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nee sinuato - dentieulatis, denticulis apieulato-mucronula- 
tis, foliolis involueri inlimis obtusis aul acutis nec acumi- 
natis. Rhachis piloso - fimbrillifera. -—— Sellow legit ad 
Santa do Cubatao Brasiliae meridionalis in altitudine 2400 
pedum Octbr, 1827. (v. sp. s. oo.). 
3. P.laevis n. sp. Caule oo-cephale, involuert fo. 
liolis integerrimis, intimis acuminatis, ramis inflorescen- 
tiae folia, e quorum axillis oriuntnr, longe superantibus. 
Herba rhizocarpiea. Rhizoma praemorsum fibras plu- 
rimas, validas, albas, simplices deorsum demittit. Caulis 
inanis, 2 — 25! altus, simplex, saepe obscure purpura- 
scens, superne foliis minoribus rarioribusque obsitus, pilis 
brevibus, capitatis, obseuris hispido-pubescens et in pani- 
culam suprafastigiatam, longissimam, dichotomam, valde 
divaricalam divisus, cujus rami folia parva, e quorum axil- 
lis oriuntux, longe superant. Folia lenera, ulringue plana, 
nervo primario plano - dilatato, striato, veticulato - venosa, 
laevia, lucida, glaberrima, ex conferlis, brevissime petiola- 
tis, obovato-lanceolatis, basi quam longissime angustatis, 
sinuato-denticulatis, denticulis apice apiculato-mucronula- 
ts, 3 — is! longis, 3 — 144 Jatis in semiamplexicaulia, 
zariorä, basi latissima profunde cordata, apice longe rech- 
lineo-acuminata, oblongo-ovata, profundius sinuato-den- 
tata, dentibus apiceque mucronulatis, # — 14 longa, 
6 — Stil Jäta. Involnerum campanulatum, subbiseriale, fo- 
liolis planis, saepe obscure purpurascentibus, margine in- 
tegerrimo inermibus, pilis brevibus, capitatis, obscuris ex- 
tus puberulis margineque ciliatis, oblongo-ovatis, in mu- 
eronem acuminalis, ex Iriplinerviis, totis foliaceis in multi- 
nervia, medio sieca, membranacea et viridia, margine sca- 
riosa, 4 Jonga. Corollae labium exterius breve. ‘ Hha- 
chis piloso-fimbrillifera, — Differt a ?, multiflora pube 
hispidiori, radice perenni nee annua, caule cxassiori, sU- 
perne foliis rarioribus minoribusque obsito nec e basi us- 
