Plantae novae andinae imprimis Weberbauerianae. II. 289 
subteretes, usque 4 cm longi. Folia inferiora (ramorum) usque ad partem 
basalem vel plane emortua, tantum superiora vigentia, imbricata, summa 
stellata, Tamina a petiolo baud distineta, omnia integerrima, parva, ad 
2—3 mm longa, aequilata, ad 4 mm lata, subtus convexa supra plana, in 
apicem triangularem deorsum sub angulo obtuso deflexum producta, mar- 
gine submembranacea, semidiaphana. Umpbellae terminales, 1—2-florae; 
involucrum inferne infundibuliforme, superne 3—4- (—5)-lobatum, lobis 
ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 1—2 mm longis; flores breviter pedicellati; 
sepala suborbieularia vel ovato-orbicularia, post anthesin 1—11/, mm 
longa, usque ad partem terliam superiorem nervo crasso percursa, dorso 
carinata; petala flavida, ovato-lanceolata, apice brevissime inflexa. Fruc- 
tus pedicellum subaequans, subglobosus, a dorso leviter compressus, ca. 
3 mm longus, 31/, mm latus; mericarpiorum juga dorsalia inter sese approxi- 
mata, juga omnia vel suturalia tantum in alas planas vel sinistrorsum 
dextrorsumve undulatas usque ad 1!/, mm latas dilatata; vittae inter juga 
et ad commissuram nullae, intrajugales, margine anteriore fasciculorum 
vasalium percurrentes, solitariae, valde latae. 
Bolivia australis: Puna Patanca (Fırsrie n. 2662, leg. 1903/4). 
Asteriseium amplexicaule Wolff n. sp. (Subgen. Eu- Asteriscium 
Drd.); annuum, glaucum, radice brevi, flexuosa, fibrillis perpaucis munita. 
Caulis brevis, 4—5 em longus, pseudodichotomo-ramosus, ramis subpro- 
stratis, patentissimis vel rarius erecto-patentibus, tenuibus, elongatis, usque 
20 cm longis, quadrangulis, striatis, remote ramulosis, ramulis A—6 cm 
longis. Folia basalia et inferiora petiolata, petiolo lJaminam subaequante 
vel subduplo longiore, subcompresso, basi dilatato, auriculato - stipellato, 
stipellis caducis, lanceolatis, amplexicaulibus, integris vel denticulatis, den- 
ticulis setulosis; lJamina ambitu rhomboideo-cuneata vel rhomboideo-rotun- 
data, usque ad partem tertiam vel paulo profundius 3—5-lobata, lobis 
semiorbieularibus vel late ovato-lanceolatis, subintegris vel = obsolete 
dentatis vel repando-dentatis, palmatim 5—7-nervia, 10—15 mm longa, 
10—12(—15) mm lata; folia media superioraque gradatim minora, sessilia, 
forma valde variabili, basi profunde cordato-ovata amplexicaulia, antice 
repando-dentata vel Iyrato-pinnatiloba, dentibus vel lobis acuminatis, mucro- 
nulatis. Umbellae compositae, pedunculatae, peduncuio tenuissimo, stricto, 
1/y—11/, cm longo, 2—3-radiatae, radiis tenuissimis subaequalibus, 4—2 cm 
longis, divaricatis; involucrum monophyllum, phyllo foliis rameis superiori- 
bus simillimo, pedunculum profunde cordatim amplectente vel perfecte per- 
foliato. Involucelli phylla 5—6, inaequalia, flavida vel flavido-viridia, 
semipellucida, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, subcuspidata, in- 
tegra, margine toto vel apice tantum parce denticulata, 5—7-nervia, us- 
que 31; mm longa, I—1!/, cm lata. Flores in umbellulis 9—12, pedi- 
cellis erassiusculis ca. 21/3 mm longis breviores; sepala manifesta, brevia, 
triangulari-rotundata} petala longe persistentia, perparva, flava, ovato- 
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