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bei Barbacena (Pohl); Serra de Caraca (Claus sen n. 159); ohne nähere Angaben 

 (Regneil ser. II. n. 290; Widgren n. 818 und Gardner n. 5267); Prov. St. Paulo: 

 bei Mugy das Cruzes auf trockenen, grasigen Campos (Riedel n. 1474, Glaziou 

 n. 1 784^ — blühend im April, Lund in Herb. Havn. — blühend im November); ebenda, 

 an feuchten Stellen der Campos (W. Schwacke n. 6559 — blühend im April). 



2. P. Mendoncianus Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis hypogaeus brevis, crassissimus, bul- 

 bosus, foliorum cicatricibus radicisque fibris lignosis, crassis instructus, epigaeus per- 

 brevis, basi foliorum lana fusca praeditus, omnino 1 — 2 cm longus, 3 cm crassus. Folia 

 rigida, glaucescentia, linearia, apice incrassato-obtusiuscula, glaberrima, caespitosa, 9 — 

 12 cm longa, medio 3,8 mm lata. Pedunculi folia circiter adaequantes, per crebros 

 (20 — 35) aggregati, tenues, glabri, rigidi, acute costati, vix vel non torti, 9 — 10 cm 

 longi; vaginae quam folia multo breviores, transverse truncatae, laxiusculae, ore bre- 

 vissime ciliolatae, ceterum totae glabrae, 1,8 cm longae; capitula semiglobosa, parva, 

 albido-villosa, 5 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes latissime vel late ovatae, brevissime 

 acutiusculae vel obtusae, stramineo-flavae, nitidulae, rigidae, ciliatae, ceterum glabrae, 

 discum circiter adaequantes; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes oblongae, 

 1-nerviae, obtusiusculae, obscure fuscae, apice ciliatae; pili bractearum flores stipantium 

 et perigoniorum obtuso-clavulati, hyalini, leviter poroso-tuberculati ; flos tf: sepala 3, 

 basi perspicue connata, oblonga vel oblongo-spathulata, brevissime apiculata, ciliata, 

 fusca; petalorum tubus longus, superne infundibularis, tenuis, hyalinus, acute 3-lobatus, 

 lobis demum involutis; stamina 3, libera; antherae oblongae, sordide albidae vel fere 

 olivaceo-virescentes ; pistilli rudimentum triplex, parvum, breviter papillosum; flos Q: 

 sepala 3, basi connata, illis floris q 1 simillima; petala fere libera, sepalis aequilonga, 

 oblonga, fere spathulata, obtusa, ciliata, basi brunneola, apice subhyalino-albida; germen 

 tricoccum, ovato-globosum ; stylus bi'evissimus ; Stigmata brevia, apice bifida ; appendices 

 latae, obscurae, longe papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes, ohne nähere Standortsangabe (R. Mendonca n. 320). 

 Nota. Species cum P. blepharoenemidi Mart., praecipue vaginis brevibus, valde affinis, 

 diiTert autem ab illo statim foliis glabris et bractearum involucrantium forma atque colore. 



3. P. Henriquei Alvaro Silveira et, Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis perbrevis, lignosus, crassus. 

 Folia arrecto-caespitosa, rigida, latiuscule linearia, apice ipso obtusiuscula, persistenter 

 ciliata, utrinque, praesertim subtus pilis brevibus irregulariter appressis vel patentibus 

 hirsutula, dein saepe glabrescentia, 15 — 20 cm longa, medio V2 cm ^ a - Pedunculi 

 per multos (in specimine suppetente 19) aggregati, quam folia paene dimidio breviores, 

 obsolete (an semper?) 4-costati, pilis brevissimis, arrecto-patentibus puberuli, 11 — 12 cm 

 alti; vaginae quam pedunculi quadruplo breviores, arctiusculae, puberulae, subsulcatae, 

 transverse fissae, ore dense rigidulo-ciliatae, 3 — 3 Y2 cm longae ; capitula hemisphaerica, 

 summitate albido-villosa, 7 — 8 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes exteriores minores et 

 angustiores lato-lanceolatae , interiores orbiculari-obovatae, omnes acutiusculae, longe 

 ciliolatae, dorso sparsissime puberulae, mox calvae, coriaceae, castaneo-fuscae ; recepta- 

 culum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes illis similes, membranaceae, oblongae, acutae; 

 pili bractearum et perigoniorum flaviduli, clavato-obtusi, non tuberculati, intus valde 

 granulosi; flos q?: sepala 3, basi connata, acuta, membranacea, fusca, summo dorso 

 ■comato-pilosa; petalorum tubus superne infundibularis, tenuis, glaber, sordide albidus, 

 in lobos 3, longe acuminatos, demum involutos egrediens; antherae ovatae, albidae; 

 pistilli rudimentum triplex, papillosum, brunneolum; flos Q: sepala 3, basi connata, obo- 

 vata vel spathulata, acuta, ciliata, rigescentia tumque decidua, brunnea, apice pallidiora; 

 petala 3, libera, obovata, acuta, crassiuscula, margine tenuissima, longe ciliata, albida; 

 germen tricoccum, globosum; Stylus fere nullus; Stigmata 3, plana, profunde bifida; 

 appendices 3 breviter columnares, pallide brunneae, apice papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes, Serra de Ibitipoca (Magalhäes in Herbar. Commiss. 

 geogr. e geol. de Minas n. 1372 — blühend im Juni). 



Nota. Species cum P. eriophaeo Ruhl. valde affinis. sed statim pedunculis brevibus atque 

 foliorum indumento differt. 



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