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Ohs. Eadix verticalis recta (5-15 cm long. =:= 1-2,5 mm 

 crass.) saepius rubicunda parcissime apicem versus fibroso - 

 barbata. Caules e eolio plures (2-7) stellatim effusi (5-15 cm 

 long. =:^ 2 mm crass. ) virides v. rubicundi glaberrimi subdisti- 

 clie alterne ramosi, ramis etiam prostratis v. vix adsurgentibus, 

 deorsum nudiusculi sursum plus minnsve laxe v. conferte 

 folio -floriferi, in vivo subcarnosuli e terete obsolete augnlosi, 

 in sicco saepius compressi longitudinaliter striati. Folia alter- 

 na in vivo tenuiter subcarnosula in sicco membranácea gia- 

 berrima viridia, limbis ovatis v. ovato-suborbicularibus (5-8 

 mm long. = 4-8 mm lat.) 3-sub-5-pli-nerviis, ápice rotundatis 

 obtusis V. obtusissimis, margine integerrimis planis, basi sub- 

 rotundatis v. saepius ± ve cuneatis atque in petiolis it ve lon- 

 gioribus (5-9 mm long.) productis. Spicae ex axillis foliorum 

 superorum exsurgentes erectae v. patentiusculae, axi gracili 

 •elongata (15-25 mm long. — 0,40 crass.) glabra simplici recta 

 efformatae, floribus inferís remotis majoribus (2 mm diam.) 

 foemineis, superis sensim aj)roximatis saepeque subconstipa- 

 tis masculis minoribus (1 mm diam.), ómnibus sessilibus; sépala 

 ovato-lanceolata longiuscule acuminata valvata ápice acuta 

 subglanduloso-callosa glabra viridia; pétala, in floribus ma- 

 sculis tantum, sepalis alterna dimidio breviora alba spathulata 

 3-dentata; stamina, in floribus masculis, 5 basi breviter conna- 

 ta, filamentis semper rectis albis glabris, antlieris flavidis; 

 ovarium, in floribus masculis plañe nullum, in foemineis bene 

 evolutum sessile, tridymum viride glabrum, 3-loculare, loculis 

 1-ovulatis, stylis patentissimis a basi liberis, ramis subulatis 

 parum infra médium bifidis ápice obtusis integris (an quan- 

 doque iterum breviter bifidis?) persisten tibus coronatum. 

 Capsula tricocca (1,5-1,75 mm alt. ■— 2,5 mm diam. ) glabra 

 sicca viridis, coccis dorso obtusissimis laevibus. Semina sub- 

 globosa (1,25 mm long. = 1 mm diam.) utrimque obtusa, eca- 

 runculata, testa coriacella, epidermide (an lepidibus?) subliya- 

 lina dense minuteque papuloso -porosa vestita. 

 ^ 542. Euphorbia patagónica Hieron. -~ Hieron., Sert. patag., p. 11, 

 n. 29. 



Hab. Vulgata in dunis pro pe Carmen de Patagones, Febr. 

 1898 (C.S.). 



Ohs. Species E, Lagascae Spreng. babitu simillima, a qua 

 tamen recedit rhizomate perenni et praecipue foliis tripli- 

 nerviis. 



