158 Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. XII, 
Ad var. 8. paucifloram Meisen, accedit. 
Paraguay: Ad margines silvarum Naranjati pr. Concepcion, flor. 
mens. Mart.; Hassler no. 10401. 
227. Ipomoea gracilipes Hassler, nov. spec. 
Strophipomoeae Multilobae. Herbacea, gracilis, glaberrima, caulis striato- 
sulcatus subteres; internodiis sat elongatis 4—20 cm longis; folia digi- 
tata, quinata, herbacea, concolora, petiolus folium aequans vel superans, 
patens, sulcato-striatus subquadrangularis, basin versus aculeis conicis 
subrecurvis sparsis, medio et in petiolis nonnulis fere ad apicem aculeis 
rectis minutis sparsis, auctus, rarissime in foliis tenuibus supremis 
omnino inermis, longitudine valde variabilis in foliis supremis 2 cm in 
inferioribus ad 10 cm longus, apice leviter dilatatus et basi in alas duas 
stipuliformes, pedunculum vel ramulum amplectentes dilatatus; foliola in- 
feriora lanceolato-oblonga vel lanceolata, basi et apice acuta et fere 
petiolulata, minute mucronulata, 89/,,—99/,X. mm pseudo petiolulis 5— 
10 mm longis, foliolis infimis rarius bilobis, i. e. 10—15 mm supra basin 
lobulo oblongo-lanceolato 25—30 mm longo et 4—6 mm lato aucto, costa 
mediana subtus prominente, nervis primariis utroque latere cc. 12: 
foliola superiora lineari-lanceolata vel linearia 90/5 40/,, 35/, mm. 
Pedunculi axillares, solitarii gracillime filiformes multiflexuosi, 50— 
80 mm longi, pedicelli cc. triplo crassiores, floriferi nutantes 6—8 mm 
longi, bracteis ovali-lanceolatis minutis vix 1 mm longis; sepala tenuiter 
herbacea, exteriora ovali-oblonga, subacuta minute mucronulata asperulo- 
punctulata 4 mm longa + dilute rosea (in sicco) interiora ovalia obtusa 
laevia, angustissime scarioso-marginata; corolla campanulato-infundibuli- 
formis, 25 mm longa, purpurea, glabra; stamina 4 mm alte affixa, filamenta 
5 mm longa puberula, antherae oblongae basi cordatae, roseae, 1 mm 
longae; discus annularis, brevis; ovarium subglobosum biloculare ovula 
4 glabra alba, stylus 10 mm longus, stigma globoso-subbilobum, papillosum 
roseum. 
Pedicelli fructiferi erecti, capsula membranacea globosa, laevis bi- 
valvis, 10 mm diametro; semina ovali oblonga complanata minute pu- 
berula, parte ventrali pilis paucis albis longioribus inspersa. 
Paraguay: In campis humidis Esperanza, flor. mens. Mart.; 
Hassler no. 10907, leg. Rojas; id. feuchter Camp., Villa Sana, flor. 
mens. Jan. et Mart.; Fiebrig no. 4936 et 5144 in Herb. Hassler. 
Species nova J. pulchellae Roth affinis differt imprimis pedunculis 
multiflexuosis elongatis  gracillimis, sepalis exterioribus punctulato- 
asperulis. 
228. Ipomoea pulchella Roth, Nov. Spec., 115. 
Var. lineariloba Hassler, nov. var. 
Folia quinato-digitata, lobis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque acutis 39/,— 
‘5, mm, petiolis basin versus tuberculoso-denticulatis, pedunculis unifloris. 
30 mm longis, sepalis glabris. 
I. gracilipedi nob. arcte affinis, imprimis pedunculis vix curvulis uro- 
vioribus robustioribus, sepalis glabris diversa. ' 
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