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C04 



(i. IlicKaijiiiiis. 



131). Isocarpha divuricata BcnLh. Dot. of lielch voy. of Ihti Sulphur 

 p. HO. t. 41. 



Suffrutex pcdalis, lloriijus lilacinis. 



Ecuador: crescit in pascuis sabanas dictis prope Balao, Januario 

 llorcns (Eggkus n. 14016 par(im); e seminilais a cl. r>Aiio>'E de Eggkiis 

 missis in llurto regiu l)oLanico Berolincnsi culla est. 



140. Wedelia Eggcrsii Ilicron. n. sp. 



Cyaihoplwm suffruticosa {?Jj ramosa; ramis suLteretibus vel subaiiiiu- 



Ia(is, striatis, parcc pubcsccntibus ; foliis opposilis (internodiis usfjue ad 9 cm 

 longis), petiolaLis (pcliolis 4—5 mm longis, compressis, pubescciiLibus, supra 

 c-inaliculalis) ; laminis lanccolato-ovatis, apicc acuminalis, basi breviLcr cu- 

 nealis, margine basi cuncata integra exccpta serrato-dcntalis (denLibus 

 3—5 mm disLanlibus, c. 1/2—^ i"m altis), mcmbranaccis vol scnioribus sub- 

 cbaiiaceis, ulrincpie parcc scabrido-hirtis^ tripbncrviis (nervis 2 lateralibus 

 ceteris (2—3 in uLi'iKpte diinidia facie] crassioribus, c. 5 — 6 mm supra 

 ])asin nascenlibus, ullra medium percurrentihus, utrinquc vix prominulis, 

 supra densius liirlo-pilosis), inter nervos latcrales rcticulato-venosis vcnu- 

 losisquc (vcnis vcnu]is(pie subtus manifeslis, supra parum pcrspicuis ulrinque 

 non prominulis); laminis maximis in spcciminibus c. 71/2 cm longis, V]^ 

 31/2 cm Jatis; capilulis in apice ramulorum solitar'iis, pcdunculalis (pcdun- 

 CLilis usciuc ad 4'/.2 cm longis, scabrido-birtis) ; involucri late c:impanulali 

 squamis c. 15; cxterioribus 4 — 5 bcrbaceis, parce hirto-pilosis, triplinerviis, 

 inter nervos reticidato-venosis vcnulosisque, ovato-Ianceolatis, acutis, usque 

 ad 14 mm longis, 5 mm supra basin lalis; interioribus scariosis, oblongis 

 obtusiusculis, paralcllincrviis (nervis c. 1 0— 5 majorum varie anastomosanti- 

 bus), margine ciliatis, ceterum glabratis; inlerioribus majoribus c. 9 mm 

 longis, 4 mm latis; mcdiis 6 mm longis, c. 2 mm latis; minoribus sub- 

 a('(|uilongis, vix 1 72 ^'n longis; receptaculo convexo, c. 3 mm diam., 

 11/2 mm alLo; rcceptaculi palcis lincari-oblongis, complicatis, c. 7 mm longis, 

 c. IY4 mm latis, scariosis, lulescenli-hynlinis, 3 — 5-nerviis, apice oblusius- 

 culo breviliT ciliatis, dorso carinatis (carina hyalina, denticulato-ciliata] ; 

 floribus femincis fertilibus ligulatis radii in capitulo examiuato 9; corollis 

 c. 18 — 19 mm longis, aureis, glabris; tubulo vix Vj^ umi longo; ligula 

 c. 10— 17 mm longa, 5'/2— 6 mm lata, apice profunde bifida (laciniis usque 

 ad 3 mm longis, ublusis), mullinervia (nervis 4 — 6 crassioribus nervis le- 

 nuioribus varie anastomosantibus); stylo c. 7 mm longo (ramis l'/.^ mm 

 longis iuclusisj; Iloribus hermaphroditis disci numerosis (in capitulo exa- 

 miuato c. 80); corollis GV'2 "i"! longis, aureis, glaliris; tubulo c. 2'/'2 mm 

 longo; limbo 4 mm longo (laCiniis c. 1/2 inii^ longis obscurius aureis in- 

 clusis); pappo c squamellis c. ^4 i^T^m altis in cyathum laceralo-denticula- 

 tum fuscescentem scariosum connalis formato; achacniis valde immaturis 

 parce sericeo-pilosis, c. 2V2 mm longis (cyalho pappi cxcluso). 



Species W. 7irtwaefoUnc DC. asialicae Ixabilu pracscrtim foliorum in- 



