328 G. Hieronymus, 
serratis, pinnatinerviis (nervis lateralibus c. 40—412, arcuate ascendenti- 
bus), inter nervos laterales reticulato-venosis; laminis foliorum maximorum 
in specimine fere 6 cm longis, 144—146 mm latis ; inflorescentia thyrsoideo- 
paniculata, ramulis secundariis plerumque scorpioideis ; capitulis numerosis 
mediocribus, involucro campanulato, squamis c. 25, 5—6-seriatis, substra- 
mineis, apice macula fusca notatis, vel purpurascentibus apiceque fusce- 
scentibus, acutiusculis vel obtusiusculis, mucronulatis, dorso minutissime 
puberulis vel subglabrescentibus, apice minute eiliolatis, interioribus 
lanceolatis, c. 3 mm longis, 4 mm latis, exterioribus sensim decrescenti- 
bus, ovatis; floribus 44—46, corollis 41/5,—5 mm longis, tubulo c. 2 mm, 
limbo vix 3 mm longo, apice profunde quinquefido, laciniis lineari-lanceo- 
latis, pappi setis interioribus deciduis, tenuibus, c. 4 mm longis, exteriori- 
bus brevibus, vix 1/; mm longis, subpaleaceis; ovariis sive achaeniis imma- 
turis turbinatis, puberulis. 
Species proxime affinis V. patenti (Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. 
et spec. IV. p. 32), quae foliis subtus hirto-tomentosis, inflorescentiae ramis 
dichotomis divaricatis patentibus differt. 
Peruvia: erescit in monte Cerro de la Campana inter Moyobamba et 
fluvium Rio Huallaga sito, ubi floret mense Julio (coll. Peruv. n. 58b). 
Stevia Stuebelii Hieron. nov. spec. 
Herbacea caule erecto ramoso minute glanduloso-puberulo, ramis 
oppositis polycephalis; foliis oppositis, breviter petiolatis subsessilibusve, 
laminis lanceolatis (maximis in specimine manco c. 5cm longis, 2!/,—3 cm 
latis, margine excepta basi crenato-dentatis, apice elongato obtusiusculis, 
subtrinerviis (nervis 2 lateralibus, crassitie nervum medium subaequanti- 
bus, super basin cuneatam excedentibus) , parce puberulis, demum 
glabrescentibus; capitulis confertim corymbosis, numerosis, involucri brac- 
teis 5, purpurascentibus, lanceolato-linearibus (majoribus 2 c. 61/3 mm 
longis, 4 mm latis, breviter acutis, floribus involucrum superantibus, 
corollis 61/,—7 mm longis, tubo tenui vix 4 mm longo, limbo sensim 
ampliato purpurascente, apice profunde quinquefido, laciniis ovatis, albes- 
centibus (?); achaeniis subeylindraceis, 4 mm longis, pappi paleis 7—9, 
omnibus minimis !/ rarius usque 4 mm longis. 
Species proxime affinis est St. purpurascenti (Sehultz-Bip.) (syn. St. 
elongata Kunth 8 Moritziana var. 9. purpurascens Schultz-Bip. in Linnaea 
XXV. p. 275), quae differt foliis utrinque dense glandulosis, involucri 
squamis longiuscule acuminatis et patria Venezuela, et St. pallidae (Schultz- 
Bip.) (syn. St. elongata Kunth 8 Moritziana var. 4. pallida Schultz-Bip. in 
Linnaea XXV. p. 275), quae caulibus subsimplicibus foliis subintegris vel 
remote serratis, glanduloso-punctatis, margine et nervis subhirto-puberulis, 
involucri squamis pallidis, parce piloso-glandulosis, apice longiuscule acu- 
minatis et aliis notis differt, affinis quoque St. elongatae Kunth in Humb. 
