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bipinnatim remoteque ramosus, ramis primariis 3 cm longis, sparsim breviterque pinnulatis. F o 1 i a 

 c a u 1 i n a conferta, recte patula, parum concava, in piano ovato-oblonga (4,5 mm longa, medio 2,75 mm 

 lata) apice obtusa, brevissima basi inserta, basi a n t i c a valde ampliata, caulem superantia, rotundata 

 vel acute angulata, basi p o s t i c a caudata, oauda majusoula bifida, laciniis late divergentibus, ceterum 

 integerrima. C e 1 1 u 1 a e superae 18/18 n, basales 27/36 [i trigonis majusculis acutis. L o b u 1 u s 

 magnus ligulatus (2 mm longus, 0,75 mm latus) apice acutus, basi appendiculatus, appendiculo valido 

 subrotundo, breviter acuminato, acuto. Amphigastria caulina ovata (2 mm longa, medio 

 1,5 mm lata) apice rotundata, basi utrinque breviter caudata, laciniis angustis paucispinosis. F o 1 i a 

 f 1 r a 1 i a intima caulinis parum minora, similia, circumcirca denticulata, apice cuspidata, raargine 

 infero superne spinoso inferne longe donseque pilitero; lobulus linearis, folio parum brevior, 



Fig. 178. Madolheca aculüoba St 



; toi. caul. 30 r 1 ; 6 lobulus fol. c.iul. 30 : 

 nphig. flor. 20 :1: / Perianth. 20:1. 



li rftol. flor. 20:1: 



profunde solutus, apice acutus, marginibus ubique dense longeque setaceis. Ampliigastrium 

 tlorale intimum lobulo aequilongum, oblongum vel sublingulatum, apice rotundatum, marginibus ubique 

 dense irregulariterque spinulosis. Reliqua desunt. 



Florida de San Mateo 2000 m, No. 3661. 



324. Madotheca cognaia L. et G. 



Cordillera de Saata Cruz, No. 3550. 



325. Madotheca fissistipula St. n. sp. 



Dioica magna robusta, rigidula, flavo-rufescens, laxe intricata vel pendula. C a u 1 i s ad 12 cm 

 longus, regulariter longeque ramosus, ramis simplicibus, hie illic pinnulatis. Folia caulina parum 

 imbricata, oblique patula leviter concava, in piano ovata (4,25 mm longa, supra basin 3 mm lata) apice 

 obtusa, superne integerrima, supra basin sparsim minuteque dontata, basi postica crispata, antica rotun- 



