Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. XI. 115 
XVIII. Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. XI. 
(Originaldiagnosen.) 
Solanaceae auct. E. Hassler. 
196. Solanum guaraniticum Hassler, nov. spec. 
Tuberarium. Caulis herbaceus erectus, angulatus, glaber vel pilo- 
sulus, rhizoma tuberiferum, tubera globosa vel subglobosa, 15 mm dia- 
metro, epidermide tenui flavescente obtecta; folia alterna, basi pseudo- 
stipulis petiolulatis parvis aucta, impari pinnatisecta, segmentis majoribus 
3—5 utroque latere, minimis interjectis, omnibus + brevipetiolatis, basi 
obtusis vel subcordatis inaequalibus, apice + acutiuscule acuminatis, 
glabris vel sparse puberulis; inflorescentia terminalis, dichotome cymoso- 
corymbosa; flores pedicellati, pedicelli graciles 15—20 mm longi, infra 
medium articulati, glabri vel puberuli, calyx late campanulatus 3—4 mm 
altus ad !/, rarius ultra in dentes 5 late triangulari-ovatos + acutos di- 
visus glaber vel pilis inspersus; corolla plicato- 5-angularis 12—13 mm 
longa, fere ad medium in lacinias triangulares acutas divisa, alba vel 
eaerulescens, intus glabra extus glabra vel puberula, lobis margine 
ciliatis, stamina 5, filamento 1 mm longo aucta, 6 mm longa, ovarium 
glabrum, 1,5 mm altum, stylus exsertus, rectus vel curvatus, glaber, 
stigma clavato-capitatum, minute papillosum. 
Var. angustisectum Hassler, nov. var. 
Folia 14—20 em longa, glabra vel glabresceniia, minute ciliolata, 
segmenta majora 4—5 oblongo-lanceolata, margine + undulata, terminale 
majore $0/,—50/, mm basi subcordato, lateralibus 15/,—39/,, mm basi in- 
aequaliter cordatis, in petiolulum 4—5 mm longum attenuatis, minora 
majoribus interjecta ovalia vel suborbicularia distincte sed brevissime 
petiolulata 1—6 mm diametro vel longitudine, inflorescentiis 15 —30-floris, 
pedunculo communi ad 15 cm longo. 
Paraguay: In arenosis ad margines silvarum pr. Villeta, Hassler 
no. 470. 
Gran Chaco: Ad margines silvarum pr. Santa Elisa, Hassler 
no. 2805. 
Var. latisectum Hassler, nov. var. 
Folia 10—20 cm longa, + minute puberula vel pilis crispulis in- 
Spersa, segmenta majora 3—4 utroque latere, ovato-lanceolata ovata vel 
elliptica, rarius oblongo-lanceolata, terminale lateralibus vix manifeste 
majus, basi subcordato, lateralibus basi inaequaliter cordatis, petiolulis 
3—4 mm tantum longis, minora interjecta ovata vel ovali-lanceolata 
acutiuscula rarius orbicularia ad 10 mm longa et 5 mm lata, brevi pe- 
tiolata; inflorescentia vulgo 8—10 flora tantum. 
Forma glabrescens Hassler. 
Caule foliisque sparse minutissime puberulis, segmentis minute 
eiliolatis, 
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