50 Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbiichern. Nr. 119. 



puberulae 5-dentatae lO-nerviae, tubulo brevi in faucem tubulosam ab- 

 rupte ampliato. Antherae basi sagittatae apice appendice ovato obtuso 

 munitae. Stylus basi bulbosus ramis brevibus subobtusis appendice siib- 

 nullo. Achenia obovato-oblonga e latere compressa paullo incrassata nigra 

 in lateribus et margine sericeis cum ala albida crustaceo-suberosa praedita, 

 basi angustato olivaceo crustaceo. Pappus e aristis 2 paleaceis et squa- 

 mellis 4 (in jugis basi unitis) firmis quadratis truncatis, omnibus nigris 

 margine et apice albidis scariosis fimbriatis, compositus. — Suffrutescentes(?) 

 ramosi ca. 1 m alti strigilloso-puberuli. Folia alterna ovato-lanceolata in- 

 tegra vel denticulata. Capitula pauca majuscula longe-pedunculata cum 

 odore Dianthi caryophylli. Sexualia vix exserta. — Genus peruvianum 

 xerophilum speciebus duabus, inter Viguieram et Verhesinam intermedium 

 Species typica 8, Weberbaueri. 



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Syncretocarpus Weberbaueri Blake n. sp. — Perennis 1 m alta; 



caule brunneo ramoso striatulo strigilloso tarde subglabrato; foliis lanceo- 

 lato-ovatis acuminatis basi in petiolum cuneate contractis subintegris vel 

 obscure et subremote denticulatis supra basin indistincte trinerviis ubique 

 dense subcanescente tuberculato-strigillosis 4,5 — 9,5 cm longis 1,1 — 3,6 cm 

 latis; petiolis canescenti-strigosis supra complanatum sursum marginatis 

 7 — 17 mm longis; pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus nudis vel 1—2- 

 bracteatis apice pilosulis monocepbalis 7 — 10,5 cm longis; capitulis 5 cm 

 latis; disco 1,5 — 1,8 cm alto 2,3 — 3 cm diametro; involucri 5-seriali 

 8 — 10 mm alti squamis sensim gradatis dense canescente subtomentoso- 

 puberulis subobtusis extimis late ovatis vel ovalibus interioribus gradatim 

 oblongioribus intimis quam extimis triplo longioribus; radiis 12 aureis 

 ovali-oblongis 1,6— 1,8 cm longis 5— 7,5 mm latis; coroUis disci flavis 

 dense puberulis 7— 7,5 mm longis (tubulo 1,4 mm, dentibus 0,6 mm longis 

 inclusis); paleis ovato-oblongis scariosis ca. 29-nerviis margine erosis sub 

 apice abrupte angustatis obtusis in dorso supra et apice puberulis 10,5 

 13 mm longis; acheniis corpore nigro sericeo 7 mm longis in pede olivaceo 

 paullo anguslato et margine albido ciliato crustaceo-suberoso-incrassatis; 

 aristis 2 ciliato-fimbriatis 2,3—3 mm longis; squamellis 4 oblongo-quadralis 

 1,6 mm longis. 



Peru: stony slopes, among a scanty xerophytic vegetation of shor 

 growth-period, cbiefly annuals, shrubs and cacti, mountains north o 

 Chosica, near the Lima-Oroya Railroad, alt. 1300 -1400 m (Wbberbaceb 

 n. 5356) (types in Berlin Herbarium; photograph and fragments in Graj 

 Herbarium). 



According to Dr. Weberbauer's label the plant is a shrub, but the specimens 

 (which lack the base) have rather the appearance of a barely suffrutescent (?) perenn 



Syncretocarpus simUis Blake n. sp. — Ultimo simillimus; caue 

 minutius slrigillosis; foliis minutius et densius tuberculato-strigillosis; invo- 

 lucri ca. 4-seriati 11,5— 14 mm alti squamis acutis extimis ovatis m- 



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