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2. EsPELETiA NERIIFOLIA (H . B. K.) Schultz Bip. ; Wedd. in Cast. 
Exped. Amer. Sud Bot. i: 67. 1855 
Trixis neriifolia Humb. Voy. Reg. Equin. Rel. i: 605. 1814. 
Bailleria ? neriifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 4: 289. 1820. 
Clihadium ? neriifolium DC. Prodr. 5: 507. 1836. 
Libanothamnus neriifolia Ernst, Vargasia 186. 1870. 
Type locality: Silla de Caracas, Venezuela. Type collected by 
Bonpland. 
Weddell reports several collections from the Silla de Caracas 
and the Sierra Nevada de Merida, Venezuela. A specimen in the 
U. S. National Herbarium was collected by Otto Kuntze in 1877 at 
the type locaHty. In May, 1913, Mr. Pittier collected the plant in 
the upper belt of the Pico de Naiguata, State of Miranda, at an alti- 
tude of 2,400 to 2,765 meters. The common name is "incienso." 
The species differs from most others in being a shrub 3 to 4 meters 
high with numerous leafy branches. The heads are very numerous, 
in broad corymbs, and comparatively small, i cm. broad or less. 
They are nearly destitute of the long wool characteristic of most of 
the other species. Upon this plant Ernst founded his genus Libano- 
thamnus (''incense tree"). He erred in referring it to the Senecioneae 
and was apparently unaware that Weddell had previously referred 
it to Espeletia. The shrub differs so conspicuously in habit from 
other members of the genus, with some of which Ernst must have 
been acquainted, that it is not surprising that he did not associate it 
with Espeletia. 
3. Espeletia moritziana Schultz Bip.; Wedd. in Cast. Exped. Amer. 
Sud Bot. 1 : 65. 1855 
Type locality: Sierra Nevada de Merida, Venezuela, at an 
altitude of 4,200 to 4,500 meters. Type collected by Moritz (no. 
1416). 
Two collections of this have been secured by Doctor Jahn, one in 
the Paramo de Timotes, State of Tachira, at an altitude of 3,000 to 
3,500 meters (no. 150); and the other in the Paramo de la Culata, 
Cordillera de Merida, at an altitude of 3,500 meters (no. 235). The 
common name is given as "frailejon dorado." 
This species, like E. weddellii, is characterized by monocephalous 
stems. The heads are much larger than in that species, however, 
being 4 to 5.5 cm. in diameter. The bracts are covered with very 
