﻿48 Plantae novae nonnullae. 



2. ThJ.aspi chionophilum Sp< >g.. n. sp. 



Diag. Caespitosum, gl-áberrimum, foliis ómnibus radi- 

 calibws rosulatis, obovato- spathulatis } longissime petiolatis 

 Í7ttegerrimÍ8j scapis folia non v. vix superañtibus simpli- 

 cibus apice-ábrupte 2-3-foliolatis atque subcorymbosis, 

 floribus majusculis pediceüatis, sepalis e viridi purpura- 

 seentibus, basi saccatis } petális e roseo albis, capsula maju- 

 scula stylo elongato tenui coronata. 



Hab. In saxosis ad nives perpetuas (5500-5800 m alt.) 

 i n Nevado de Cachi, Febr. 1897. 



Obs. Perennis?, radice v. rhizomate? ápice noduloso 

 caespitosulo-multicipite. Folia omnia in ápice ramulo- 

 rum rosulato- congesta erecta (5-10 cm long. j)etiolo ad- 

 jecto) limbo obovato v. spathulato (30-40 mm long. = 

 12-14 mm lat. ) crassiuscule membranáceo viricli glabro 

 uninervio (nervis lateralibus non v. vix perspicuis) mar- 

 gine integerrimo ápice plus minusve obtuse rotundato 

 postice sensim in petiolo subduplo longiore (1-2 mm lat. ) 

 cuneato-attenuato producto. Scapi e eolio rosularum 

 ex axillis foliorum inferiorum v. mediorum enati, erecti, 

 saepius subsigmoideo-flexuosi (8-10 cm long. = 1 mni 

 crass. ) gráciles laeves glaberrimi simplicissimi virides 

 sub ápice foliolis 2 v. 3 alternis majusculis (15-20 mm 

 long. = 5-6 mm lat.) patentibus spathulatis v. obovatis 

 (radicalibus simillimis nisi minoribus atque brevius atte- 

 nuato- petiolatis) ornati; flores in axillis foliorum apica- 

 lium scapi 2-5 aggregati, corymbum simulantes, patuli 

 longiuscule pedicellati ( ped. 5-8 mm long.), sepalis ellip- 

 soideis (3,5-4 mm long. = 1,5 mm lat. ) ápice obtusis 

 basi leniter saccatis, primo viridibus dein plus minusve 

 purpuréis glaberrimis, petalis obovato -spathulatis in- 

 aequilateralibus, aj >ice obtuse latissimeque rotundatis, de- 

 orsum cuneatis atque in migue limbum aequante produ- 

 ctis (G mm long. = 2,5 mm lat.) ex albo roséis; stamina 

 erecta, 4 longiora pétala, 2 breviora sépala aequantia, 

 filamentis crassiusculis albis 7 antheris flavis; ovarium 

 ellipsoideum utrimque rotundatum (2,5 mm long. = 1,5 

 mm lat. ) compressum viride glabrum, biloculare, ovulis 



