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tialibus thyrsoideis pedunculatis ca. 1 dm. longis et 5 cm. crassis 
brunneo-pubescentibus, pedicellis filiformibus pubescentibus 1-3 mm. 
longis; capitulis ca. 7 mm. altis in glomerulis convexis aggregatis; 
bracteolis ovatis acutiusculis ciliatis; involucri squamis ovato-ob- 
longis obtusis tenuibus glabriusculis ca. 3 mm. longis basi in media 
parte paullo incrassatis et puberulis; corollarum tubo proprio gracili 
1.3 mm. longo, faucibus campanulatis 1.7 mm. altis glabris, limbi 
dentibus ovatis 0.8 mm. longis subacutis minute hispidulis; achaeniis 
ca. 3 mm. longis brunneis glaberrimis vel in faciebus paullo granu- 
latis; pappi setis ca. 30 sordide albidis vix sursum incrassatis.— 
Perv: without indication of locality, Mathews, no. 1368 (typE, Gr., 
N. Y.); Fielding (Gr.). Readily distinguished from the related 
Peruvian species by the pale grayish under-surface of its large thin 
leaves, which are not at all rugose. 
M. (§ Paniculatae) miconioides, spec. nov., fruticosa volubilis; 
caulibus teretibus primo ferrugineo-puberulis maturitate glabriusculis 
fistulosis usque ad 6 m. attingentibus longitudine et 8 mm. vel ultra 
crassitudine; foliis elliptico-oblongis caudato-acuminatis basi ro- 
tundatis integerrimis vel paullo undulatis 13-18 em. longis 6.5-7.5 
cm. latis concoloribus supra glabris delicatule prominulenterque 
reticulatis impunctatis subtus in venis puberulis vel ubique subgla- 
bris membranaceis vel subcoriaceis; venis principibus 3-4-jugis 
pinnatim dispositis; panicula ampla pyramidata 1.5-3 dm. alta 
puberula; capitulis sessilibus; involucri squamis oblongis apice ro- 
tundatis dorso puberulis 3-3.5 mm. longis; corollis puberulis,. fau- 
cibus turbinato-campanulatis tubo proprio vel limbo longioribus; 
achaeniis ca. 2 mm. longis apicem versus pubentibus deorsum de- 
crescentibus, faciebus fuscescentibus, angulis _pallidioribus; pappi 
setis ca. 35 flavescenti-albis vix sursum incrassatis.—COLOMBIA 
in thickets near stream and in forest, Las Nubes, Dept. Magdalena, 
alt. 1373 m., H. H. Smith, no. 631 (rvpx, Gr., N. Y., U. S.); at the 
falls of Tequendama, Dept. Cundinamarca, Holton, no. 244 (344), 
N.Y. Venezveta: near Colonia Tovar, State of Aragua, alt. 1525 m., 
12 Feb. 1858, Fendler, no. 2558 (Gr.). a 
M. (§ Paniculatae) Pennellii, spec. nov., volubilis herbacea 
caule tereti atropurpureo glaberrimo, internodiis 6-12 cm. longis; 
foliis triangulari-ovatis subhastatim 3-lobatis acuminatis dentatis 
basi late cordatis tenuibus utrinque viridibus a basi 5-nerviis pleris- 
que 6-8 cm. longis 5-6 cm. latis tenuissime ciliolatis et aliquando in 
nerviis obscure puberulis; petiolis 3-5 cm. longis; panicula laxe 
irregulariterque composita foliaceo-bracteata, partialibus oppositis 
