Plantac novae andinae imprimis Weborbaucrianae. IV, 75 



oblongo - eltipticas v. subspathulatas , sub&essiles , obtusiusculas ^ densius 

 puberulas diminuta. Paniculae inferne dicbasiale superne sensim cin- 

 cinnatim ramificatae, modice ampliflorae, ramis erecto- v- oblique paten- 

 tibus, cincinnis breviusculis v, paulum elongalis, pauci- et subremotifloris 

 terminatis, Involucra subsessilia, pedunculo usque ad 2 mm Ig. sufTuUa, 

 pilis densis, patentibus, inaequilongis, glanduliferis giutinoso-pubescentia, 

 campannlato*infimdibuHformia. 6 — 8 mm It, 8 — 10 mm Ig., post anthesin 

 subimmutato-persistentia et anlhocarpiuni includentiaj non expansa, uni- 

 floraj vix ad dimidium 3-fida^ lobis inaequalibusj triangulari-lanceolatis, ob- 

 tusiusculis V, acutiusculis, ad 3,5 — 5 mm Ig, et 3 — 4 mm It., intus hirtis. 

 Klores purpurei, ad v, (vorisimile) ultra 10 mm ig.; pars perianthii ova- 

 rialis cirniter obovoidea v. late eilipsoidea, 2 mm Ig. et 1,5 mm It, basi 

 latius truncata, infra et supra levissime constrictaj vix costala, glaberrima; 

 pars superior ad 9 mm Ig., in basi brevissime tubulosa, in statu expanse 

 verisimile late campanulata, lobis late rotundatis levissimeque emarginatis. 

 Stamina 3 exserta, circiter ad 11 mm Ig. Germen ovario ovoideo ad 

 1 mm Ig., stylo circiter 13 — 14 mm Ig-, stigmata exserto, ad 3/4 mm It 

 Anlhocarpia ellipsoideo-fusiformia, 5 mm Ig., 3 mm It, in basi ad 2 mm 

 It et rotundata, supra basin ± distincte, sed levissime constrictula, in 

 vertice ad 1 mm It, paululum producta ibique truncata, brunnea, distincte 

 costata, costis circ. 10, paululum promin en tibus, pallide brunneis, vix v. 

 indistincte maculata, paululum nitida, post humectationem eximie muci- 

 laginosa. Fructus elliptico-pyriformis, 3,5 mm Jg., 2,5 mm It 



Peru; Mollendo, in solo arenoso formationis, quam >Loma' dicunt, 

 200 m s- m. (Wbberbacer n. 1521 — tlor. et fruct mense Octobri 1902). 



Unzweifelliaft in die Ver wand tsc haft dcr Mirabilis prostraia (Ruiz et Pavon) geh^rig^ 

 aber durch die an den Enden veriangcrte Wickel bildenden BliitensldDde, ferner durch 

 die weitglockigon Involukren und insbesandcre durch die ItiDglichen, spindeligeo, gerippten 

 Anthokarpe deutUch verschieden. 



]HiraMUs campanalata A. Heimerl o- sp.; planta habitu ad formas 

 M. prostmtae accedens, frequenter ramificata, superne in paniculam divari- 

 cato-ramosam abiens, frequenter et modice decrescenter foliata, in paniculae 

 regione autem inferne minuti foliata, superne f. aphylla, Caulis (basi de- 

 ficiente) rigidus, gracilis, ultra 80 cm altus, internodiis ad 13 cm Ig,, 

 leviter {in sicco) striolatis, ad nodos tumidulus, inferne f. glaber in nodulis 

 solum minute birtulus, superne versus paniculam parcius, in panicula ipsa 

 pilis densis brevissimis, capitatis, versus ultimas ramificationes densissimis 

 glutinoso-puberulus- Folia circiter ovata, in basi obtuse rotundata, usque 

 ad 70 mm Ig, et 50 mm It, in petiolum usque ad 10 mm Ig., t glabrum 

 breviter contracla, antice obtusiuscula, f- Integra, tenuiora, glabra, superiora 

 v. juniora solum in margjne nervoque mediano paulum et brevissime 

 eglanduloso-hirtula, nervis lateralibus paucis (4 — 6 utrinque), tenuibus, in- 

 distincte V. laxe ramificatis; folia superiora diminuta, breviter petiolata, 



