146 Ign. Urban, 



12 — 15 mm longa, 5 — 6 mm profunda, a latere oblique obovata, in parte '/s — 'ib inferiore 

 stipitata, non auriculata nee margine recurvata nee cucullata, valde concava, apice obtusa v. 

 obsolete apiculata, extrinsecus medio dorso et ad nervös laterales parcissime setosa, praeterea 

 pilis glochidiatis dense v. densissime esornata et pilis minute v. obsolete scabriusculis prae- 

 sertim ad marginem versus obsita, intus glabra, in fructu longe persistentia curvato-erecta. 

 Sqnamae 3,5 — 4,5 mm longae, a dorso anguste ovatae v. ovato-rectangulares 2 — 2,5 mm 

 latae, supra basin incurvatae, extrinsecus ad basin subsaccato-productae et juxta nervös in 

 parte inferiore longitudinaliter subinfiatae, 3-nerves, nervis in 3/^ — 2/^ alt. extrinsecus gibbere 

 luteo V. aurantiaco notatis, 2- v. 3-furcatis et hoc loco fila singula filiformia obsolete tuber- 

 culata squamam subaequantia v. paullo superantia emittentibus, collo calloso-incrassato reflexo 

 subundulato, marginibus acutangule inflexis supra Collum non prominentibus v. paullo promi- 

 nulis, unde squama apice truncata aut breviter quadrato-emarginata fit, dorso et margine in- 

 flexo apice excepto minute papilloso-scaberulae et praeterea ad basin versus breviter pilosae. 

 Staminodia interiora 2 squamas dimidio v. fere duplo superantia 7 — 8 mm longa lineari-subu- 

 lata, paullo supra basin dorso nunc incrassata, nunc appendice suboblique inserta brevi in- 

 structa, plana, inferne longius et densissime superne breviter papulosa v. tuberculata, praeterea 

 inferne plus minus simpliciter pilosa. Filamenta 50 — 60, bene evoluta 9 — 10 mm longa 

 filiformia glabra laevia v. supra basin obsoletissime papulosa; antherae juniores ovales 1,2 — ■ 

 1,4 mm longae, 0,7 — 0,9 mm latae, apice anguste emarginatae, in 2/5 alt. v. sub medio inter 

 loculos affixae, lateraliter sed paullo magis intus dehiscentes. Ovarium subsuperum setis 

 erectis et pilis brevibus crasse glochidiatis densissime obtectum, hemisphaericum ; ovula 9 — 15 

 horizontalia placentis 3-seriatim lateraliter affixa, funiculis nullis. Stylus a basi sensim atte- 

 nuatus, postremo 9 — 10 mm longus dense pateuti-pilosus, ad apicem glaber, stigmate obsoleto. 

 Capsula subsupera semiglobosa usque globulosa 7 — 8 mm crassa, 6 — 8 mm longa, pubescens 

 flavescens usque ad placentas 3-valvis; valvae ovatae v. suborbiculares intus glabrae nitidae; 

 placentae in fundo connatae et ab hoc usque ad 1/3 alt. capsulae (paullo supra receptaculum) 

 tantum ascendentes crassiusculae lanceolatae. Semina 5 — 7 subhorizontaliter Sita subanguste 

 ovata convexa, saepius longitrorsum subangulata 4 — 5 mm longa, 2 — 2,5 mm lata, vix 1 mm 

 crassa, lateraliter affixa; testa flavido-brunnescens spongiosa foveolato-reticulata; albumen 

 copiosum carnosum nigrescens. Embryo tenuis 2,5 — 3 mm longus; cotyledones ovales v. 

 elliptico-oblongae quam radicula duplo latiores et 2 — l'/o-plo breviores planae; radicula 

 compressa obtusa. 



Habitat in Chile: Cuming n. 666, in andibus prope Los Locos: Bridges n. 273, 

 in Cordilleras de Santiago prope El Arroyo de S. Nicolas in saxosis ripae Rio del Yeso 

 1600 m. alt. (a. 1826): Gillies, locis petrosis andium prov. Santiago circa vuleanum San 

 Jose 2560 m. alt.: Gay n. 860; prope Aconcaguaa latere Boquete: Güssfeldt, in eordillera 

 de Pirque: Philippi n. 318; in Bolivia teste hb. Berol. 



Floret m. Mart. — V. s. in herb. Berol., Boissier-Barbey, Mus. Britannicum, Candolle, 

 Delessert, Holm., Martii, Paris, hört. Petrop., Vindobon. 



12. Loasa Arnottiana Gay, caule prostrato sucenlento metrali recto; foliis in- 

 ferioribus oppositis, ceteris omnibus alternis, illis petiolis 5 — 6 cm longis, ambitu ovatis 

 vel anguste ovatis, basi cordatis, vix duplo longioribus quam latioribus, 5 — 7-lobis, 

 lobis parum profuudis basi valde approximatis acutis dense irregulariter lobulatis vel 

 grosse dentatis, sinubus inter dentes rotundatis. dentibus ipsis creberrimis subangustis 



