Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. III. 319 
rarius suborbicularibus omnibus + subacute latiuscule acuminatis, su- 
perioribus et inferioribus parvis, 4 cm longit. et latitud. haud superanti- 
bus, medianis 8—10 cm longis et latis interdum obsolete 3—5 lobis, 
basi subcordatis, inferioribus transverse-ellipticis, basi subcordatis, vel 
late obovatis basi subcuneatis et interdum in lobos 3 acutiusculos ad !/, 
divisis. 
Floribus majoribus, involucri phyllis 15—18 mm longis, calyce 
30—32 mm longo, petalis 65—80 mm longis, 50—60 mm latis tubo 
stamineo ad 40 cm longo, stylis 55—60 mm longis. 
Paraguay: Sierra de Amambay in campis combustis pr. Esperanza, 
mens. Sept., Hassler no. 10621, leg. Rojas. 
68. Hibiscus furcellatus Desv. in Lam. Encycl, III, 358; Pl. Hassl., 
Il, p. 564. 
Var. y. dominicus (Hochreut.) Hassler, nov. var. 
— Hibiscus dominicus Hochreut. in Plant. Hassler, II, 563. 
A typo vix differt indumento caulis duplici, it est, e tomento fur- 
furaceo brevi et setulis strigulosis raris composito, ceteris partibus omnino 
var. «e. genuinae similis. 
Paraguay, ad ripas lacus Ypacaray, flor. mens. Oct. Hassler 
no. 3364. 
69. Cienfuegosia sulphurea Garcke, Bonpl., VIII, 148. 
Var. y. major Hassler, nov. var. 
Erecta vel subprostrata ad 50 cm alta, glabrescens, stipulis lineari- 
bus acutis ad 7 mm longis vix 0,25 mm latis, foliis ovatis, late ovatis, 
subpanduriformibus vel suborbicularibus, grosse irregulariter dentato- 
crenatis, interdum obsolete lobatis, petiolis 10—30 mm, lamina *9[,4, 50/40, 
55/. mm involucro vulgo 8-phyllo, interdum 9; phyllis lineari-lanceolatis 
12—15 mm longis, calyce 18—22 mm longo, petalis 25—32 mm longis. 
Gran Chaco: In campis Coperniciis obsitis ,palmares* dictis pr. 
Santa Rita (Chaco septentr.) flor. et fruct. mens. Oct. Hassler no. 2416; 
in argillosis in regione cursius inferioris fluminis Pilcomayo, flor, mens. 
Maj. Rojas no. 100. 
10. Cienfuegosia subprostrata Hochreut., Ann. Cons. Jard. bot. Genève, 
VI, p. 48. 
Var. «. genuina Hochr. 
Nostra sententia est forma macra arenosa var. ß. verae nob, 
Var. 8. vera Hassler nov. var. 
Differt habitu robustiore suberecto, stipulis majoribus latioribus gla- 
brescentibus, foliis majoribus, ovatis, obovatis, ovali-oblongis ‘0/4, 30/34, 
40/,, mm petiolis parte superiore glabrescentibus, pedunculis longioribus 
usque ad 10 cm longis, involucri phyllis glabrescentibus, vulgo longiori- 
bus 10—20 mm longis, calyce ad 16 mm longo, glabrescente vel margine 
et in nervis extus, sparse ciliato, petalis ad 50 mm longis. 
Stipulis in foliis inferioribus linearibus, vel lanceolato-linearibus 
10 mm longis et medio 1,5 mm latis, in foliis superioribus sensim 
decrescentibus et angustioribus, in axillis superioribus subulato-linearibus 
