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sparingly hirsute and muricate below; heads partly concealed in 
the crowded leaves, 10-12 mm. long, 6-8 mm. broad, the rich 
. brown pappus slightly exceeding the involucre and about as much: 
exceeded by the flowers; corolla white, 7.5 mm. long, divided to 
the middle; anthers 4-5 mm. long, including the appendages, 
which are 2 mm. long; style-branches scarcely 1 mm. long, 
_nearly one-half as broad; akene 3 mm. long, .5 mm. broad, (Plate 
225.) 
Collected by Mr. Bang in the vicinity of La Paz, altitude about 
10,000 feet, 1889 (No. 66), and at Talca Chuguiaguilla, April, 
1890 (No. 791). 
FLUCKIGERIA. 
Nat. Orb. GESNERIACE (SUBTRIBE COLUMNE.) 
Calyx free, deeply 5-fid, hirsute, the segments entire, lanceo- 
late, somewhat rigid, erect or the apex spreading. Corolla hirsute, 
the tube nearly straight, infundibuliform with contracted mouth 
and equal limb, the lobes whitish on the inner face, cartilaginous: 
thickened, short, inflexed, broadly imbricated. Stamens inserted : 
near the base, included, the filaments distinct, pilose, slightly 
flattened at the base, a slight vestige of the fifth present, the 
anthers short, the cells parallel. Disk of 5 glands with 4 interme” 
diate papillz, the two posterior glands slightly larger, united, the 
other three short-acuminate, slightly notched at the apex. Ovary 
superior, with the placente of the sub-tribe, style included, 
stigma terminal, small, 2-cleft. Fruit not seen. Genus dedicated 
to Prof. Dr. F. A. Fluckiger, of Berne, one of the distinguish 
authors of the Pharmacographia. ; 
: FLUCKIGERIA Fritscui. Herbaceous, stems elongated, erect, es 
simple, bright red, obscurely angled, pilose, the internodes twice — 
the length of the ternate leaves, which are sub-sessile, 3-5 C™ — 
long, 1I.5-2.5 cm. broad, oval-ovate, the base rounded, very — 
abruptly contracted into a very short petiole-like base, apex short 
acuminate, coriaceous, revolute, pallid, appressed-hirsute, pe 
veined, one pair of nerves forming the narrow purple margin; — 
pedicels solitary, short and stout; calyx 1.5 cm. long, the lobes” 
acuminate, densely hirsute both sides with purple tips; Oe . 
bright purple, densely hirsute, 2.5 cm. long, the lobes 3 ime : 
broad as long; stamens reaching a little beyond the middle of t if 
corolla, the filaments yellow, pilose, the anther-cells broa y 
_ oblong; ovary ovate-conical, hirsute like the style, when 
_ Shorter than the corolla. (Plate 226.) okie 
= Collected by M. Bang, Yungas, 1890 (No. 401), spectes er 
cated to Prof. Dr. Karl Fritsch, who has kindly confirme ay. 
diagnosis. : : a 
