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superiore prodeuntes, postremo 2,5 — 3 cm diametro; pedunculi 3 — 8, raro 12 cm lougi, supra 

 basin 0,5 — 2 mm crassi, folium superantes; prophylla anguste lineavi-snbulata usque lanceo- 

 lata, 1,5 — 8 mm longa, 0,3 — 1,8 mm lata, nunc 1 — 2 mm longe petiolata, integra subtategrave 

 uninervia; pedicelli nuUi. Calycis tubus globulosus, 3— (i mm diametro, undique setis elon- 

 gatis hispidus et pilis brevissimis densissime aggregatis apice grosse glochidiatis, caeterum 

 minnte patenti-spinulosis instructiis, striis spiralibus sub anthesi parnm conspicuis, placentiferis 

 multo angustioribus notatus; lobi in alabastro aperti, sinubus petalorum accumbentes, posterius 

 patentes, basi disjuncti, 2—7 mm longi, 0,5 — 2 mm lati, integri subintegrive, lineari-subulati, 

 lanceolati v. triangulär! -lanceolati e basi sensim angustati, l-nerves. Petala alabastrnm 

 breviter globulosum pentagonum formantia, sub anthesi patentia, a latere subovalia v. obovata, 

 saccato-cucullata, postremo 8 — 14 mm longa, 3 — 5 mm profunda, in parte '/.j — ^y. [nter. latius- 

 cule unguiculata, ad marginem supra unguiculum obsolete v. manifeste appendieulata et dein 

 anguste rectangulari-recurvata, infra cucullum denticulo instructa, extrinsecus pilis apice et 

 sub apice verticillatim glochidiatis brevissime pilosa et setis praesertim ad medium dorsum 

 obsita, pilis brevibus scabriusculis intermixtis, ad marginem pilis brevissimis articulatis apice 

 incrassatis dense obtecta, intus ad unguem et marginem pubescentia, caeterum glabra. Squa- 

 mae 3 — 4 mm longae, 1,5 — 2 mm latae, a dorso anguste ovato-rectangulares, ad basin versus 

 incurvae, vertice truncatae, revolntae et calloso- incrassatae, dorso minutissime scabriusculae, 

 inferne obtuse 3-carinatae, supra basin incurvam v. in V:i — '/ö alt- fila 3 filiformia quam 

 squama breviora 1,5 — 2,5 mm longa, minute papilloso-scabriuscula emittentes, nervis vix con- 

 spicuis, margine laterali tenuiore plus quam rectangulari-incurvae, margine ipso dense fimbriato- 

 ciliatae. Staminodia 2 interiora 4 — 5 mm longa, in parte inferiore longiore squamam pauUo 

 superante crassiuscula falcata, superne ad marginem inter sese cohaerentia, inferne pauUo 

 divergentia 0,5 — 0,6 mm lata subcompressa, basi ipsa paullo dilatata, praesertim ad dorsum 

 minute papilloso-pilosa, in parte '/:(— i/i supremo subito filiformi-attenuata. Filamenta 80— 

 110 er. 5-seriata, bene evoluta 5,5 — 7 mm longa filiformia, inferne laevia, superne obsolete 

 papulosa; antherae juniores breviter ovales v. subovatae 0,7 — 1,2 mm longae, 0,5—0,8 mm 

 latae, apice breviter, basi magis emarginatae, in -/.^ — ^!- alt. affixae, sublateraliter dehiscentes. 

 Stylus linearis, postremo 5,5 — 7 mm longus, in parte Vs — -/; superiore sensim attenuatus 

 glaber et striis 5 stigmatosis notatus, caeterum subaequicrassus pilis minute denticellatis bre- 

 vibus patentibus dense hirtus, in fructu basi ipsa incrassatus, caeterum marcescens. Ovarium 

 vertice pilis minute spinuligeris erectis breviter hirsutus. Capsula globulosa 12 — 25 mm 

 diametro scaberrima et setulosa, spira 1/3 — 1/,; carpidia extrinsecus convexiuscula placentis 

 3 — 4-plo crassiora, ad basin versus attenuata, basi ima quasi stipitata, ad axem versus fere 

 ad 2/3 fructus radii subcuneatim producta, latere interiore plane clausa applanata, pilis 

 brevissimis retrorsum glochidiatis vestita; placentae extrinsecus inter carpidia manifestae, vix 

 minus prominentes crassae, intra carpidia subito attenuatae. Semina griseo - brunnescentia, 

 anguste ovata 3—3,5 mm longa, 1,2 — 2 mm crassa, transversim subteretia, irregulariter gibbe- 

 rosa; testa longitrorsum angustissime areolata, intermedia minutissime brunneo-punctulata. 



Habitat in Brasiliae civ. Rio grande do Sul: Gaudiehaud n. 1295, ibidem ad 

 fines prov. Cisplatinae prope eastellum S. Miguel nee non inter lapides prope vicum 

 Capilha de Mercedes: St. Hilaire; in Uruguay: Sellow n. 412, 721, 722, St. Hilaire C^ 

 n. 2040, 2042 bis, 2427 bis, prope Montevideo: Arechavaleta n. 259, 3427, Tweedie, prope 

 Corralito: C. Berg, prope St. Gabriel: Courbou n. 51; in Argentinae prov. Cordoba 



