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Mexico in prov. Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght). Flor. Octob. 



Aff. RuéUiai macrophyllée Yahl (DC. Prodr. XI, 205), secl 

 iuflorescentia, bracteis deciduis, foliis angustioribus, non ad iiiar- 

 ginem crenatis, calyce etc. longe diversa. 



Aphelandra (Platychila) kolobantha Lindau u. sp. — Habita 

 Acanthi spinosi, caule crasso, glabro. Folia sessilia, oblongo- 

 lanceolata,basi angustata et sîepissime ad caulem auriculata,apice 

 acuminata, margine profunde regulariter sinuata, dentibiis gros- 

 sis, denticulatis, ad denticulos et apicem longe spinescentia, usque 

 ad 50 cm. longa et 15 cm. lata, glaberrima, tenuia. Spica termi- 

 nalis, peduuculata, rhacbi minute puberula, initio densitiora, tum 

 excrescens et folia mediocria sequaus, laxiliora. Bracteœ iuferiores 

 c. 40 mm. longue, 7 mm. latœ, parallelinerves, margine et apice 

 spinescentes, superiores lineares, multo angustiores et pariim 

 breviores, margine integrae, omnes minute puberuke. Bracteobie 

 lanceolatœ, 8 mm. longse, 1 mm. latae, minute puberuke. Calycis 

 laciniae 9 mm. longie, 2-2,5 mm. lata», minute puberuhe. Tubus 

 subrectus, basi 2,5 mm. diam., tum sensim suboljlique ampliatus, 

 subrectus, 36 mm. longus, 9 mm. apice diam., extus pubescens. 

 Coroll* laciniie in anthesi reiiexa', posticae 5 mm. longae, ad 

 3 mm. connatci", 4 mm. latie, rotundatte, latérales rotundatœ, 

 5 mm. diam., antica 5 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, apice obtuse emar- 

 ginata. Filameuta 4, supra tubi basin alfixa, 35 mm. longœ, 

 exserta. Anthene uniloculares, 4,5 mm. longue. Pollinis grauula 

 typica, 7.5-85 [j. longa, 38 «j. diam. Stylus 47 mm. longus, exsertus. 

 Fructus ignotus. 



Boliviain prov. Larecaja viciniis Sorata; Teneria prope Condur- 

 pata ad rivum in umbrosis, reg. temp. 2900 m. i^Iandon n. 300). 

 Flor. et fruct. Jan. — Mart, 



CoroUa ab omnibus speciebus tribus « Acantboidearum » 

 longe diversa. 



Symplectochilus madagascariensis Lindau, n. sp. — Planta 

 humilis lignosa ramulis teretibus lineis 2 pilosis notatis, novellis 

 totis pubescentibus. Petioli tenues pubescentes, 1,5-5 cm. longi. 

 Folia ovata, basi cordata, apice acuminata, 5-8 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. 

 lata, tenuia, subtus pallidiora, ad costas et ad marginem pilosa, 

 cystolithis vix visibilibus. Spica' 1-2 axillares, pedunculis vix 

 10 mm. longis, albo-tomentosis, strobiliformes, brèves. Bracteae 

 ovatae, obtus^e, arcte imbricatie, nervis parallelis 5, mai'gine 



