Lyttiraceae. VI. Ciipliea. Xr. 101 — 102. 139 



gius hispidus v. hirsutus. Discics angustissimus, ovarii 'A} — 1/2 ^'^7- Cetera 

 ut in aa. 



Var. ■(. microstyla Koehne (sp.) Caulis ut in ß. Folia obi. v. lan- 

 ceol., ceteruni nunc ut in a, nunc ut in ß. Racemi fnliosi simpUces, raro 

 subcompositi ; axis ut in ß. Calyx longius hispidulus quam in a. Slamina 

 saepe tubiim paene aequantia. Discus ut in ot. 



In silvis V. in graminosis siccis (aa), in ripis rivuiorum /(ab, ß, 7), in declivibus 

 apricis(Y). Mej. Mejico: inter la Galera et Pochutla (ß) od.! Guatemala (f)! Costarica (y): 

 S. Jos6 aug.-sept.!, ad viam versus PuntaArenasyMn./ et versus Alajuela/wn./ Columbia: 

 Chagres! et pr. Panamiil Cruces sec. Hemsl. — Bras. extr. Minas Geraes (aa)!, 

 Fechada (ab)! Espiritu Santo sec. Mrt. (aa); Rio de Janeiro: Neu-Freiburg (aa) decA, 

 pr. R. d. J. (aa)!, ad Rio Pirahy! S. Paulo: Santos et Ytu (inter aa et ß intermedia) febr.! 



101 (2o). C. mesostenioii Koehne i877, 20-2. 



Synoii. C. %ssop//bto (non H.B.K.) Griseb. prt.! 1874, 93 et 1879, 130; Lorentz! 

 veget. nordeste Entre Rios 135. 



Icon. Koehne t. 43 f. 3, et atl. ined. t. 20. f. 101. 



Herba. Gaules plures, pilosi. — Folia (lO — 35mm.] infima rotun- 

 data, intermedia rot.-ovata, superiora ovato-oblonga v. obl. Stip. utr. 

 4 — 5 fuscae. — Infloresc. sat distinctae compositae; pedic. 1 — 4, raro 

 5 — 7mm. lg. — Calyx 6 — 7mm. lg. — Stylus ovarii ^/.2 vix aeq. Dis- 

 cus ovat. V. rotund. Ovula 12, raro 13, rariss. II, II, 15. — Semina 

 ut in 100, vix P/2 — 2 mm. lg. — Descr. fus. in £1. Bras. 



In humidis umbrosis, in campis siccis apricis, in pcatis. Bras. extr. Minas 

 Geraes: Ouro Preto!, Caldas dec.-jan.! S. Paulo oct.-dec: Lorena!, Taguassu!, Piri- 

 tura! et alibi! Paraguay: Ibitimi sept.! Argentina: prov. Tucuman, Cuesta de Periquillo 

 febr.l, Siambon ubi frequentissima, mart.! 



102 (26). C. rotunillfolla Koehne i877, 224. 

 Icon. Atl. ined. t. 20. f. 102. 



Caules (12 — 30 cm.) plures herbacei v. suffruticosi, pl. m. erecti, e 

 rhizomate lignosoorti, apice pubescentes v. pub.-hirlelli, saepe insup. 

 remote subhirsuti. ramosi v. subsimplices. — Folia internodiis pleraq. 

 breviora, petiolo 1 mm. longo v. sabnullo insidentia, e basi obtusissima ro- 

 tundato-ovata V. ov., suprema saepius oblonga ( — 15 mm. lg.), acuta, stri- 

 gulosa , praesert. subt. scabra , rariss. subt. remote hispidula; floralia 

 suprema 6 — 3mm. lg. Stip. utr. 4 pallidae. — Racemi foliosi simpl. v. 

 demum subcompositi; pedic. 2 — 8mm. lg., vix infra apicem proph. an- 

 gusta gereutes. — Calyx (5 — ß^/2mn).] rectus, a medio ad faucem dila- 

 tatus, post anthesin a basi ad med. subdilatatus ^ a med. ad apic. aequalis 

 V. parum angustatus, remotissime glanduloso-hispidiihts, intus glaber; lob! 

 aequales ; appendices brevissimae , seta saepe terminatae. — Petala 

 calycis 'Y3 aeq., obovata v. oblonga, aequalia. — Stamina paullo supia 

 tubi ^/2 Hnea subconvexa ins., lobos longe non aeq. — Ovarium glabrum.' 

 Stylus eodem vix brevior, glaber v. subglaber, semper indusus. Discus 

 rotundatus v. ovatus. Ovula 6( — 9). — Semina ut in 100. 

 Ant. S. Domingo alt. 1000 m.! 



