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Neblinaea promontoriorura Maguire & Wurdack 9 sp. nov. 



Frutex ramosus, 1-2 m altus; ramulis teretibus 3-4 mm diam. , internodiis 

 1-3 mm longis, dense fulvo-sericeis; foliis oblanceolatis, semisessilibus, 

 moderate chartaceo-coriaceis, pinninervatis reticularis; laminis (2) 4-8 cm longis, 

 (0.6) 1.0-1.5 cm latis, apice obtuso, basi acuminata, costa prominenti, venis 

 prominulis; petiolo alato, 2-4 mm longo; inflorescentiis lateralibus, in axillaribus 

 foliorum dispositis, cymosis 2-6-capitatis, ramulis 1-2 cm longis pubescentibus 

 bracteatis, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis, 3-4 mm longis, caducis; capitulis 

 anguste cylindricis, 2.0-2.5 cm longis, 3-5 mm latis, phyllariis 12-15-seriatis, 

 pergamentaceis, fulvo-ciliatis, ad basim improminule 7 (9)-nervis, inferioribus 

 triangulari-ovatis, 3-4 mm longis, acutis minute ciliolatis, rnediis oblongo- 

 oblanceolatisj 6-8 mm longis,, 3-4 mm latis 9 apice acutiusculo; receptaculo 

 hemisphaerico ca. 1.5 mm diam., sparse hirsuto^ epaleaceo, aliquantum alveolato 

 minute carnoso squamuloso; floribus 2-5, corollis submembranaceis bilabiatis, 

 tubo ca. 6 mm longo, supra ca. 1.5 nirn diam., 5 (8)-nervato, lobo posteriore 7-8 

 mm longo : , ca. 3 mm lato s late elliptico 5 minute tridentato, 6 (S)-nervato; lobo 

 anteriore profunde bifido 5 segmentis linearibus 6-7 mm longis^ ca. 0.6 mm latis 

 circinnatis, 2-nervatis 2 apice acuto; antheris ca. 9 mm longis* appendicibus 

 apicalibus anguste triangularibus,, ca. 0.5 mm longis, appendicibus caudalibus 

 ca. 2 mm longis 5 dense puberulis, ; linearibus acutiusculis adjacentibus connatis; 

 filamentis 2.5-3.0 mm longis. in tubo affixis; stylo 13-14 mm longo 9 ad basim 

 bulbosop ramulis ca. 1 mm longis 3 rotundatis, glabris^ non differentiatis; achae- 

 niis 6-7 longis 5 plus minusve angulari-teretibus, 5 (7)-nervatis, exannulatis vel 

 minute annularis,, minute coronatis; paopo fulvo, 11-13 mm longo 9 setis 3-seria- 

 tis; filiformibus s numerosis, minute barbellatis,, in disco 0.5-0.6 mm alto disposi- 

 tis. 



TYPE: branched shrub 1-2 m high, inflorescences lateral and axillary, flowers 

 3-5 per head, white, frequent in low scrub vegetation, West Escarpment, Cerro 

 Neblina 3 at 1850 m alt. ? January 10 5 1954, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 37009 

 (NY). Paratypes: shrub to 2 ra high, flowers 2-5, white, frequent along escarp- 

 ment at 1900 m alt., 5 km west Cumbre, Cerro Neblina, January 10, 1954, Maguire, 

 Wurdack & Bunting 37016; shrub, frequent, along West Escarpment at 1800 rn, 

 Cerro Neblina, January 6, 1954, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 37082. 



