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vel ultra crasso, internodiis 6-14 em. longis; foliis (supremis solis 
visis) triangulari-ovatis obtusis cuspidatis basi late cordatis lateraliter 
grosse crenato-dentatis tenuiter membranaceis prope marginem € 
in nervis inconspicuiter puberulis utrinque fusco-punctatis 1-2.5 em. 
longis, 7-20 mm. latis; petiolo gracili 1.6-2 cm. longo puberulo; 
panicula ampla usque ad 5 dm. vel ultra longa laxa oppositiramea 
granuloso-puberula, particularibus ca. 1 dm. longis pedunculatis 
plerisque alternirameis laxe irregulariter cymosis; pedicellis 0.5-2.5 
mm. longis et ramulis inflorescentiae teretibus; bracteolis ad apicem 
pedicelli locatis parvis; capitulis dissitis vel contiguis ca. 5 mm. 
longis; involucri squamis obovato- vel oblanceolato-oblongis erosis 
ca. 4 mm. longis, extimis dorso puberulis vix striatis; corollis albis 
ca. 2.2 mm. longis glabris, tubo proprio ca. 0.8 mm. longo, faucibus 
turbinato-campanulatis 1.2 mm. longis; achaeniis atrobrunneis vel 
fuscescentibus in faciebus granulari-atomiferis 1.7 mm. longis; papP! 
setis ca. 30 albidis——CoLomBIA: grassy open places, alt. 70-250 m., 
Buenavista, east of Sincé, Dept. Bolivar, 24 Jan. 1918, Dr. F. W. 
Pennell, no. 4002 (N. Y., Gr.). 
M. (§ Corymbosae) Andrei, spec. noy., volubilis ut videtur 
herbacea et perennis; caule gracili ca. 1.3 mm. diametro glabrato 
brunneo torto 4-costato, costis binis utroque latere approximatis; 
internodiis usque ad 6 cm. longis; ramis brevibus simplicibus wees 
oliis 
vel subtruncatis utroque hastatim 1(-3)-dentatis vel -lobatis a bas! 
3-nerviis supra vix hirtellis subtus pallidioribus subglabris pun 
petiolo 6-9 mm. longo crispe puberulo; corymbis terminalibus 
densis modice convexis 3 cm. vel ultra diametro; bractels OV 
vel obovato-ellipticis herbaceis; bracteolis similibus angustioribus 
etiam herbaceis obtusis involicro ca. tertiam partem brevioribus; 
involucri squamis lanceolati-linearibus 8-9 mm. longis apice plus 
minusve angustatis obtusis vel rotundatis ciliolatis basi paullo an- 
longis glabris; tubo proprio ca. 2.5 mm. longo; 1 
quantibus; dentibus limbi ca. 0.8 mm. longis; 
immaturis) gracilibus 3.6 mm. longis deorsum attenuatls ©! 
pappi setis 80-90 capillaribus vix scabriusculis apice non a 
flavidulo-subcarneis.—Ecuapor: Zamora, alt. ca. 3000 m., ? 
Ed. André no. 4528 (Gr.). 
This species closely approaches in habit an 
the Peruvian M. brachyphylla Hieron. in En 
d many of its features 
gl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxvl- 
