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zuela, Tate 1014 (holotype NY). In addition, known from Duida by Tate 415 and 

 Steyermark 58354; from Cerro Huachamacari by Maguire,, Cowan & Wurdack 30049, 

 30069, 30115, 30243, 30291; and from Cerro Paru by Cowan & Wurdack 31102, 

 31162. 



Frequent and generally distributed on breaks, escarpments and margins of 

 thickets at 1500 m altitude or higher; the higher sandstone mountains of Terr. 

 Amazonas, south of the Rio Ventuari. 



Glossarion Maguire & Wurdack, gen. nov. 



Capitula mediocria, homogama 12-l6-flora; involucro cylindrico-conico; 

 receptaculo aliquantum convexo, alveolato, hirsuto, epaleaceo; phyllariis nume- 

 rosis gradatis coriaceis; corollis ligulatis, ligula 5-dentato-lobata; filamentis in 

 collo affixis; antheris sagittatis caudatis; appendicibus adjacentibus linearibus 

 connatis; granis pollinis rubris, tricolpatis, sulcis longiacutis; granis sphaeroi- 

 deis, spinulosis, axibus polaribus ca. 55/i; stylis laevibus, ramulis perlongis 

 (3 mm) truncatis, dorso minute 3-lobatis; achaeniis probabiliter prismaticis, 10- 

 costatis, annulo deficienti; corona 5-brevilobata; pappo uniformi, setis capilla- 

 ribus. Frutex; foliis alternis; basibus petiolorum semivaginatis; unitypicis. 



TYPUS: Glossarion rhodanthum Maguire & Wurdack. 



Glossarion is a diminutive of glossa {yXoxraO)^ tongue. 



Glossarion rhodanthum Maguire & Wurdack, sp. nov. 



Frutex 2-10 dm altus 5 saepe depressus; ramulis dense fulvo-piloso-tomento- 

 sis, saepe argenteis, internodiis 4-6 mm longis; foliis alternis petiolatis; laminis 

 subcoriaceis ellipticis vel elliptico-oblanceolatis, (4) 6-11 cm longis, (1.0) 

 1.5-4.0 cm latis, supra glabris, subtus dense fulvo-tomentosis; margine revoluta; 

 costa prominenti, supra immersa, nervis lateralibus prominulis 18-20-jugis, venis 

 ultimis reticulatis; apice acutiusculo, basi acuta vel acuminata; petiolo 1.5-2.5 

 cm longo, ad basim in semivaginam 1.0-1.5 cm lata expansa; capitulo solitario 

 terminali vel pseudoterminali vel manifeste laterali 12-l6-floro, homogamo, 

 brevipedunculato, bracteato, 1-2 cm longo; bracteis lancoelatis acutissimis dense 

 piloso-tomentosis, inferioribus late lanceolatis, 5-7 mm latis, 10-20 mm longis, 

 superioribus lineari-lanceolatis, 2-4 mm latis, 25-30 mm longis; involucro 

 cylindrico-conico 3.8-4.2 cm longo, 8- 10-seriato, phyllariis valde gradatis 

 lanceolatis acutissimis, tenuiter lanoso-canescentibus, demum glabrescentibus, 

 marginibus valde piloso-ciliatis; receptaculo aliquantum convexo. alveolato, 

 hirsuto, epaleaceo; corollis ligulatis rubris, ligula ca. 20 mm longa, 4-5 mm lata, 

 ad apicem circinnata, lobis 5, oblongo-deltoideis, ca. 0.8 mm longis, obtusiuscu- 

 lis, pilosis; tubo ca. 1 cm longo; filamentis 12-14 mm longis, in collari insertis, 

 1 mm subter sinu; antheris ca. 20 mm longis, appendicibus apicalibus ca. 2.5 mm 

 longis, acutis; appendicibus caudalibus sagittatis, 6-7 mm longis, linearibus, 

 adjacentibus omnino connatis; stylis glabris laevibus 28-30 mm longis; ramulis 

 patentibus ca. 3 mm longis, truncatis, dorso minute 3-lobatis; achaeniis 7-8 mm 

 longis, glabris, 10-costatis; annulo deficienti; corona ca. 0.4 mm longa, aliquan- 

 tum 5-lobata; pappo sordido. ca. 2 cm longo* setis uniformibus, capillaribus, 

 minute barbellatis, in circulo affixis. 



TYPE: shrub 1-2 dm high, leaves coriaceous, densely tan-tomentose beneath, 

 bracts reddish, tomentose, corollas bright orange-red, common in low scrub bush, 

 slopes vicinity Cumbre Camp at 1700 m alt., Cerro de la Neblina, Amazonas, 

 Venezuela, January 4, 1954, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 31021 (NY). Paratypes, 

 Cerro de la Neblina, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting: 31004, 31089, 31126, 31149, 

 31190. 



Distribution. Known only from the cumbre of Neblina, where G. rhodanthum is 



