327. Madotheca Pilger! St. n. ep. (Fig. 180, d— f). 



Sterilis magna robusta rigida, fusco-rufa, in cortice laxe caespitans Uteque expansa. Caulis 

 ad 12 cm longus, regulariter remoteque pinnatus, pinnis 12 mm longis, saepe flagellatim attenuatis. F o 1 1 a 

 a u 1 i n a conferta, recte patula, concava, in piano ovata, 3mm longa, medio 2,25 mm lata, apice obtusa, 

 asymmetrica, margine supero longe arcuato, intero substricto, valde crispato, basi grosse bil'ido. C e 1 1 ul a e 

 superae 18/18 ^ trigonis maximis acutis, basales 18/36 ji trigonis magnis subnodulosis. L o b u 1 u s 

 magnus, lingulatus (2,5 mm longus, 1 mm latus) apice rotundatus, canaliculatim concavus integerrimus. 



Amphigastria caulina lobulis aequimagna, 

 ovato-trigona, apice obtusa, basi utrinque longe angusteque 

 decurrentia, marginibus arcte angusteque recurvis. 

 Incacorral (2200 m), No. 5081. 



328. Madotheca pilistipula St. n. sp. (Fig. 182, a— d). 

 Dioiea maxima robusta, ruto-brunnea, in umbrosis 



fuscoviridis, in latas piagas expansa vel pendula. Caulis 

 ad 15 cm longus, irregulariter multiramosus, ramis pri- 

 mariis ad 10 cm longis, remote bipinnatis. F o 1 i a cau- 

 lina conferta, recte patula, valde cconcava, in piano 

 ovata (3,25 mm longa, supra basin 2,25 mm lata) asym- 

 metrica, margine supero leviter arcuato, infero stricto, 

 apice obtusa, ad medium inserta, basi antica rotundata, 

 caulem superantia. Cellulae superae 27/27 (i, trigonis 

 magnis acutis, basales 36/45 ji trigonis magnis nodulosis. 

 Lobulus magnus, linearis, folio aequilongus, quadruplo 

 longior quam latus, apice obtusus, basi setis longis gemi- 

 natis armatus. Amphigastria caulina maxima, 

 folio aequimagna, late lingulata, duplo longiora quam lata, 

 apice truncato-rotundata, basi utrinque bipilosa, pilis plus 

 minus longis. Androecia in caule sessilia, capitata, 

 bracteis 3 — 4jugis. 



Cordillera de Santa Cruz 1500 m, No. 3979; 

 Rio Tocorani, No. 4017; Comarapa, 2600 m, 

 No. 3816; Cerro Pampa-larga, No. 4145. 



329. Madotheca ptilopsis. S. 



Cordillera de Santa Cruz, No. 3501. 



330. Madotheca ramentifissa St. (Fig. 184). 



Cerros de Malaga (3300 m), No. 4394. 



331. Madotheca renifolia St. n. sp. (Fig. 181). 



Sterilis maxima robusta valida, dilute brunnea, in cortik^e dense depresso-caespitans. Caulis 

 ad 15 cm longus, regulariter remoteque bipinnatu.s, paucis ramis longioribus interjectis similiter ramosis. 

 Folia caulina parum imbricata, recte patula, valde concava, in piano subrotunda (4 mm longa et 

 lata) apice obtusiuscula, basi utrinque cordatim ampliata, paucilobata, sinubus recurvis, lobulis obtusis 

 vel acutis. Cellulae superae 18/18 (i, trigonis parvis, basales 18/45 ^ trigonis majusculis. Lobulus 

 magnus. oblongo-ellipticus (3 mm longus, 1,75 mm latus) apice obtusus, basi utrinque breviter laciniatus, 

 laciniis angustis, acutis, valde irregularibus, longioribus paucispinosis. Amphigastria caulina 

 lobulis subaequalia, basi similiter sed longius appendiculata, apice truncato-rotundata. 

 Florida de San Mateo, No. 3669. 



332. Madotheca rutescens St. n. sp. (Fig. 182, e— g). 



Sterilis magna valida rufescens, rigida, in cortice laxe caespitans. Caulis ad 11 cm longus. 



Fig. 181. Madotheca renifolia 



10:1; t amph. cauliti. 10:1 



d folia floralia connata 10; 



t. n. sp. a fol. caiil. 

 lobulus folii 10:1; 

 e Perianth 5:1. 



