below, conspicuosly ampullaceous above, if other pair of primary domatia present, these slightly 
sunken and not ampullaceous, secondary domatia absent; inflorescence (1.3) 1.7 - 3 cm long, 
axillary to leaves, cymose, usually just one or two divisions, rather congested and looking 
umbelliform, peduncle (0.7) 1 - 2.2 cm long, sparsely pubescent, rachis sparsely pubescent, 
flower pedicel (1.5) 2 - 4.5 (6) mm long, glabrous or glabrescent; flower cream or greenish, 
tepals 1.8 - 1.9 mm long, 1.1 - 1.6 mm wide, ovate, outer ones glabrous outside, inner ones 
glabrous or usually sparsely pubescent, both sericeous inside, stamens of whorls I & II 1.1 - 1.4 
mm long, filament glabrescent or glabrous adaxially, short sericeous abaxially, anthers 0.7 - 0.9 
mm long, sparsely short sericeous on connective abaxially, elsewhere glabrous, sporangia four, 
stamens of whorl III 1.3 - 1.5 mm long, filament sparsely sericeous adaxially, same along median 
section abaxially, anthers 0.7 - 0.9 mm long, sparsely pubescent on basal margin adaxially, 
otherwise glabrous, sporangia four, glands ca. 0.4 mm long, at filament base, sparsely sericeous 
at base adaxially, staminode 0.7 - 1 mm long, filament glabrous adaxially, sericeous abaxially, 
head 0.5 - 0.7 mm long, triangular or cordate in outline, glabrous adaxially, sericeous along 
median section abaxially, hypanthium 0.3 - 0.4 mm deep, glabrous or glabrescent outside, 
glabrous inside, pistil 1.5 - 1.9 mm long, glabrous, ovary ca. 1 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide; no 
mature fruits known, tepals falling off as one piece early in fruit developement. 
Flowers in December to January. Vegetation type: matinha nebular, capao do campo. 
Between 850 and 1400 m altitude. Geographic distribution of this species is restricted to a very 
small area on the border of Parana and Santa Catarina states in Brazil. 
Vattimo (1962) considered size of the leaves in this species as a character that helps to 
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