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Monac. et Vindob.; in eadem prov. loco hand indicate: Lanysdorff n. IS 2 

 in herb. Hort. Petrop. — Floret Decembri. 



50. MICROLICIA INQUINANS Naud. fruticulosa, 

 paulo ramosa, ad apices ramorum dense foliosa et viscosis- 

 sima; ramis tetragonis, subsparse et breviuscule pilosis, in- 

 ferne longe denudatis; foliis subsemiamplexicaulibus, patulis, 

 planis, carnosulis, ovato-oblongis vel superioribus lanceolatis, 

 apice acutiusculis, basi subrotundatis , margine vix conspicue 

 crenulato setoso-ciliatis, utrinque glabris et creberrime minute- 

 que impresso-punctatis , 3- vel rarius 5-nerviis; floribus ad 

 apices ramorum subcapitals , foliis 4 aut 8 quam caetera 

 latioribus et brevioribus suffultis; calyce glabro vel subglabro, 

 viscosissimo , tubo latiuscule campanulato, teretiusculo , seg- 

 mentis triangulari-subulatis , basi remotiusculis, apice acutis- 

 simis et seta terminatis, tubum subaequantibus ; petalis ob- 

 ovatis, apice acutis; antheris anguste ovoideis, apice breviter 

 rostellatis, majorum connectivo ultra insertionem fllamenti 

 longiuscule porrecto et vix dilatato, basi truncato vel sub- 

 bilobo, minorum connectivo basi brevissime porrecto et non 

 incrassato. 



Microlicia inquinans Naud.! in Ann. se. not. ser. 3. III. 

 172, XII. 233 et Melast. 38; Walp. Report. V. 690; Triana 

 Melast. 27. 



Caulis erectus, gracilis, leviter flexuosus, teretiusculus, rugosulus 

 et distincte articulatus, cinereo-fuscus, denndatus, 4 — 5 dm. altus; rami 

 erecto-patuli, longiuscnli, satis graciles, creberrime articulati. Foma inter- 

 nodiis 2 — 4-plo longiora, supra atro-viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 8 ad 

 12 mm. loiiga, 3 — 6 mm. lata, juuiora paulo minora saepe agglutinata et 

 viseoso-madentia , nervis gracillimis, atrinqne leviter impressis, lateralibus 

 saepius brevioribus. Calyx atro-fuseus, tubo ad basin subrotuudato, apice 

 paulo dilatato, 5 mm. longo, apice 5 — 6 mm. lato, segmentis erectis, 5 mm. 

 longis, basi 1 — 2 mm. latis. PETALA erecto-patula , utrinque glabcrrima, 

 inferne breviter multincrvia, basi breviter attenuate , 10 — 12 mm. longa, 

 7 — 8 mm. lata. Stamina satis inaequalia: majorum filamenta filiformia, 

 subrecta, purpurea, 4 — 5 mm. longa; antherae purpurascentes, apice gra- 

 ciliter pallido-rostellatae, 2 — 27« mm. longae, l'/a mm. crassae, connectivo 

 infra loculos 4 — 5 mm. long, producto, filiformi, satis arcuato, basi vix 

 compresso; minorum Iilamenta subcapillaria, 4 mm. longa; antherae 17s 

 ad 2 mm. longae, connectivo intra loculos 1 — l'/a mm. long, producto, 

 subcapillari, leviter arcuato. Capsula perfecta iguota. 



Habitat in petrosis prope Vareda nee non in locis apcrtis et are- 

 nosis montium Serra de Araxa: St-Hilaire. 



51. MICROLICIA PERUVIANA Cogn. fruticulosa, 

 di — trichotome ramosa, leviter viscidula; ramis acute tetra- 

 gonis, glabris vel leviter puberulis, ad nodos saepius brevius- 

 cule pilosis, inferne non vel breviter denudatis; foliis brevis- 

 sime petiolulatis , plus minusve patulis, subplanis, membrana- 

 ceis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis , apice acutiusculis vel 

 subobtusis et breviter setoso-mucronulatis , basi leviter atte- 

 nuatis, margine obsolete crenulatis et subsparse setoso-ciliatis, 

 utrinque glabris et creberrime minuteque impresso-punctatis, 

 trinerviis; floribus purpurascentibus , solitariis, axillaribus, 

 brevissime pedicellatis ; calyce glabro, viscidulo, tubo anguste 

 campanulato, superne satis dilatato, distincte 10-nervio, seg- 

 mentis triangulari-linearibus , basi remotiusculis, apice acutis, 

 tubo dimidio brevioribus; petalis anguste obovatis, apice ob- 



tusiusculis; antheris ovoideo-oblongis, apice longiuscule rostel- 

 latis, majorum connectivo ultra insertionem filamenti longius- 

 cule porrecto et leviter dilatato, basi truncato vel minute 

 tridenticulato , minorum connectivo cum filamento simpliciter 

 articulato vel vix porrecto. 



