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connectivo subnullo, lateraliter dehiscentes, deüoratae ovali-orbieulaves. Pollinis gramila 

 elliptica 3-rimosa, 33 — 34// longa, 14,5 — 15,5// crassa. Stylus linearis, in statu femineo 

 8 — 9 mm longus, 0,6 mm crassus, praetei- pilos parcos ad basin obvios glaber, trigonus, linearis, 

 stigmatibus 3 ab apice 1,5 — 1,8 mm decurrentibus, in fructu non accrescens, praeter basin 

 imam marcescens. Ovarium sub anthesi supra lobos calycinos paullum disciformi-productum, 

 disco piano margine obsolete 5-lobo et albido, caeterum viridi, pilis brevibus ad stylum 

 versus convergentibus scabridis hirtellum, in fructu trigono-productum; placentae 3 subcom- 

 pressae, transversim subsemiorbiculares lamellae brevi insidentes; ovula numerosissima plaeentis 

 6 — 8-seriatim circumcirca inserta, snbhexaedrice reticulata, funiculo subnullo, horizontaliter 

 patentia, micropyle in ovulis (junioribus) intermediis ipsis subsupera, in ceteris omnibus late- 

 ralibus ad angulum inter parietem et placentam spectante, integumento unico. Capsula 

 cylindracea usque clavata, 0,9 — 2 cm longa, 0,5 — 1 cm crassa, setis horizontaliter patentibus 

 fnlvis birsutissima, pilis glanduliferis duplo et ultra brevioribus intermixtis, praeterea bre- 

 vissime denseque pilis hamuloso-scabridis obsita, pallide brunnescens, chartacea, supra lobos 

 calycinos septicide fere usque ad calycem dehiscens, valvis triangularibus vel orbiculari-trian- 

 gularibus cum plaeentis basin non attingentibus, sed supra lobos calycinos pauUo prodnctis 

 alternantibns. Semina perplnrima irregulariter multiseriata, obovata vel ovali-obovata, 1 mm 

 longa, 0,6 — 0,7 mm crassa, nigrescentia, paullo elevatim subbexaedrico-nervosa; endospermium 

 mediocre. Embryo rectus; cotyledones ovales radiculae tereti obtusae subaequilongae ac 

 aequilatae. 



Species elegantissima optime distincta ac late dispersa, valde variabilis pubescentia, 

 foliorum habitu ac forma capsulae; ideoque has proponimus varietates: 



1. Folia inferiora fere semper trifoliolata rarissime quinquefoliolata, snperiora simplicia. 



a. Flores minores, petalis 1,1 — 1,2 cm longis. Caulis subglaber. Foliola obsoletissime 

 denticulata vel subintegra. Capsula obconico- clavata, crassa. 



Var. a. chelidoniifolia Urh. et Gilg. Caulis ut videtur usque ad 40 em 

 altus, superne pilis antrorsum spinuligeris recurvato-adpressis laxe aspersus, setis 

 rarissimis. Folia petiolo usque ad 1,5 cm longo lauiina 5 — 3-plo breviore instructa, 

 usque ad 5 em longa, fere item lata, inferiora trifoliata. foliolis sessilibus subsessilibusve, 

 superiora simplicia. sed semper manifeste petiolata, foliola vel folia snperiora margine 

 obsolete vel obsoletissime serrulato-dentata, setis numquam obviis. Flores 2,3 — 2,4 cm 

 diametro, petalis 1,1 — 1,2cm longis. Capsula semper stricte erecta 1.6—1,7 cm longa 

 subturbiuato- clavata, inferne sensim sed paullo attenuata, superne 1 — 1,1 cm crassa, 

 setis flavescentibus laxe obtecta. 



Loasa chelidoniifolia Benfh. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the SHl2)h. (1844) 101; Walp. 

 Ecp. V. 779. 



Habitat in Ecuador prope Guayaquil: Pavon. 



V. s. in herb. Boissier-Barbey. 



b. Caulis superne dense vel densissime setulosus. Foliola manifeste dentata vel 

 dentato-serrata vel dentato-crenata. Capsula anguste oblonga ac subteres vel 

 turbinata, inferne sensim attenuata. 



«. Flores minores, petalis 1,1 — 1,2 cm longis. Foliola manifeste serrata vel 

 serrato-dentata. Capsula anguste oblonga, subteres. 



