544 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
Hans. Among bushes near the summit of the Corcovado. 
Fi. Oct. 
249. Echites atroviolacea, Steudel, in Flora 1841, ond l. 
Beiblatter, p. 75. 
Han On the summit of the Pedra Bonita. Fl. Nov. 
250. Echites crassinoda, (sp. n.) ; glaberrima, caule ramoso 
nodoso, folis lanceolatis acutis vel subacuminatis basi 
acutis utrinque nitidis, racemis axillaribus in rachis elon- 
gatis compressis subflexuosis sub-6-floris, calycis laciniis 
lanceolatis acuminatis tubi parte cylindrica paulo breviori- 
bus, corolle tubo infra medium campanulato, limbi laciniis 
obovato-orbicularibus. 
Has. In rocky places on the summit of the Corcovado. Fl. 
Oct. 
Caulis fruticosus, subsarmentosus, ad insertionem foliorum 
incrassatus, epidermide tenuissima subhyalina solubili tectus. 
Folia breve petiolata, parum remota, coriacea, lanceolata 
utrinque acuta, glaberrima, nitida, nervo medio utrinque 
prominulo, margine vix revoluta, 3-3} poll. longa, 9-12 lin. 
lata; petioli 2-3 lin. longi, supra canaliculati. Stipule 
interpetiolares, 4-dentatze, dentes breves, cuspidati. Racemi 
axillares, elongati, subflexuosi, compressi, sub-6-flori. Pedi- 
celli 10 lin. longi, compressi, demum contorti. Bracteole 
ignote. Calyx profunde 5-partitus; laciniis lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, acutis, marginibus diaphanis, 3-4 lin. longis. 
Ligule calycine dus, bidentate. Corolla alba, tubo sub- 
bipollicari, inferne angusta, infra medium sursum campanu- 
lata, limbi laciniis amplis, subpatulis, obovato-orbicularibus, 
subtruncatis. Stamina infra medium tubum inserta. An- 
there lineares, acute, basi subsagittate. Ovaria 2 ovato- 
oblonga, ovulis plurimis. Stylus 1, filiformis. Stigma pen- 
tagonum, conicum. Squamule hypogyne due. Folliculi. 
sub-3-pollicares, graciles, cylindrici, erecti, leves. Semina 
sesquilinearia, lineari-oblonga, pappo patente, flavo. 
Near Echites atroviolacea, Steudel, but differing in the 
colour of the flower, in the shape of the leaves, and 
nodose stem with interpetiolary stipules. 
