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in vena media subtus et in margine saepe semel breviter 

 ramosis crebris obsitae; vena media et venae later, prim, in utroque 

 latere 5 — 6 curvatim ascendentes et venae later, secund. complures 

 illas reticulatim conjungentes subtus prominentes: inflorescentiae inter 

 folia false geminata axillares, sessiles, 3 — 4 florae; pedicelli graciles, 

 8 — 10 mm longi, pilis erecti-patentibus inaequilongis 2 — 5-cellularibus 

 acutis plerisque simplicibus paueis semel ramosis densiusculis obtecti; 

 calyx stellati-rotatus, 7 mm diam., in lobos breves late ovati-trian- 

 gulares 2 : 2 mm abiens, extus pilis inaequilongis pluricellularibus 

 acutis satis crebris partim simplicibus partim praecipue in venis majoribus 

 et in margine (crebrius quam in plantae ceteris partibus) semel vel rarius 

 2— 3-(cervicorniter.)ramosis obteetus; corolla sordide violacea 

 (sec. cl. Weberbauer), pentagonaliter rotata, diam. 16 — 19 mm, lobis 

 « majoribus late triangularibus acutis, lobulis parvis parum prominen- 

 tibus subtriangularibus in medio inter lobos majores interpositis, corolla- 

 extus in parte exteriore et in margine pilis longiusculis pluri-(6 — 7-)cellu- 

 laribus acutis plerisque simplicibus nonnullis semel ramosis crebris 

 obsita, intus in annulo insertionis filamentorum dense breviter pilosa 

 ^pilis simplicibus pluricellularibus acutis), ceterum in venis majoribus 

 sparsim pilis pluricellularibus longiusculis obsita: filamenta tenuia, 

 breviuscula, 2 — 2,3 mm tantum longa, glabra vel basi pilis paueis 

 obsita; antherae late ellipsoideae, cr. 1:0,8 mm, utrinque emarginatae; 

 ovarium subglobosi-hemisphaericum, 1,5 mm diam., glabrum: stylus 

 gracilis, 5,5 — 6 mm longus, glaber; stigma styli apiee manifeste crassius, 

 capitatum, obtusum; fructus non vidi. 



Peru: an der Lima — Oroya-Bahn: fiber Matucana, an steinigen 

 Abhangen, die mit einer lockeren, regengrtinen, aus Strauchern und 

 v erschiedenen Krautern gemischten Vegetation besetzt sind, 2600 m 

 u.M., 26. III. 1910 bliihend, Weberbauer n. 5258! (hb. Berol.) 



9. Saracha microsperma Bitt., nov. spec. — Herbacea; rami inferi- 

 ores 6 — 7 mm diam., elongati, obtuse angulati, in statu sicco longi- 

 tudinaliter sulcati, lineLs decurrentibus satis manifeste prominentibus 

 instructi, primo (sicut ceterae partes virides) pilis simplicibus 

 el ongatis pluri-(4 — 7- )cellula ribus tenuime mbra naceis 

 w statu sicco collabentibus plerisque apice minute glandulosis 

 (microscopice tantum perspiciendum!) spa rsis obsiti, serius fere gla- 

 brati; internodia 7 — 12 — 15 cm longa, partim satis elongata: folia 

 superiora plerumque false geminata, tunc inaequalia: petioli in foliis 

 Majoribus elongati, 2,5 — 5 cm longi, ad apicem versus sensim latins 

 al ati, piii, s simplicibus pluricellularibus apice plerumque in cellulam 

 minutam glandulosam ellipsoideam vel subglobosam exeuntibus sparsis 

 °siti; laminae late oblongi-lanceola tae, fere medio vel 

 PJerumque supra medium latissimae, ad basim versus sensim 

 Jonge euneatim angustatae et in petiolum alatum abeuntes, ad apicem 

 s us quoque sensim angustatae (tamen brevius quam ad basim versus), 

 e acuminatae, acutae, in margine repandi-dentatae, dentibns trian- 



