ESPELETIA (named in honour of Don Jose de Espeleta, a Viceroy of New Grenada). ORD. Compositae. A genus containing about eleven species of remarkable greenhouse woolly-leaved plants. Flower-heads yellow, sometimes 1in. or more across, corymbose. Leaves alternate, or rarely opposite, entire, lanceolate or linear, wholly covered with dense white or rusty-coloured wool. They thrive in a sandy-peat soil, and should be kept in a dry and airy part of the greenhouse. During damp weather, in winter, the plants should only receive sufficient water to keep the soil moist, and care must be taken that the woolly leaves are not wetted. The species here described are the only ones yet in general cultivation. ESPELETIA argentea (silvery). fl.-heads yellow, moderately large, the disk inclining to brown; florets all subtended by a ligulate, membranaceous scale. July. l. narrow-lanceolate, densely silky and strigose on both sides. h. 5ft. to 6ft. New Grenada, 1845. A very remarkable plant. (B. M. 4480.) ESPELETIA grandiflora (large-flowered). fl.-heads yellow, large. Summer. l. lanceolate. h. 10ft. New Grenada. This species yields a gumresin of a beautiful yellow colour, which is largely employed by the native printers in the composition of their inks.