58 Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. X. 
12 cm longus, in foliis inferioribus decompositis 20—40 cm longus; pe- 
tioli secundarii profunde sulcato excavati, sulco intus puberulo, ad nodos 
ut petiolus communis supra pilosuli, in foliis secundariis ternatis vix 
2 cm longi, in pluri pinnatis ad 10 cm attingentes; foliola sessilia, lamina 
in foliolis supremis longiuscule, in lateralibus breviter petioliforme de- 
currente; lamina oblonga, oblongo-lanceolata, ovato-oblonga vel ovata, 
50/00, 19/49, 110/49, 140/59 mm basi et apice acuta, apice in acumen cuspi- 
datum obtusiusculum, emarginatum producta, subcoriacea, leviter discolor, 
supra olivaceo-vel (in nonullis praecipue adultis) an dessicatione? nigro- 
nitens, costa et nervis pilosulis exceptis glabra, subtus-cinereo viridis, 
glaberrima, margine tenui integerrima, costa mediana supra minus 
subtus magis prominente, nervis utroque latere cc. 10 ante marginem 
arcuatim anastomosantibus praedita, rete venularum subtus conspicuo, 
prominente. 
Flores in axillis foliorum in racemos laxifloros, rarius subpaniculatos, 
i. e. ramulo uno alterove secundario auctis, dispositi, racemi 2—10 vulgo 
ultra 4 pro axilla 6—15 cm longi, rhachi glabra nigrescens; bracteae an- 
guste lanceolatae 2 mm longae deciduae, apice flavido pilosulae; brac- 
teolae anguste lineares persistentes nigrescentes 1,5—2 mm longae; pe- 
dunculi brevissimi a pedicellis nisi insertione bracteolarum distinguendi, 
pedicelli elongati graciles cum pedunculis 10—15 mm longi; calyx aut 
bilobus, aut unilateraliter fissus vel rarius irregulariter 3—4 lobus, tur- 
binato-tubulosus, apicem versus leviter dilatatus, cc. 20 mm longus, extus 
glaber, nigrescens, intus pilis capitellatis sessilibus vestitus; corolla cam- 
panulato-infundibuliformis, 7—8 cm longa, basi in tubum calyce aequi- 
longum contracta, tubo basin versus iterum leviter dilatato, lobis £ 
aequalibus brevibus latiusculis, extus glaberrima, intus tubo basali ad in- 
sertionem staminum pubescente; stamina + aequialte affixa curvata 
minora 20 mm majora 28 mm longa, thecae divaricatae glabrae 3,5 mm 
longae, connectivo parvo, staminodium filiforme 4 mm longum; discus 
pulvinaris latiusculus 1,5 mm altus et 4 mm diametro, superne im- 
pressus; ovarium subteres leviter complanatum, glabrum, 4 mm longum, 
stylo 30 mm longo, stigmatibus planis rhomboideis, ovula pro loculo in 
placenta unica subbiseriatim disposita ce. 10—12. Capsula late linearis, 
plana, glabra, subtorulosa, 20—25 cm longa 2 cm lata basi acuta, apice 
breviter acutiuscule rostrato-acuminata, valvis elevato-marginatis, septo 
membranacea, semina uniseriata, elliptica ala undique cincta, ala parte 
centrali opaca, margines versus hyalina, semina alis inclusis 5 cm longa 
2 cm lata. 
Paraguay: In dumetis pr. Esperanza, flor. mens. Dec.; Hassler 
no. 10735, leg. Rojas; ibid. fruct. mens. Febr.; Hassler no. 10735, a, 
leg. Rojas. 
Forma parvifoliolata Hassler, nov. form. 
Differt foliolis omnibus etiam in foliis decompositis multo minoribus. 
lanceolato-oblongis, brevius cuspidatis #/,, — Bäi mm tantum metientibus, 
petiolo communi ad 15 cm attingente, petiolis secundariis ad 6 cm longis, 
capsula ejus var. genuinae similis aequilonga et aequilata. 
