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outside; corolla villous, white; achenes 2.5 mm. long, compressed, 
very broad, obtusely angled. 
Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, no. 602483, collected in 
the Paramo del Jabon, State of Trujillo, Venezuela, at an altitude of 
3,000 to 3,200 meters, in October, 1910, by Dr. Alfredo Jahn (no. 154). 
The collector gives the common name as "frailejon plateado," and 
states that the flowers are white. The heads have been badly eaten 
by insects, and if any rays were present they have disappeared. 
The collector states that the same plant was observed in the 
Paramo de Timotes and the Sierra Nevada de Merida. It may be, 
however, that this was not distinguished from E. grisea and E. pannosa. 
Fig. 6. Espeletia floccosa. / Sierra Nevada de Merida, Venezuela. Photo by 
Dr. A. Jahn. 
Espeletia floccosa is a most distinct species, especially because of 
the abundant, long, white wool. The paleae of the disk are narrower 
than in any other species. The plant is related, perhaps, to E. argentea, 
but it has much larger heads, longer, narrower bracts, and narrower 
leaves. 
13. Espeletia paltonioides sp. nov. 
Caudex elongated, stout, 3.5 cm. in diameter, densely covered 
with leaves, their bases imbricated; leaf blades narrowly linear- 
