OF THE MATTO GROSSO EXPEDITION, 1891-92. 439 
Balansa’s specimens were obtained from gardens at Asuncion ; there is, therefore,. at 
present no evidence that the genus occurs wild out of the tropics. [Matto Grosso.] 
STACHYTARPHETA DICHOTOMA, Vahl, Enum. i. p. 207. 
Hab. Vulgatissima in montibus Serra da Chapada, ad Santa Cruz, et alibi in provinciá. 
Nom. vernac. Gerboa. (N. 86.) | 
Medicamentum effieax contra epilepsiam, itaque in tussibus sanandis nequaquam 
spernendum, prebere dicitur. |Amer. Trop., Paraguaria. | 
VERBENA ($ VERBENACA) ARISTIGERA (sp. nov.) Vix semimetralis, ramulis e caule 
procumbente assurgentibus erectis, tetragonis, appresse et strigose pubescentibus, 
dein puberulis; foliis oppositis petiolatis pinnatifido-trisectis, appresse et strigose 
pubescentibus, segmentis linearibus mucronatis rigidis; spicis densifloris, abbre- 
viatis, deinde elongatis, strigose pubescentibus; calycis alte tubulosi dentibus 
elongatis aristiformibus, patentibus; corollee tubo calycem bene superante leviter 
curvato, sursum paullulum amplificato ; lobis obovato-oblongis retusis; antherarum 
omnium connectivo apice inappendiculato; ovario apice subintegro, stylo elongato 
ovarium magnopere excedente. 
Hab. Crescit prope montem Pao d'Assucar dictum, inter Coimbra et fl. Apa, ubi inveni 
mens. Feb. florentem. (N. 1083.) 
Planta circa 40:0 em. alt. Caulis basi procumbens, usque ad 4'0 cm. diam., lignosus, 
late ac tenuiter rimosus, nodis parum tumidis ; ramuli 0:2 cm, diam., obsolete striati ; 
internodia pleraque 4°0—4°5 em. long. Folia circa ad 3:5 em. long. et 4'0 cm. lat., 
exstant vero minora, firma ; petioli usque ad 1:0 cm. long. subalati ; segmenta longi 
tudine varià, usque ad 1:0 em. ssepe falciformi-curvata, lineari-subulata, nec ultra 
0'1 cm.lat. Spice primo 1:5 em. long. et lat., deinde usque 7:0 cm. elongate ; pedun- 
culus juvenilis circa 1:5 cm., deinde usque 6:0 em. attingens. Bractee rigidiuscule, 
subulate, 04 cm. long. ascendentes, strigose pubescentes. Flores purpurei. 
Calycis fructiferi immutati tubus 0*6 cm. long., 0:07 cm. lat., dentibus angustissimis, 
0:2-0:3 cm. long., coronatus. Corolle tubus paullo ultra 1:0 em. long., basi 0°1 cm., 
faucibus vix 0'2 em. lat., intus ad staminum insertionem hirsutus, alibi puberulus ; 
lobi 0:3-0:35 cm. long., cirea 02 cm. lat. Stamina breviora 0'8 cm. supra basin 
corollæ inserta; filamenta antheris linearibus acutis paullo breviora. Ovarium 
glabrum, 0'5 em. long; stylus 0:9 cm. long., minute puberulus, apice paullulum 
incurvus. Pyrena parum inzequalis, linearis; ochraceze longitrorsum costulat:e, 
minute scrobiculate, quater longiores quam latee, usque 0:2 cm. long. 
A Y. crinoidi, Lam., cui sat similis ob calycis dentes longe ac patule aristatos necnon 
antberarum connectivum eglandulosum, nullo negotio agnoscenda. [Bras. Or., Peruvia, 
Chili, Argentina. | 
CAssELIA Mansor, Schauer in Mart. Fl. Bras. ix. p. 175. 
Hab. Crescit ad Santa Cruz. (N. 768a.) [Matto Grosso. | 
