Schistocarpha paniculata Klatt ex Th. Dur. & Pitt.

Schistocarpha paniculata Klatt, Bull. Soc. Bot Belg. 31 1 : 210. 1892.
A perennial herb; stem 1 m. high or more, angled, striate, purplish', hirsute and glandular or viscid, especially above; petioles 3-6 cm. long, connate at the base; leaf-blades ovate or ovate-deltoid, acuminate, dentate, abruptly contracted below into a decurrent cuneate base, pilose on both sides, with short hairs on the upper surface and longer on the under; inflorescence paniculate, dense and short, leafy; involucre about 7 mm. high and 1 cm. broad; bracts imbricate in 3 series, hirsute, the outer ovate, obtuse or acutish, the inner lanceolate and acute; rayflowers 20-30; corolla-tube 5 mm. long, pubescent, the ligule 6-8 mm. long, 2 mm. wide; disk-flowers 50-70, the corolla 5 mm. long, as in the preceding; achenes glabrous, 1-5 mm. long ; pappus bristles 4 mm. long.
Type locality: Southeast slopes of Irazu. Costa Rica. Distribution: Costa Rica to Colombia.