Gaulis erectus, satis robustus, leviter flexuosus, teres, rugosulus, 

 non articulatus, cinereo-fuscus, denndatus, 4— dm. altus; rami satis nu- 

 merosi, erecti vel erecto-patuli, longiuscnli, satis graciles, leviter flexuosi, 

 cinerei, distincte articulati. Folia internodiis dimidio vel subduplo lon- 

 giora, supra atro-viridia, subtus cinereo-fusca, 8—11 mm. longa, 3— 4 mm. 

 lata, superiora subdimidio minora, nervo mediano gracili, utrinque saepius 

 levissime prominente, lateralibus gracillimis, saepius paulo brevioribus, 

 utrinque impressis. Calyx cinereo-fuscus, saepius nitidulus, tubo inferne 

 satis attenuate, basi subtruncato, 4 mm. longo, apice 3 mm. lato, seg- 

 mentis erecto-patulis, 2— 2Vs mm. longis, basi vix 1 mm. latis. Pktala 

 erecto-patula, utrinque glaberrima, distincte 5— 7-nervia, basi subrotundata 

 vel vix attenuata, 7— 8 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. Stamina satis inaeqaalia: 

 majorum filamenta subcapillaria, leviter flexuosa, 4 mm. longa; antherae 

 purpureae, apice graciliter pallido-rostellatae, 2 l /a mm longae, 1 mm. crassae, 

 connectivo infra loculos 4 — 5 mm. long, producto, filiformi, valde arcuato, 

 basi satis compresso et paulo pallidiore; minorum filamenta capillaria, 

 3 mm. longa; antherae 2 mm. longae, connectivo infra loculos 3 /* — 1 mm- 

 long, producto, capillari, leviter arcuato, basi non incrassato. Ovarium 

 liberum, atro-fuscum, oblongo-subcylindricum, leviter trisulcum, apice sub- 

 truncatum et leviter intrusum, 2 mm. longum. Stylus filiformis, glaber, 

 vix arcuatus, apice leviter attenuates, 3 mm. lougus. Capsula atro-fusca, 

 anguste ovoidea, sublaevis, distincte trisulca, apice subtruncata, 4 — 5 mm. 

 longa, 3 mm. crassa. Skmina sordide fusca, oblique ovoidea, leviter ar- 

 cuata, basi rotundata vel subtruncata, apice leviter attenuata, '/a mm. 

 longa, */s nim. crassa. 



Habitat in Penivia circa Cochabamba: Haenke in herb. Monac. 



52. MICROLICIA GLUTINOSA Naud. fruticulosa, 

 di — trichotome ramosissima, glutinosa praecipue in ramis ju- 

 nioribus; ramis tetragonis, subglabris et minute denseque 

 punctato-glandulosis , inferne breviter denudatis; foliis sessili- 

 bus, satis approximatis , arete adpressis sed non vel vix im- 

 bricatis, membranaceis, supra leviter concavis, lanceolatis vel 

 lanceolato-linearibus , apice acuminatis et longiuscule setosis, 

 inferne leviter attenuatis, margine obsolete crenulatis et sub- 

 sparse longeque setoso-ciliatis, utrinque glabris et densiuscule 

 minuteque impresso-punctatis, uninerviis; floribus subsessilibus, 

 solitariis, axillaribus. 



Microlicia glutinosa Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 3. III. 

 180; Walp. Repert. V. 694; Triana Melast. 27. 



Radix gracilis, brevis, paulo ramosa. Cauxis gracilis, erectus vel 

 suberectus, leviter flexuosus, teretiusculus, sublaevis, non articulatus, sor- 

 dide cinereus, denudatus, inferne simplex, superne subfastigiato-ramosus, 

 3 dm. altus; rami erecti, longiuscnli, gracillimi, leviter flexuosi, cinerei, 

 leviter articulati. Folia internodiis duplo longiora, utrinque cinereo-fusca, 

 3—5 mm. longa, 1 — 1 1 /t mm. lata, setis patulis, albidis, leviter flexuosis, 

 1 — l 1 /* mm. longis, nervo mediano gracillimo, supra leviter prominente, 

 subtus impresso. Flores ignoti. Calyx fructifer glaber, leviter glutinosus, 

 sordide cinereus, tubo ovoideo-campanulato, distincte 10-nervio, 4—5 mm. 

 longo, segmentis erectis, subulatis, basi remotis, apice acutissimis, 3 mm. 

 longis, basi Ys— 3 A mm. latis. Capsula libera, pallide fusca, ovoideo- 

 oblonga, glaberrima, sublaevis, distincte trisulca, apice subtruncata, 4 mm. 

 longa, 27s— 3 mm. crassa. Semina fulva, oblique ovoidea, leviter arcuata, 

 basi subtruncata, apice rotundata, 7s mm. longa, 7s mm. crassa, testa 

 distincte regulariterque foveolata. 



Habitat in prov. Goyaz loco liaud indicato: Gardner n. 3157. 



