32 ROBINSON. 

granulari-pube ‘rulo tardius subglabrato flexuoso oppositirameo ii 
vel basin versus delapsu foliorum nudato et nodoso; foliis o 
lanceolatis caudato-acuminatis argute serratis basi plerumque abrupt 
angustatis vel subcuneatis. 5-7 cm. longis 1.3-2.5 em. latis Penni 
veniis (sed 2-3 venis inferioribus utroque latere aliis saepe | . 
majoribus) membranaceis utrinque obscure viridibus; petiolis. Sl 
mm. longis nullo modo muriculatis; corymbis caulem ramosque 
terminantibus valde convexis 8-10 em. diametro laxiusculis; pedicels 
filiformibus ca. 1 em. — bracteolatis glabris vel obscure 
puberulis; capitulis ca. 22-floris ca. 1 em. longis et crassis; involucti : 
campanulati squamis ca. 20 linearibus attenuatis dorso parce oe 
latis vix costulatis apicem versus textura flaccidis; corollis | 
vel roseis glabris paullo sursum gradatim ampliatis 6.6 mm. longi : 
achaeniis valde immaturis primo aspectu glabris parce 
gracilibus obscure griseis cum costis paullo pallidioribus; pappi sets 
ca. 36 corollam subaequantibus scabridulis.— Peru: Dept. Aneadls: 
among bushes in the gorge of a brook on the slopes of the Cordillere 
Blanca, above Caraz, alt. 3200-3600 m., 9 June, 1903, Dr. A A. Weber 
bauer, no. 3253 (type, Berl., phot. and fragm. Gr.); also among sill 
bushes on a brook, above Ocros, Prov. Cajatambo, alt. racial 
2 Apr. 1903, Weberbauer, no. 2766 (Berl., phot. and fragm. t 
A species closely simulating ZL. stictophyllum described ce 
having smaller impunctate feather-veined leaves and petioles ® 
muriculate roughening br ci 
E. siailcinotits | HBK., var. Armourii, var. nov. fois 
que triangulari-hastatis basi profunde cordatis; lobis _ Mex- , 
acutiusculis patenti-deflexis; dentibus marginis rotum datis. (Field 
ICO: ot a yt C — Feb., 1895, A, Ving ° ye. ie sstate 



which the leaves are in a similar manner cordate by pees : 
sinus and exhibit some tendency to become hastate persis 
duction of an external basal angle at least on one. 
probable, therefore, with such approaches already €" oud 
plete intergradation as to foliage will ‘ultimately echt * 
typical form and the present variety, notwiths 
aracter. In all traits of inflorescence, flowers, 

mee, 
