202 Hermann Wolff. — Umbelliferae-Saniculoideae. 



continuante 2 — 5 cm longo semper obvio, ceteris it: 30 cm longis ler vel quater cvmose 

 trifurcato-ramulosis, dein in monochasium ± elongatum producUs. Folia basalia non 

 visa, ea rosulae primi anni petiolo laminani ±: aequante fulta, oblanceolala, apice obtiisa, 

 ad basin longe cuneata, margine infero argute serrata, cetero crenato-seirata, crenis 

 depressis obtusis antice apiculatis, dz 1 cm longa, \ — O 2 cm lata. Prophylla usqiie 

 ad partem vaginanlem brevem palmato-5 — 7-parlita, segmentis lanceolalis acuniinatis, 

 spinuloso-acutissimis, subintegris vel paucidenlalis. Capitula haud colorata, ovoidea vel 

 ovoideo-globosa, 8 — I mm longa, bracteis f — 2 phylloideis rigidis, dimidio vel duplo 

 longioribus, indivisis vel =b trisectis eximie comato-cornuta; bracteae involucrales 5 — 8 

 rigidae, lanceolato-subulatae, spinoso-acutissimae, integrae vel raro parce spinuloso-ser- 

 ratae, 12— 25 mm longae; florales rigidae, e basi late scariosa subulatae, flores supe- 

 rantes. Flores brevissime pedicellati; sepala ovata, acuminala, valide mucronala, dorso 

 lolo et imprimis ad mai-ginem eximie hjalino-papillulosa, I ' 2 ™"^ longa; petala late 

 obtriangularia, usque ad medium excisa, papillulosa, i 1/3 mm longa, lobulo lato sub- 

 aequilongo, apice lacero-fimbriato. Fruclus subglobosus, subdidjmus, 3 mm longus, 

 ubique squamis setiformibus sat dense et crasse papillulosis vestilus; mericarpia semi- 

 globosa, ad faciem commissuralem latam nuda laeviaque. 



Mexiko: Michoacan, Arrovo de Barabad, ca. 900 m ü. M. (Langlasse, Herb, 

 mex. n. 78 — blühend im MärzJ; Guerrero, Iguala Canj'on, an Flussläufen, 2 500' 

 ü. M. (Pringle n. 10344 — blühend im Dezember). Nach Coulter und Rose auch 

 im Staate Morel os von Altami rano gesammelt. 



Subsect. 2. Ombrophila Wolff. 



Ombrophila Wolff. — Caulis flaccidus demum prostratus, in axillis fol. caulinorum 

 rosulas fol. basalium producens. Fructus squamae vesiculosae. 



H6. E. ombrophilum Düsen et Wolff in Arkiv för Botanik X. 5. (<9H) 2, 

 lab. 2. — Planta umbrosa ut videtur semel tantum florens. Caulis herbaceus, flaccidus, 

 flexibilis, late fistulosus, usque metralis, primo ascendens, demum humi prostalus, inferne 

 Simplex nudusque, superne paucifoliosus et ramis paucis vel pluribus auctus, apice 5- 

 furcatus, ramo caulem continuante obvio, lateralibus simplicibus, diphyllis, in specim. 

 validioribus certe cvmose divisis. Folia in sicco vix firma, basalia late oblanceolata, 

 ad apicem longiuscule acuminala, acuta, inferne sensim angustata et in petiolum ±: 

 late alatum, db 8 mm latum, basi latiuscule vaginantem angustata, raaxima cum petiolo 

 usque 15 cm longo ad 2ö cm longa, usque ad 4Y2 cm lala, margine leviter incrassato 

 infero obsolete et obtuse crenata, supero anguste et dense spinuloso-setoso-(crenato-) 

 serrata, dentibus omnibus prorsum spectantibus, superioribus vix crescentibus, homoeo- 

 neura, n. parallelis ex area mediana quam lamina pluries angustiore sub angulo acu- 

 tissimo ad marginem versus divergentibus, leviter serpentinis, indivisis, juxta miu'ginem 

 remote anastomosantibus ; caulina perpauca bas. simillima, 8 — 10 cm longa et 3 cm 

 lata, in' axillis (saepe cum prophyllis) rosulam demum radicantem producentia, quorum 

 folia inter sese valde inaequalia petiolata vel sessilia demum fol. bas. vix minora cisque 

 simillima. Prophylla ima 4 — 5 lineari-lanceolata, acutissima, dz setoso-crenato-serrala, 

 \ cm et ultra longa, cetera minima. Capitula ex cl. Düsen sordide viridi-flavidula, 

 ovoideo-cylindrica, postremo 15 mm longa et 6 mm crassa; bracteae involucrales 6 — 7] 

 herbaceae, lineari-subulatae, acutissimae, integrae vel parce serrulatae, ad 5 mm longae;] 

 florales Ulis similes, flores fructusque superantes, 3 — 4 mm longae. Sepala triangulari- 

 lanceolata, vix rigidula, \ mm longa; potala oblongo-rcctangularia, \ mm longa, lobuloj 

 inflexo sublineari, subaequilongo vel breviore, 2 — 3-plo angustiore, cum lamina =b con- 

 nato, apice obsolete fimbriato. Fructus dz 3 mm longus, ovoideo-globosus; mericarpial 

 ubique, area commissurali propria angustissima excepta, squamis breviter utriculosisj 

 patentibus vel patentissimis dense obsita. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Prov. Paranä: Serra do Mar, auf feuchtem Bodeaj 

 im Schatten des Urwaldes an Flußläufen und in Gebüschen oft massenhaft auftretend,] 



