— 32 — 



1-2 cin longis), coriacoa, obloi.go-lanceolata, 3-5 cm longa, uirinque fere 8-10-cosiulata, inaequaiiter 

 serrata, nervis subtus pubcrulis exccptis glabra. Stipulae oblique ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, nunc 

 parcc scrratae, nunc integerrimae, dimidiae fere petioli longiludinis. 



Kanii floriferi erecli, foliosi, parce aculeolati, glandulosi et puberuli. Folia ovato-oblonga, breviora 

 quain iu caule primario; petioli slipulis vix longiores. Flores terminales, diam. fere 2 cm. Pedunculi 

 sepalis breviores, dense setoso-aculeati; calyx cxterne inconspicue puberulus, hinc inde setoso-aculeatus, 

 sepalis lanceolalis, in flore erecio-patentibus. Petala sepalis fere aequilonga purpurea. 



' ■ ' Fig. 8. R. foriaceus Poir. 



In Hohen vou 3000 — 3500 m durch die Anden von Columbien, Ecuador und Peru verbreitet; zuerst 

 von Dombey in Peru gesammelt. Spater z. B. am Vulcan de Cliilos in Columbien (Weberbauer), in den 

 ostlichen Anden von Ecuador (Mor. Wagner); bei Palca, Dep. Junin in Peru (Weberbauer). 



30. R. acanthophyllos Focke in Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen IV, p. 161 (1874). Exs. : Weberbauer 



3308, 4424, 4943. 



Frutex ad 0,5 m altus. Caules longi, flagellares, prostrati, parce aculeolati. Rami floriferi elon- 

 gati , simplices vel rainosi, tomentoso-liirti, aculeolis inaequaUbus rectis vel reclinatis exasperati aut 

 aculeis longioribus subulaiis armali. Petioli fere 3 cm longi. Foha e basi roiiuidaia oblonga vel oblongo- 

 lanceolata, acuta vel obtusiuscula, diam. 6 — 9:3 — 4 cm, saepe obsolete vel manifeste triloba (interdum 

 3-foliolaia), lobo terminali elongalo, laterahbus brevibus, inaequaliter, sed non profundc serraia, supra 

 obscura, pilosa, juveniUa tomentella, subtus cano-tomentosa, saepe in nervis aculeata, interdum quoque in 

 pagina superiore. PetioU tomentosi, aculeati, juniores bracteis saepe breviores, adulti duplo vel triplo 

 longiores. Stipulae latae, dentatae. 



