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iiuis raaximis, ceteris sensim minoribus, cum petiolo 30 — 35 cm longa, supra medium 

 ±: 3 cm lata. Capilula ovoidea 8 — 9 mm longa; bracteae involucrales oblanceolatae 

 grosse pauciserratae, dr S'/j <^"^ longae et Vj ^"^ latae. 



Peru: Dep. Cajamarca, Prov. Hualgayoc, unterhalb San Miguel, 8500 — 1600 m 

 ü. M., in einer dichten, häufig geschlossenen, aus Slräuchcrn und Kräutern gebildeten 

 Formation (Weberbauer n. 39^2 — blühend im Mai — Herb. Berlin). 



Nota. Varictates supra descriptae formis transitoriis numcrosis conjunclac haud certe 

 discernendae; occurrunt formae naniic, formae elatae et inter eas interniediue variae niagniludinis. 



98. E. ranunculoides Benth. PI. Hartw. (1839) 388; Hemsl. Biol, Centr. Amer. 

 Bot. 1. (1885) 562. — Planta usque 35 cm alta; radices numerosi, fasciculato-funi- 

 formes. Gaules \ vel plures, erecti, tenues, scapiformes vel saepius mox supra basin 

 3-furcati, ramis valde elongatis cum pedunculo caulem continuante aequilongis, simplici- 

 bus vel semel sat louge trifurcato-ramulosis. Foliorum (basalium) petiolus laminam dz 

 aeqiians, inferne angustc, superne latius fistulosus, complicato-canaliculatus, alatus, alis 

 ad vaginam 5 — \0 mm lutam sensim lalioribus; lamina ovalis vel lanceolata vel dz 

 elliptica, obtusa vel acuminata, 4 — 3 cm louga, 1/2 — ^ cm lata, obsolete crenata-serrata, 

 crenis obtusissimis vix mucronatis, nei'vis paucis subparallelis vel superne leviter diver- 

 gentibus, eximie reticulalo-venosis percursa. Prophylla ima fol. bas. similia eisque 

 saepe majora, basin versus tantum angustata, apice acuminata, subunicostata, in- 

 conspicue crenata vel remote serrata, cetera multo minora. Capitula ovoidea, nigri- 

 canti-violacea, 5 — \0 mm longa; bracteae involucrales 8 — 10 lineari-lanceolatae, acumi- 

 natae, spinuloso-acutissimae, integerrimae vel spinulis brevissimis sparsis instruclae, 

 capitulis longiores, ±: 2 mm latae; florales late curvato-cymbiformes, breviter acumi- 

 natae, apiculatae, flores parum superantes. Sepala lanceolato(-ovata) obtusiuscula, ab- 

 rupte breviter mucronata, 0/2"^"^ longa; petala spathulato-oblonga, papillulosa, bre- 

 viter excisa, lobulo inflexo linguiformi aequilongo, obtusiusculo, 11/2"!'^ longa; styli 

 sepala demum dimidio superantes. Fructus ovoideo-globosus 2 — 3 mm longus; squamae 

 mericarpii caljcinae 5 — 6 inaequales, lanceolatae, acuminatae, acutiusculae, laterales 

 paucae, similes, acutae, dorsales multo minores, inaequales, in sicco depressae, ambilu 

 nttundato-irregulares, commissurales nullae. 



Provinz des mexikanischen Hochlandes, auf nassen Alpenwiesen bis 3300 m 

 ü. M. aufsteigend. — Staat Mexiko: Tal von Toluca (Pringle n. 4217 — blühend im 

 August); Sierra de las Cruces, um 3300 m ü. M. (Pringle n. 13 000 — blühend im 

 August); ohne nähere Angaben (Hartweg n. 2 94). 



99. E. scaposum Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Mose. XX. \. (1847) Hi. — Planta 

 5 — 2 cm alta, radicibus numerosis, elongatis, crassis. Gaules i vel plures tenues 

 scapiformes vel raro breviter 3-furcati, ramis quam pedunculus caulem conlinuans 

 multo brevioribus. Foliorum (basalium) petiolus fistulosus, involuto-canaliculatus, alatus, 

 alis ad basin versus sensim latioribus, laminam ± aequans; lamina elliptica vel lanceo- 

 lato-oblonga, raro oblanceolata, apice obtusa vel breviter acuminata, basi breviter cuneato- 

 angustata, margine crenata vel (serrato-)crenata, crenis oblusis depressis, muticis vel 

 brevissime apiculatis, medio anguste fistulosa ibique paucinervia, n. in aream angustis- 

 simam dispositis, superne divergentibus, remote reticulalo-venosis, rarius subunicostata, 

 costa remote pinnato-nervosa, 2 — 4 cm longa, 3/4 — O/4 cm lata. Proph;ylla fol. bas. 

 similia, inferne sensim angustata, minora. Gapitula amethystina semigloboso-ovoidea, 

 6 — 8 mm longa; bracteae involucrales ±: 8 lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, muticae 

 vel spinuloso-acutae, ad i mm longae, ad 2 mm latae, integerrimae vel antice utroque 

 latere \ — 2-denticulatae vel brevissime spinulosae; florales subulatae, acutae, basi vix 

 dilatatae, 3 mm longae, flores subsuperantes. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuminata vel 

 obtusa et subsubito mucronata; petala oblonga, profunde excisa, lobulo inflexo lineari, 



ft 2 — 3-plo angustiore, apice denticulato instructa; styli sepala dimidio superantes. Finiclus 



K globoso-ovoideus, 2Y2 ^^ longus; squamae latei*ales 2( — 3)-seriatae, ovalo-lanceolatae, 



^E acuminatae, patulae, caljcinae similes, dorso plicato-rugoso nullae vel minores acutae 



K obviae, commissurales 1 — 2-seriatae parvae. 



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