200 Ign. Urban, 



inferne crebris, superne laxis vestitus; Stigmata 3, iuterdum soluta, 2 — 2,5 mm longe decur- 

 rentia. Ovarium infenim, vertice pilis brevissimis antroisum seabridis apice laevibns tomen- 

 tosulum, setis plane deficientibus. Capsula breviter obovata, basi obtusa, 12 mm longa et 

 crassa, sublaxe rufo-setosa et brevissime pilosa, inter lobos calycinos breviter conico- producta 

 et 3-valvis; placentae 3 planae, fere 4 mm latae, dorso crassiuscule cum carpidiis conjunetae, 

 circumcirca semina gereutes, quae mamillis prominentibus insident. Semina numerosissima 

 10 — 12-seriata, horizontaliter sita, fnon plane matura) ovata obtuse apiculata, 2 mm longa, 

 1 mm lata, brunneo-nigrescentia; testa elevatim reticulato-nervosa, areolis nitidis. 



Habitat in Ecuador, in declivitate oeeidentali montis Pichincha, alt. 3650 ui: 

 Jameson n. 135; in Nova Granata australi, in prov. Pasto prope Miraflores: Karsten. 



Floret m. April., Majo. — V. s. in herb. Candolle, Kew., Paris, Vindobon. 



47. Loasa speciosa J. D. Smith, caule dense setoso; foliis inferioribus oppositis, 

 ambitu subpentagonis 10 — 13 cm diametro, palmatim lobatis, lobis 3 v. 5, a])icali trian- 

 gulari-acuminato, lateralibus triangularibus, parte intermedia integra paullo brevioribus 

 subintegris v. parcissime lobiiUitis v. dontatis; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis longe acuminatis 

 25 — 30 mm longis; petalis uiedio supero longitrorsum concavis 35 — 55 mm lougis obo- 

 vatis V. obovato-oblongis, membranaceis; squamis fere 20 mm longis, calcaribus squama 

 ipsa (usque ad Collum) 3-plo brevioribus, nervis supra calcaria manifestis valde ramosis, 

 filis nullis V. intermedio obsolete evoluto, alis ventralibus supra coUum modiee productis, 

 eoUo non incrassato; placentis 3 v. 4 convexis. 



Loasa speciosa J. D. Smith in Bot. Gazette XXIII (1897) p. 8. 



Planta 1,50 — 2 m alta, succulenta (ex Pittier). Caulis setis 2,5 — 3,5 mm longis 

 rufis V. brunnescentibus patentibus dense liirsutus, pilis brevissimis superne parce et plus minus 

 manifeste glocbidiatis v. sublaevibus intermixtis, in cymam abiens. F o 1 i a opposita, petiolis 

 10 — 12 cm longis, ambitu subpentagona, 10 — 13 cm diametro subaequilonga ac lata, 3 — 5-loba, 

 lobe apicali magis producto triangulär! -acuniinato, supra basin lobulos 2 minores gereute, 

 sequentibus triangularibus partem latitudinis integrae dimidiam aequantibus v. superantibus, 

 parcissime grosse dentata v. subintegra, basi anguste cordata, supra setis brevibus et pilis 

 brevissimis sublaevibus adspersa , subtus setis brevibus parcis et pilis brevissimis scabriusculis 

 V. superne retrorsum liamulosis vestita. Inflorescentia bis ter cymose divisa er. 9-flora, 

 ramis imis alternis; prupliylla euphylloidea, sed pluries minora ovato- pentagona v. ovato-ob- 

 longa, lobis lateralibus 2, dentibus parcissimis, basi obsolete cordata v. rotundata, 6 — 3 cm 

 longa, 5 — 2,5 cm lata; pedicelli primarii 7 cm longi, 2,5 mm crassi, superiores breviores. 

 Flores 5-meri. Calycis tubus obconicus densissime hirsutissimus; lobi ovato- lanceolati, 

 superne sensim et longe acuminati 2,5 — 3 cm longi, supra basin 6 — 9 mm lati, extrinsecus 

 setis brevibus et pilis brevissimis glochidiatis , intus pilis brevissimis sublaevibus vestiti. 

 Petala in aestivatione valde imbricata, sub anthesi suberecta, ignea, medio longitrorsum prae- 

 sertim superne concava, obovata v. obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata 35 — 55 mm longa, 

 16 — 17 mm lata, basi ipsa 6 — 10 mm lata, nervis e basi numerosis, extrinsecus dorso medio 

 setulis parcis obsita et pilis brevissimis plus minus glochidiatis dense vestita, consistentia mem- 

 branacea. Squamae a dorso oblongo-rectaugulares fere 20 mm longae, supra basin 5 mm, 

 superne 3 — 3,5 mm latae, dorso supra basin bicalcaratae, calcaribus subsemiglobosis sursum 

 curvatis squama 3-plo brevioribus, nervis e basi 3 supra calcaria valde ramosis, lateralibus 

 extrinsecus scabriusculis, medio in filum perbreve excurrente, caeterum efilosae apice non in- 



