. 0.5 mm. longis; achaeniis 2 mm. longis es 
maturitate nigris in angulis hispidulis; pappi setis 18-25 delicatulis ye 
albis scabridulis ca. 2.8 mm. longis fragilissimis— EZ. D agret 
Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. liv. 315 (1918), not DC.— — Corona: 
in clearings, not common, Las Nubes near Santa Marta, Dept. Ma 
dalena, alt. 1372 m., Hivbiet H. Smith, no. 621 (Gr., U.S., N. ¥., Mo.). 
The real FE. Dombeyanum DC. (see p. 11) is probably a Peruse 
plant, with roseate or purplish corollas. Its leaves, while of si . 
form, have decidedly more salient teeth and relatively shorter petiole a 
These in E. Dombeyanum are about one-eighth as long as the to 
while in 2. psilodorum they are more than one-fourth its length. 
E. psilodorum may be referred with scarcely a doubt also Dr. P ene 
no. 3190 from Murillo, Dept. Tolima. : oa 
E. (§ Eximbricata) rhypodes, spec. nov., herbaceum erect 
4-5 dm. altum virgatum vel superne mediocriter ramosum;— 
tereti densissime glanduloso-tomentoso; _pilis patentibus _ va 
pureis glandulari-capitulatis ; internodiis 1.5-9 em. longis, sy 
paullo incrassatis; foliis oppositis vel ternatis par 
orbiculari-ovatis breviter acuminatis serrato-crena ! 
utroque 5-8 ca. 1 mm. altis 3 mm. latis) basi cordatis Arve 10 mm. 
centibus subtus dense villosis 2-4 cm. longis et latis, petiolo ee 
longo densissime glanduloso-tomentoso; panicula terminali i 
trichotoma 5-9 cm. diametro planiuscula maturitate me 
ramis et pedicellis (8-14 mm. longis) dense tomentosis; 
ulari 
u ureis lii attenuatis articulatis | aliis gland 
i ae ion ar ; involucri 












tinetis cum pilis purpureis (aliis capitatis 
sparsis; corollis albis 3.6-3.8 mm. longis; tubo proprio 
longo; faucibus campanulato-cylindricis ¢a. 2.5 mm. 
patenter villoso 0.6 mm. longo; achaeniis nigris eater 
longis ad apicem et ad basin paullo attenuatis praeclp 
