72 Ign. Urban, 



Ilentzelia Fendleriana Urh. et Gilg in Meni. Torr. Bot. Cluh III. (1893) 34. 



Perennans. Caulis erectus cortice in sicco albido vel flavescenti-albido, laxe accum- 

 bente ac desiliente, teres, superne manifeste longitudinaliter striatulus, pilis inaequilongis verti- 

 cillatim glochidiatis dense obtectus, superne ramosus, ramis erecto-patentibus, apice florigeris, 

 gemmis serialibus nuUis. Folia alterna laxa, lanceolata, regnlariter dentata vel serrata, basi 

 subcuneata, apice breviter acuminata, distincte petiolata, infima usqne ad 7,5 cm longa, 

 3,5 cm lata, petiolo usqne ad 1,3 cm longo, sequentia seusim minora petioloque sensim bre- 

 viore, sed snprema quoque semper distincte petiolata, supra pilis antrorsum spinuligeris dense 

 obtecta, subtus pilis brevibus subaequilongis tenuissimis antrorsum spinuligeris vel verticillatim 

 glochidiatis densissime vestita, scabra, canescentia. Flores apice caulis ramorumque in cymas 

 laxas dispositi, cymis semel ter bifurcatis, dein in monochasia 1 — 2-flora abeuntibus, ramis 

 inferioribus saepius ab initio cincinnose evolutis, sessiles; prophylla euphylloidea forma descripta, 

 semper distincte petiolata. Calycis tubus obconicns vel turbinatus, inferne sensim attenuatus, 

 non stipitatus, er. 5 mm longus, superne er. 3 mm crassus, pilis longis tenuibus verticillatim 

 glochidiatis densissime vestitus, aliis antrorsum spinuligeris rarius intermixtis, supra ovarium 

 er. 2 mm longe productus ac cupuliformi-ampliatus; lobi inferne quincuncialiter late sibi im- 

 bricati, superne aperti, alabastrum ovato-oblongum, longe acuminatum fovmantes, ovato-lanceo- 

 lati, 1,3 — 1,4 cm longi, supra basin er. 3,5 mm lati, longissime acuminati, intus brevissime ac 

 tenuiter pilosi, extus pube tubi sed parciore, in fructn persistentes emarcidi reflexi nigrescentes. 

 Petala 5, verosimiliter tlava, in aestivatione valde imbricata, obovata vel obovato-oblonga, 

 basi sensim angnstata et cum staminibus in annulum connata, manifeste apiculata, 2,1 — 2,2 cm 

 longa, 0.9 — 1 cm lata, apice brevissime ac tenuissime pilosula, ceterum glabra. Squamae 

 petaloideae nullae. Filamenta 70 — 80, 4-seriata, 10 exteriora 1,8 cm longa, linearia, 1,2 mm 

 lata, cetera filiformia 1 — 1,1 cm longa, omnia basi inter sese et cum petalis connata; antherae 

 staminum 10 exteriorum oblongae, 1,3 mm longae, 0,8 — 0,9 mm latae, apice basique paullo 

 emarginatae, ceterae rotundatae, apice basique distincte emarginatae, er. 0,7 mm longae et 

 latae, omnes basi inter crura affixae, lateraliter dehiscentes, defloratae non contortae. Discus 

 glaber. Stylus er. 1,9 cm longus, filiformis, glaber, angulatus, e lamellis 3 conflatus, intus 

 fistulosus, apice ac margine lamellarum superiore dense papillosus, in fructn persistens emar- 

 cidus. Capsula obconica vel turbinata, basin versus sensim attenuata, .3 — 4 mm longe stipitata, 

 nigrescens, scabra, subchartacea, cum stipite 1,1 cm longa, superne 4 — 5 mm crassa, calyce 

 emarcido persistente styloque coronata, intra lobos calycinos 3-valvis, valvis triangulari-semi- 

 orbicularibus incrassatis, cum placentis alternantibus; placentae 3 latae intervallis nitentibus 

 glabris duplo vel subtriplo latiores, irregulariter plicato-rugosae ac manifeste prominentes. 

 Semina 5 — 6 in placentis 2-vel 1-seriata, pendula, funiculis nullis, irregulariter ovata vel 

 ovato-üblonga (forma embryonis), flavescentia vel griseo-tlavescentia, irregulariter sed manifeste 

 striata ac laxe verrucoso-tnberculata, alata, sed ala semine ipso quadruple angustiore, er. 3 mm 

 longa, 1,8 mm lata, medio 0,9 mm crassa; endospermium perparcnm vel subnullum. Embryo 

 rectus; cotyledones planiusculae quadratae, subito in radiculam subsesquilongiorem subcylin- 

 draceam acutiusculam contractae. 



Habitat in Venezuela, prope coloniam Tovar: Fendler (1856 — 57) n. 1876; in 

 Bolivia: Bang n. 748 et 1082, Tunarigebirge 2U00 m: 0. Kuntze, Parotaui, 2400 m: 

 0. Kuntze. 



V. s. in herb. Berol., Boissier-Barbey, Canby, CandoUe, Grisebach. 



