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parva, hemisphaerica, in sicco compressa, glaK-rrima, nigricantia, 2,5 — 3 mm lata; 

 bracteae involucrantes, late ovatae, concavae. acutae, laxe membranaceae, glabrae, oli— 

 vaceo-nigrae, discum includentes; receptacuium glabrum; bracteae flores stipantes illis 

 subsimiles, obovato-spathulatae, acutae, concavae, curvatae, glabrae, nigro-olivaceae ; 

 flos (^f : breviter pedicellatus ; sepala 3, postice in spatham breviter et acutiuscule tri- 

 lobam, glabram, griseo-olivaceam, antice fissam connata; petala 3, perparva, glabra, 

 eglandulosa, aequalia; stamina 6; antherae rotundo-ovatae, nigrae; flos Q: fere sessilis; 

 sepala 3, libera, obovata, acuta, glabra, concava, nigro-olivacea; petala 3, libera, anguste 

 lineari-lanceolata, acuta, eglandulosa, viridi-griseo-albida, glabra; germen globoso-ovatum, 

 tricoccum; stjlus illo paullo brevior, tenuis; Stigmata 3, circ. duplo quam Stylus longiora. 



Mexico: Staat Chihuahua, feuchte Stellen, Ebenen am Fuße der Sierra Madre 

 (C. G. Pringle n. 2018. — blühend im Oktober). 



Nota. Species valde exilis, habitu affinibus E. laxifolii subsimilis. 



59. E. leptophyllum Kunth, Enum. pl. III. (1841) 549; Steud. Syn. pl Cyp. IL 

 (1855) 270; Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (1863) 494. — Folia erecto-caespitosa subulato- 

 linearia, in acumen tenuissimum protracta, laxissime membranacea, plana, glabra, pellu- 

 cida, fenestrato-3 — Snervia, 4,5 — 8,5 cm longa, medio 0,5 — 1 mm lata. Pedunculi 

 solitarii vel per paucos [i — 3) aggregati, folia plus duplo superantes, obsolete 5 — 6 

 costati, torti, glabri, 12 — 16 cm alti; vaginae laxae, quam folia paullo breviores, glabrae, 

 fenestrato-nervosae, oblique fissae, demum ore tenui-laceratae, circ. 4 cm longae; capi- 

 tula parva, subglobosa, in sicco paullum compressa, densiflora, summitate albido-villosa, 

 3 — 4 mm diametro lata; bracteae involucrantes obovatae, obtusae, glabrae. brunneo- 

 fuscae ; bracteae flores stipantes similes, angustiores, subacuminatae, dorso leviter pube- 

 rulae et apicem versus ciliolatae; flos tf: sepala 3, ad medium (vel etiam ultra?) 

 in spatham antice fissam connata, oblonga, obtusissima, summo dorso puberula, cari- 

 nata, fuscidula; petalorum tubus apice lobis subaequalibus, obtusis, pilosis, fusco-glan- 

 duligeris instructus; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 3, obovata, obtusiuscula, dorso 

 summo puberula, navicularia, fuscescentia ; petala 3, subspathulata, obtusa, pilosula, 

 fusco-glanduligera, crassiuscula, albida, vix inaequalia. 



Brasilien: Rio grande do Sul (Sellow n. d.2513). 



Nota. Speciei folia illis E. laxifolii, angustifolii, aquatilis similia sunt. 



60. E. epapillosum Ruhl. n. sp. — Radicis fibri fasciculati, tenues, annulati, sub- 

 simplices, fusciduli. Caulis perbrevis. Folia patenti-caespitosa, lanceolato-linearia, mem- 

 branacea, acutiuscula, glabra, fenestrato-1 1 — 1 Snervia, epapillosa, cito destructa, 3 — 6 cm 

 longa, medio 2 mm lata. Pedunculi per complures (6 — 14) aggregati, folia duplo vel fere 

 triplo superantes, torti, obsolete 4 — 5 costati, glabri, 9 — 12 cm longi; vaginae laxae, 

 quam folia paullo breviores, striolatae, glabrae, oblique fissae, ore tenui-membranaceae 

 ibique cito laceratae, 2,5—3,5 cm longae, 1 — 1,5 mm latae; capitula globosa, summitate 

 niveo-villosa, in sicco compressa, 3,5 — 4 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes late obovatae 

 seu suborbiculares, rotundato-obtusae, membranaceae, concavae, glabrae, flavicantes, 

 floribus deflexis occultae; receptacuium parce pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes ovatae, 

 acutiusculae, ciliatae et dorso pilosulae, naviculari-concavae, membranaceae, dilute griseo- 

 flavidulae, flores subsessiles circiter adaequantes; flos tf: breviter pedicellatus; pedi- 

 cellus pilosus; sepala 3, postice ad medium spathaceo-connata, ovata, fere truncato- 

 obtusa, concava, ciliata, membranacea, flavidula, apice olivaceo-grisea ; petala mediocria, 

 tenera, albida, obtusa, ciliata, aequalia, sub apice parve glanduligera ; stamina 6; antherae 

 lato-ovatae, olivaceo-nigrae ; flos Q: fere 1 sessilis; sepala 3, libera, ovata, obtusa, pro- 

 funde saccato-concava, fere carinata, griseo-olivacea, dorso pilosa; petala 3, lanceolato- 

 spathulata, obtusa, membranacea, intus glanduligera, ciliata, alba, sepalis paullo longiora; 

 germen fere globosum, tricoccum; Stylus illo brevior; stigmata 3, longa. 



Brasilien: Am Ufer des Uberabinha (E. Ule n. 3156 — blühend im Juni). 



Nota. Species iJ. papilloso proxima, aquo foliis plurinerviis, non papilligeris etc. diflert. 

 E. gibbosum, cui vix minus affiuis, pedunculis paucioribus (1 , rarius 2 — 3), tenuioribus et sepalis 

 floris Q incrassato-gibbosis diversum est. 



