Vol. 9, No. 2 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN August 1, 1955 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR BY W. H. CAMP 

 ERIOCAULACEAE, VERBENACEAE 



Harold N. Moldenke 



ERIOCAULACEAE 



Eriocaulon microcephalum H.B.K. 



An alpine species found in scattered localities from Kern County, California, 

 through the states of Mexico, Puebla, Tamaulipas, and the Federal District, Mex- 

 ico; and from the department of San Jose, Costa Rica, to Azuay, Carchi, Loja, and 

 Pichincha, Ecuador, and Cajamarca, Cuzco, and Junln, Peru. E-465, E-1681, E- 

 2086, E-2582. 



Paepalanthus ensifolius (H.B.K.) Kunth. 



A paramo species known from the high mountains of Cauca, Cundinamarca, 

 Magdalena, and Sandanter Norte, Colombia; Azuay, Carchi, and Loja, Ecuador; 

 and Amazonas, Peru. E-402. 



Syngonanthus yacuambensis Moldenke. 



F. Prieto P. 197, TYPE. The species is known only from the type collection. 



VERBENACEAE 



Aegiphila alba Moldenke. 



An Ecuadorean species known from Azuay, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Los 

 Rfos, and Pichincha. E-3606. 



Aegiphila bogotensis var. aequinoctialis Moldenke. 



E. 4338 (TYPE), E. 4388, E. 4419. The species is known only from Azuay, but 

 is apparently closely related to the rare A. mortoni Moldenke of Cuzco, Peru. 



Aegiphila chrysantha Hayek. 



A rather widespread species ranging from Chimborazo, Guayas, and Manabi, 

 Ecuador, and Loreto, Peru, to Amazonas, Bahia, Maranhao, and Pernambuco, 

 Brazil, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. E-3863. 



Aegiphila ferruginea Hayek & Spruce. 



An Ecuadorean species known from Azuay, Carchi, Chimborazo, Imbabura, and 

 Pichincha. E-365, E-366, E-221la. 



Aegiphila integrifolia (Jacq.) Jacks. 



A very widespread and variable species ranging from Trinidad and the depart- 

 ments of Boyaca, Caqueta, Cauca, Choco, Magdalena, Meta, and Valle del Cauca, 

 Colombia, and the states of Amazonas, Bolivar, and Zulia, Venezuela, through 

 British Guiana and French Guiana, to Napo-Pastaza and Santiago- Zamora, Ecua- 

 dor, and Cuzco, Huanuco, Junfn, Loreto, Puno, and San Martin, Peru, eastward to 

 Amazonas, Bahia, Mattogrosso, Minas Geraes, Para, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao 

 Paulo, Brazil, and south to El Beni, La Paz, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is culti- 

 vated in Haiti. 



Aegiphila pendula Moldenke. 



Known thus far from the Panama Canal Zone, from the State of Zulia, Vene- 

 zuela, and from Bolivar, Canar, Chimborazo, Guayas, and Santiago-Zamora, Ecua- 

 dor. E-3827. 



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