170 Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. XV. 
vulgo 4 simplices 4-6 cm longi apice monocephali, rarius tertio su- 
periore divisi, bicephali, cc. ad medium et subcapitulo bractea lineari 
lanceolata conspicue glandulifera aucti; capitula cc. 30-flora; involucrum 
subcampanulatum !?/, mm; paleis lanceolatis acutis adpressis, filiformiter 
acuminatis, exterioribus %, mm, interioribus '/22 mm herbaceis virides- 
centibus et praecipue exterioris pilis glanduliferis brunneolis dense ob- 
tectis; corolla 6 mm longa rosea, cylindrica, tertio superiore infundibuli- 
formiter dilatata lobis vix !/; mm longis, pilis pulehre roseis glanduliferis 
barbellatis, styli rami ad 5 mm exserti; pappus corollae aequilongus, flores- 
cens, setis cc. 25 conspicue longiuscule ciliatis, fere plumosis; achaenia 
6 mm longa, costis dense barbellato-ciliatis, eglandulosa. 
Species nova E. pandurifolio Bak. affinis, differt indumento glanduli- 
fero, forma foliorum, inflorescentia pauciflora, capitulis majoribus, corolla 
apice dilatata, achaeniis eglandulosis, pilosis. 
Paraguay: Coaguazü in campis siecis, flor. mens. Mart. (1905); 
Hassler no. 9081. 
Die Art steht E. pandurifolium Bak. sehr nahe puncto Habitus; die 
glandulóse Behaarung des Stengels, der Blätter, der Infloreszenz, die 
keilförmig zugespitzte Blattbasis, die bloss 5—6 Köpfchen tragenden 
Infloreszenzen, die über !/, grósseren Blüten unterscheiden ausser den 
oben angeführten Differenzen unsere neue Art. 
259. Eupatorium Esperanzae Hassler, nov. spec. 
Heterolepis.  Suffrutex 1—1,5 m altus ubique viscoso-glandulosus; 
caulis teres simplex usque ad apicem foliatus, basi et medio pilis fulvis 
erispis, glanduliferis brevioribus intermixtis, dense tomentosus, et cica- 
trieibus foliorum delapsorum perulam  albido-tomentosam ferentibus, 
auctis, apicem versus pilis crispulis canescentibus glanduliferis numero- ` 
sissimis intermixtis hirsuto-tomentosus; internodia a basi ad apicem ac- 
crescentia, basi 25, apice 40 mm longa; folia internodiorum inferiorum 
triverticillata, mediana et suprema opposita, petiolata; lamina ovata vel 
ovato-lanceolata, 190/55, 65/40, *%/gg mm membranacea, subdiscolor, apice 
acuta basi attenuato-truncata, vel leviter deltoideo-attenuata et + ab- 
rupte angustissime aliformi in petiolum canaliculatum 15—20 mm longum 
decurrens, penninervis, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus utroque latere 
5—6 supra modice, subtus magis prominulis, margine serrata basi in- 
tegra, dentibus planiuscule calloso-mucronatis, petiolus laminaque supra 
pilis brevibus, sparse setuloso- puberulis, viridescentibus subtus pilis 
canescenti - flavicantibus molliter tomentosulis, ubique glandulis curtis 
dense obsitis. 
Corymbi ad apicem caulis et ex axillis foliorum superiorum ampli 
multiflori, rami patenter erecti ut ramuli et pedicelli pilis flavescenti-canes- 
centibus apice glanduliferis densis hirsuti, rami basi foliis caulinis re- 
ductis bracteati, ramulis bractea lineari spathulata vel lineari 5 —7/15—2 mm 
dense glandulosa aucti, pedicelli 7—15 mm longi, apicem versus bi- 
bracteolatis, bracteolis filiformibus 2,5—3 mm longis glandulosis; in- 
volucrum late campanulatum 9 mm longum, apice 12 mm latum; paleis 
