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divisis; folia caulina plus minus laxe patula scariosa, e 
basi semiamplexante subdecurrente impressa late cordato- 
ovata in aeumen basi latiusculum apice angustum semi- 
tortum producta, parum carinato-concava, margine erecto 
vel paulisper convexo ubique denticulata vel serrulata, 
nervo tenuissimo carinato flavescente in acumine evanido 
exarata, e cellulis dense linearibus elongatis in membra- 
nam flavescentem veluti conflatis et alaribus paueis mi- 
nutis parenchymaticis robustioribus laxioribus areolata; 
perich. majora e basi vaginata laxius reticulata oblongata 
in acumen cuspidatum reflexiuseulum protracta minutius 
denticulata pallidiora; theca in ped. perbrevi exserto 
rubro flexili glabro erecta globoso -ovalis pachyderma 
rubro-fuscata, evacuata siccata ore coarctata, latissime 
annulata, opereulo e basi coniea oblique rostrato, calyptra 
operculum solum obtegente membranacea dimidiata basi 
laeiniata glabra vel paraphysibus singulis obtecta gla- 
berrima; perist. robustum: dentes externi e basi elongata 
lato-lanceolata rubra latere cristato-lamellosa in subulam 
brevem pallidiorem produefi glaberrimi, interni in mem- 
brana medioeri favida vel aurea glabra angustius lanceo- 
lato-subulati valde sulcati Havidi ad sulcam haud perfo- 
rati, eiliis rudimentariis interpositis. 
Patria. Argentinia subtropiea, Rio seco prope Sn. 
Andres, 14. Sptbr. 1873 e. fructibus sparsis. 
ß. nigrescens; rami multo robustiores erassiores, folia 
squarruloso-patula nigrescentia. 
Patria. Maroma ante Sn. Andres, 14. Sptbr. 1875, 
sterilis. 
y. tenuis,; planta tenerrima ramis capillaribus Charam 
aliguam referens longissime pendula. 
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