
44 ROBINSON. 
h. Heads in dense terminal and lateral co- 
bullate-rugose above..........-+.-+-: 8. E. scabrum. 
i. Stems rather finely ribbed, nearly terete, 
softly and often sparsely pubescent, the 
10. E. clematitis. 
11. E. Jelskit. 
1. E. rvarrouium L. Syst. ed. 10, 1205 (1759) [as iuacfolium|; 
Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. liv. 275 (1918). E. fasciculare Poepp. in 
Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. ac Spee. iii. 54 (1845).— Huanuco: Cassapl, 
Jan. 1830, Poeppig, no. 1660 (Vienna Hofmus., phot. Gr.). WimHour 
tocauty: Mathews, in 1862 (N. Y.). The plant of Poeppig is rather 
slender and short-leaved in the manner of var. EXTRORSUM (Sch. Bip.) 
Bak. in Mart. FI. Bras. vi. pt. 2, 290 (1876), as extrorsa, which, however, 
appears to be merely a reduced state, the result perhaps of local drought. 
[Braz. to southern U. S.] 
2. E. serratutoies HBK. Upright opposite-branched smooth 
ish herb 4-6 dm. high; stem round, striate but nearly smooth; inter 
nodes rather long, much exceeding the leaves; these opposite, ovate, 
short-petioled, crenately 4-6-toothed on each side, 3-nerved, n gate 
to an obtuse or rounded apex (not actually acute as stated in 071 - 
diagnosis), roughish above, ciliate on the margin, glabrous BAST 
1.5-3 cm. long, half as wide, entire at the cuneate base, mem ges 
petiole 3.5-4.5mm. long; heads subsolitary on the short upper bran 
pedicellate, 8 mm. long; involucre campanulate-cylindrie, arkqunple 
numerous, closely appressed in several series, rounded at the d caducous; 
tip, ciliate but otherwise glabrous and shining, excessively ‘eadely 
florets 7-8 mm. long, scarcely exceeding the snvolucre; corolla z 
tubular, scarcely ampliated above, violet and smooth; pappus vy, 17 
barbellate, nearly as long as the corolla.— Nov. Gen. et. Spec: sch. 
(1820); DC. Prod. v. 143 (1836). Osmia serratuloides (HB rer 
Bip. Pollichia, xxii—xxiv. 252 (1866).— Prora: steep ag Gr.). 
region, Huancabamba, Humboldt & Bonpland, no. 3525 anes 
3. E. ertpsmmum Robinson (p. 14). Decumbent a 
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