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thulatis, obtusis, integerrimis, margine incrassato-subrevolutis, 

 nervoso-subcarinatis, utrinque minute aspero-pubescentibus, 

 basi attenuata, amplexicaulia. Spicae apicales, solitariae, ses- 

 siles v. brevissime pedunculatae, cylindraceo-subcapitatae; 

 bracteae florales decussatae, lineari-lanceolatae v. ovatae, inte- 

 gerrimae, 1-florae, calycem subaequantes; calvx cylindraceo- 

 campanulatus, valide 5-plicato-costalus, viridis, ápice breviter 

 5-dentatus, dente postico saepe minore, extus minute cano-pu- 

 bescens, intus glaber; corollae tubus calyce duplo longior, 

 obclavatus, in parte calyce tecta tenuis, gracilis, subglaber, in 

 exerta inflatus, dense minuteque cano-pubescens, sub limbo 

 abrupte valideque coarctatus, intus ad médium barbatulus: 

 Hmbus 5-lobus, lobis ellipticis v. ovatis, integris v. erosulis, 

 anticis majoribus; stamina 4 ad tertium superum inaequaliter 

 adfixa, connectivis exappendiculatis. 

 Hab. Ubique vulgatissinia in alti-planitie glareosa «Meseta» vo- 

 cata, secus «el Rio Gallegos» et «el Rio S. Cruz» Patagonia 

 australi, Jan. et Aug. 1882. 

 Obs. Caudex breviusculus, crassiusculus (5-1 0" long. — 4-8'" crass.), 

 lignosus, tenax, irregulariter tereti-gibbulosus, tortuosus, cor- 

 tice tenui, pluri-stratosa, castaneo-fusca, levi, rimosula, facile 

 secedente teetus, prostratus, repens, laxe ramosus; rami caudici 

 subsimiles, vix graciliores, dense ramulosi; ramuli intricati, 

 diffusi (coesp. 20-50" diam.), glabri, castanei v. subpurpura- 

 scentes, lignosuli, e tereti obscure obtuseque tetragoni, api- 

 cem versus plus minusve erecti (3-8'" long. — 0,5-1'" crass.), 

 nodulosi,. internodiis breviusculis (2-5'" long.), inferné nudi v. 

 saepius 'foliis exsiccatis subputrescentibusque brunneis vestiti, 

 superne plus minusve dense foliosi, foliis saepe ad axillam fa- 

 sciculato-foliolatis. Folia opposito-decussata, viridia, minuta, 

 crassiuscula, rigidula, patenti-recurva, praecipue ramulorum 

 vértice subconferta, basi attenuato-amplexicaulia, sessilia, limbo 

 usque ad basin 3-partito, laciniis latiuscule lineari-spathulatis, 

 antice obtuse rotundatis, postice attenuatis (3-5'" long. — 1-1,5"' 

 lat.), integerrimis, margine incrassatulo-revolutis, utrinque sub- 

 imperspicue minute adpresseque aspero-pubescentibus, in- 

 ferné ñervo tumidulo costatis. Spicae ad verticem ramulorum 

 solitariae, sessiles v. breviter pedunculatae, (ramulis floriferis 

 saepius elongatulis erectiusculisque), cylindraceo-capitatae (2" 

 long. — 1" lat.), primo compactiusculae, dein relaxatulae. Flores 



