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posita, alterna, superiora approximata subverticillata saepe in apice ramo- 

 rum rosulantia, alia aequalia, 8 - 5 / 3 ,7 7 A mm vel minora, saepius longe 

 cuneata. Flores rosei, capitati; capitula vix 1 cm lata; pedunculus in 

 anthesi subnullus; rhachis racemi crassiuscula, profunde alveolata; pedi- 

 celli vix \ mm longi. Flores cc. 3 mm longi vel paulo longiores. Sepala 

 late ovato-triangularia, superius duplo latius, glabra. Alae late spathulatae 

 inaequilaterales, retusiusculae vel submucronatae, nervis flabellatis tribus, 

 extrinsecus ramosis ramis bifidis, ut sepala croceo-maculatae, carinam 

 superantes. Petala superiora conspicue rhomboidalia acutiuscula, basi acu- 

 tata, carinam cristatam aequantia vel superantia. Crista e filamentis cc. 8, 

 cylindricis, aliis bifidis, furcatis, et e duabus lamellis serratis constans. 

 Ovarium ellipticum croceo-maculatum ; stylus ovario sublongior, arcuatus; 

 stigma superius appendicem pedicellatam cristatam conspicuam ferens, in- 

 ferius apice linguiforme. Capsula late elliptica, alis brevior. Semina ellip- 

 soidea, superficie minute granulata, glabrescentia vel pilos perpaucos ferentia, 

 apice imo denudata et pilos plures longiusculos ferentia, haud cornuta vel 

 obsolete cornuta; appendices membranaceae albae oblongae, irregulares, 

 pro rata latiusculae. 



Siidbrasilianische Provinz: Standort unbekannt (Sellow ohne n. 

 Herb. Berlin). 



Not a. Species inter > Ericoideas « ponenda, differt ab omnibus foliorum forma 

 et dispositions 



P. sincoreuse Ghod. n. sp. — Radix perpendicularis simplex vel 

 pauciramosa. Caulis basi simplex erectus superne corymbose ramosus, 

 tenuissime puberulus, ad 2 mm crassus, 8 — 10 cm longus, denudatus vel 

 densiuscule foliosus. Rami repetite corymbosi sat dense foliosi 5 — 8 cm 

 longi. Folia t .patentia vel reflexa, obovato-spathulata, vel elliptica vel 

 elliptico-spathiilata, obtusa vel mucrone brevi instructa, subtus pallidiora, 

 roarginibus in sicco revolutis, supra et subtus pilis paucis brevibus apice 



glandulosis conspersa, subcoriacea, 8 / 2 ,5 9 A,5 % mm > sicca su P ra rugosa, 

 vix petiolulata, internodiis multo longiora. Racemi terminales breviter 

 Pyramidales dein breviter cylindrici, floribus et fructubus dilapsis rhachi 

 longe denudata, cicatricibus vix prominulis, tenues. Flores 2,5 mm 

 lon gi, pedicello tenui triplo quadruplove longiores, rosei. Sepalum su- 

 perius late ellipticum subobtusum, ciliatum, inferiora elliptico-acuta apice 

 ciliata. Garinae unguiculum breve; crista totam latitudinem cuculli haud 

 obtegens, e lobis paucis constituta. Petala superiora basi late obliqua 

 limbo continuo - late elliptico subobtuso, carinam superantia. Antherae 

 ftlamentorum parte libera multo longiores. Ovarium late ellipticum glabrum; 

 stylus sinuatus; stigma inferius acutum basi vaginatum longe pilosum, pilis 

 r «fractis, superius longum cylindricum refractum apice leviter dilatatum. 

 Capsula elliptica emarginata. Semina oblonga pilosa apice cornuta et le- 

 viter curvata, appendicibus membranaceis pendentibus semine plus quam 

 duplo brevioribus. Alae capsulam aequantes vel longiores. 



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