THE GENUS ESPELETIA 
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long and dense pubescence, the unopened heads appearing to be 
globular masses of wool. 
Weddell says the heads are ''perpaucis, interdum soHtariis," and 
in the present specimens they are always solitary. The following 
notes may be added from the recent collections: Pubescence ferrugi- 
nous, especially on the younger leaves; leaves 25 to 30 cm. long, 8 to 
14 mm. wide, coriaceous; flowering stems stout, 40 to 60 cm. high; 
Fig. I. Espeletia moritziana. 'Paramo de Timotes, Venezuela. Photo by Dr. 
A. Jahn. 
paleae of the disk linear or oblong-linear, acuminate, minutely serru- 
late near the apex; achenes 2 to 2.5 mm. long, nearly black, smooth, 
sharply angled. 
The inner involucral bracts are longer than in any other species, 
their apices being long-attenuate. 
4. Espeletia weddellii Schultz Bip.; Wedd. in Cast. Exped. Amer. 
Sud Bot. i: 66. pi. 15, B. 1855 
Type locality: "Venezuela: Paramo de Niquitao!, dans les 
Andes de Truxillo, a une elevation de 4,000-4,500 metres." Type 
collected by Linden (no. 1443). 
