116 Ig-n. Ui-ban, 



caeteri ut videtur eiecti er. 0,3 mm crassi. Calycis tubus 2—3 mm longiis, 1,5—2 mm 

 crassns, pilis flavis, cinerascentibns v. rufis apice crasse glochidiatis, caeterum miniite v. mani- 

 feste retrorsum spinulosis clensissime obsitus; lobi sub anthesi patentes, in fructu erecti v. paullo 



intlexi aeuti 1,5 2,3 mm longi, 1 — 1,8 mm lati, dorso pilis curvato-erectis v. adpressis non 



gloehidiatis brevibus v. bvevissimis obsiti, intns parce v. parcissime et brevissime adpresse 

 pilosuli. Petala alabastrnm 4-angulum, apice tnmcatum formantia, in aestivatione cochleata 

 V. dextrorsiim contorta, sub anthesi hovizontaliter patentia, a dorso ovalia v. obovata, 6 — 8 mm 



lono-a 3,5 5 mm lata, 3- v. snb-5-nervia, marginibus latis a nervis exterioribus horizontaliter 



expansis, apice nunc siiblignlato obtuso incnrva, intus membranam e nervis lateralibus prode- 

 iintem et juxta concavitatem fere usque ad apicem productam et pilis setulosis fimbriatam 

 gerentia, caeterum pulverulento- papulosa, extrinsecus satis dense et adpresse setulosa, setnlis 

 minutissime scabriusculis, areae mediae saepe longioribus et magis patentibus. Filamenta 

 basi intev sese et petalis obsolete v. vix adnata, 4 — 5 mm longa, densissime papilloso-scabrins- 

 cula, papillis inferioribus nunc elongatis: antherae juniores 0,5—0,(5 mm longae et latae v. 

 paullo breviores, apice et basi leviter emarginatae; pollinis granula er. 47 /< longa, 30 (i crassa. 

 Staminodia inter sese aequalia, sed interiora saepius paullo bveviora, 2 — 3 mm longa, apice 

 in membranam plerumque trilobam dilatata, lobe intermedio lineari ad apicem intumescente, 

 lateralibus latis multi-lobulatis, basi obsolete v. breviter connata, pilis longioribus nunc arti- 

 culatis et crispulis, nunc rigidis et minutissime scabriusculis densissime obsita et inter sese 

 saepius quasi contexta. Stylus aequicrassus v. superne sensim tenuior, posfremo 3,5 — 4 mm 

 longns, pilis erectis fere usque ad apicem obsitus, integer, nunc postremo apice 4-partitns, 

 lobis recurvatis. Ovula 3 — -10, 1- v. 2-seriata, ovato-oblonga, superne lateraliter affixa, 

 sessilia. Capsula 3,5 — 5, rare — 7 mm longa, 2,3— 4 mm crassa, setulis divaricato-patentibus 

 o-lochidiatis ferrugineis v. brunnescentibus creberrimis vestita, supra lobos calycinos conico- 

 producta, pericarpio crassiusculo, endocarpio flavido v. brucnescente nitido, valvis triangulari- 

 lanceolatis, placentis membranaeeis, intus lamelliformi-prominentibus, funiculis nullis. Semina 

 (non plane matura) pauca ovata, saepius particulam placentae secnm gerentia 1,3 — 1,5 mm 

 longa, 0,6 — 0.7 mm crassa brunnea, elevato-reticulata, areolis magnis in longitudinem productis. 



Habitat in Venezuela prope eoloniain Tovar: Fendler n. 455. Moritz u. 1978; 

 in Nova Granata in andibus Quindiueusibus prope los Voleaneitos alt. 3200 m: Bon- 

 pland n. 1843 (Herb. Willd. n. 10161); in prov. Mariquita prope El CTallego alt. 2300 m: 

 Triana; in prov. Bogota ad cataraetam Tequedaraam: Holton n. 712. Goudot; prope 

 Santa Fe de Bogota in terra temperata: Goudot; prope Ibague ad Kio Combayma: 

 Goudot; in prov. Cauca prope S. Amer alt. 3400 m: Linden n. 1112; inter Popayan et 

 Piiramo de Huila, alt. 2000 m: Stübel n. 282«^; prope Manzanos in sylvis altis alt. 

 2500—2700 m: Lindig n. 626; in Ecuador, in andibus: Spruce n. 5111; ad pedem 

 montis Chimborazo alt. 1000 m: Spruce; in valli Lloa: Jameson n.308; in monte Pichinclia 

 alt. 3500 m: Jameson n. 838, 840; in Bolivia prope Espirito Santo: Bang n. 1244 

 ex Rusby. 



Floret mens. Febr. — April, Jul, Oct., Dec. — V. s. in herb. Berol., Boissier-Barbey, 

 Mus. Britan., Candoll., Delessert., Grisebach., llaun., Kew., Martii, Paris., hört. Petropol., 

 Vindobon. 



