178 ANALES DE LA SOCIEDAD CIENTÍFICA ARGENTINA 



vissime pedicellatis, pedicellis-hisptdo glandulosis ex axilla 

 üracteolae linean* brevioris puberulo-viscosae exsurgentibus, 

 ereclis, calycibus cylindraceo-campanulatis 5-fidis, deniibus 

 Hnearibus obtusiusculis, [arinoso-hispidulis, corollis hypocrate- 

 riformi-lubulosis duplo subtriplove calyce longioribus glabris 

 albo-ockroleucis, breviier acutiusculeque 5-lobis, capsulis late 

 ovatis calycem valde accretum persistentem parum superanti- 

 bus, seminibus mediocribus glabris viv punctulalo-joveolati^. 



Hab. In aridis saxosis loco Karr-aik vocato prope Lago Argentino 

 aest. 1898 el ínter S. Julián et Río Deseado, veré 1899 (C. A.) 

 nec non secus Río S. Cruz. Febr. 1900 (F. Silveslri). 



Obs. Species praecedenü sal similis et íacile ejusdem varietas 

 nóbilior, villositate scapis inflorescenliae corollis glabris sal 

 tamen distincta videtur. 



Rhizoma...; folia ad apicem ramorum rliizomatis superficern 

 terrae attingentium dense rosulata (3-20 in quaque rosula), 

 erecto-patentiuscnla, saepe subcirrhosa, late oblanceolata v. 

 subspattiulata (5-10 cm long. = 15-25 mm lat.) sursum plus 

 minusve obtuse rotundata deorsum longiuscule attenuato-pe- 

 tiolata, petiolo (1-3 cm long. = 1,5-2 mm lat.) planiusculo 

 albescente, margine non revoluta dense canescenti-tomentosa 

 atque utrimque (in juvenlute praecipue) grosse plicato-crispato 

 sinuaía ^fere pinnatiloba), ad epiphyllum obscure viridia plus 

 minusve pulverulento-pubescentia, ad hypophyllum vix palli- 

 diora elsubglabra, crassiuscule membranácea, non rígida ; 

 scapi solitarii, rarius 2-3 e quaque rosula, erecti (10-30 cm 

 alt. = 1,5-3 mm crass.) simplicesv. rarius ramulis I v. 2 al- 

 ternis brevioribusdonati, nudi sed laxe patentimque hispido, 

 glandulosi, ápice v. in tertio supero dense v. laxe flori-fruc- 

 tiferi ; flores primo ad apicem scapi capitati v. subumbellali, 

 dein, post anthesín rachi sensim elongata, racemosi v. spica- 

 ti, parum numerosi (3-12 in quoque scapo), pedicellis erectis 

 dense farinoso-v.puberulo-glandulosis(2-5mm long. )ex axilla 

 bracteolae linearis aculiusculae brevioris exsurgentibus fulti; 

 calyce cylindraceo-subcampanulato(8-10 mm long. = 3-4 mm 

 diam.) dense glanduloso-hispidulo fere ad médium quinque- 

 fido, deniibus linearibus inaequalibus (4 mm long. = I mrn 

 lat.) obtusiusculis donato; corolla sublubulosa v. obconoideo- 

 subcylindracea (18-20 mm long. = 4-5 mm diam.) in parte 

 calyce inclusa graciliore supra ovarium valide angusiala, o- 



