late, 4-10 mm. long, acuminate; calyx in fruit persist- 
ent, partially enclosing capsule, becoming subcoriaceous, 
light green, the sinuses becoming more deeply cut. Co- 
rolla tube twice as long as calyx, 25-82 mm. long, 1.5-8 
mm. in diameter, glabrous; limb spreading, 30-47 mm. 
in diameter, thickening at mouth prominent, round and 
white, lobes subequal, the uppermost posterior lobe 
slightly larger, broadly rounded, 10-15 mm. long. Sta- 
mens included in uppermost part of corolla tube; fila- 
ments slender, upper pair 38-4 mm. long, lower pair 38-5 
mm. long, glabrous; anthers orbicular-reniform, 1—1.5 
mm. in diameter. Ovary conical-ovoid, 2—2.5 mm. long, 
1 mm. in diameter; style slender, 22-26 mm. long: stig- 
ma briefly bifid, in the form of a forceps, 1 mm. long. 
Capsule ovoid to subglobose, apiculate at apex, 12 mm. 
long, 10 mm. in diameter, smooth, dark green, shiny, 
pericarp thin-walled, dry at maturity, tardily dehiscent. 
Seeds ca. 10, ellipsoid, 5-6 mm. Jong, 2.5-4 mm. in 
diameter, reticulate-pitted. 
Distrisution. Brazit: (Sao Paulo, Parani, Santa Catarina, Rio 
Grande do Sul); Paraguay ; Argentina (Misiones). 
AbbDITIONAL specIMENS. Brazit: Sao Paulo: Itapetininga, 17 Nov. 
1887, Léferen 389 (C, R, SP, US); Ypiranga, Nov. 1910, Liiderwaldt 
2717 (RB, SP); Campinas, Jundiahy, Mar. 1900, Campos Novaes 216 
(US); Villa de Serra Branca, 1 Nov. 1897, Puttemans 4328 (SP); 
Carandirti, Dec. 1912, Tamandaré 244 (RB); Mandaquil, 23 Nov. 
1906, Usteri s.n. (G), Parana: Curitibi, Bairro Sao Niolau, 18 Nov. 
1966, Capriliont 1659 (US); Itaperussti, 17 Nov. 1908, Dusén 7077 
(GH, S); Jaguariahyva, 25 Oct. 1910, Dusén 10443 (GH, MICH, 
NY, S): Tamandaré, 4 Oct. 1914, Fénssen 1054a (F, GH, NY, S$); 
Sao Matheus, 27 Feb. 1929, Gurgel s.n. (RB): Municipio Rio Branco 
do Sul, Sao Vicente, 27 Oct. 1967, Hatschbach 17610 (C, UC); Ponta 
Grossa, 2 Nov. 1928, Hoehne 23309 (SP, US); Foz do Iguacti, Parque 
Nacional de Iguacti, 8 Oct. 1946, J.G. Kuhlmann s.n. (RB) :Ypiranga, 
15 Sept. 1934, Reiss 99 (GH, NY). Santa Catarina: Municipio 
Cacador, Fazenda dos Carneiros, 1100 m., 7 Dec. 1962, Aletn 3518 
(US); Municipio Campos Novos, Palmares, 950 m., 28 Oct. 19683, 
Klein 4102 (US); Bituruna, Fazenda Etienne, 11 Feb. 1948, Mello 
Filho 793 (R); Nova Teutonia, 25 Oct. 1943, Plaumann 164 (RB); 
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