Paepalanthus. 13t 



subaequae; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes flavidulo-virides, ovatae Ael 

 oblongae, acutae, apice comato-pilosae ; pili illarum et perigoniorum flavidi, obtusissimi, 

 intus valde granulosi; flos q 1 : sepala 3, basi connata, obovata, acuta, summo dorso 

 comato-pilosa , virescentia; petalorum tubus superne infundibularis , glaber, 3lobatus; 

 stamina 3; antherae albidae, ovatae; pistilli rudimentum triplex, breve; Q flos: sepala 3, 

 basi breviter connata, late obovata, acuta, viridula, dorso summo pilosa; petala 3, 

 spathulata, acuta, albido-griseola, tenuia, longe ciliata; germen tricoccum, cetera nimis 

 juvenilia. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes, Serra de Ibitipoca (H. de Magalhaes n. 1654 

 — blühend im Juli). 



Nota. Species foliis latis, bracteis involucrantibus, capitulis flavidule villosis facile distin- 

 guenda. 



8. P. ovatus Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (1863) 367. — Dwpatya ovata 0. Ktze. 

 Rev. gen. II. (1891) 746. — Caulis perbrevis, radicis fibris dense instructus. Folia 

 linearia, acuta, caespitose conferta, a demortuis cincta, membranacea, glabrescentia, pri- 

 mum pilis lougiusculis, cito deciduis sparse ciliata, 3 — 3,5 cm longa, medio 1,5 mm 

 lata. Pedunculi in specimine suppetente per 28 aggregati, folia circit er triplo superantes, 

 profunde 3 costati, ob costas leviter 1 -sulcatas quasi 6 costati , apice levissime retrorso- 

 puberuli vel toti glabri, usque 9 cm longi; vaginae laxiusculae, oblique fissae, quam 

 folia paullo breviores, glabriusculae, lamina appressa, ovata, acuta, apice vix vel non 

 barbulata instructae, 2,5 cm longae; capitula hemisphaerica, parva, summitate flavidulo- 

 vel griseo-villosa ; bracteae involucrantes late ovatae, submembranaceae, acutae, olivaceo- 

 fuscae, ciliatae, ceterum glabrae; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes ob- 

 longo-ovatae vel oblongae, acutae, olivaceo-virides, apice fuscae, ibique comato-ciliatae ; 

 pili illarum et perigoniorum flaviduli, obtusi, vix clavulati, laeves; flos qj 1 : pedicellatus ; 

 sepala 3, a basi ad medium connata, obovata. obtusiuscula, pallide olivaceo-virescentia, 

 apice dorsi pilosa; petalorum tubus superne infundibularis, hyalinus, tenuissimus, 3lobus, 

 glaber; stamina 3; antherae olivaceo-virescentes ; pistilli rudimentum triplex, parvum, 

 papillosum; flos Q: sepala 3, oblongo-obovata, obtusiuscula, ciliata, olivaceo-brunnea ; 

 petala 3, tenuissima, spathulata, obtusiuscula, hyalina, apice ipso excepto ciliolata; 

 germen tricoccum, ovato-globosum; appendices 3, filiformes, apice obscurae, papillosae; 

 Stylus brevis; Stigmata 3, plana, bifida, paullo quam appendices breviora. 



Brasilien: Rio de Janeiro, Serra dos Orgäos (Gardner n. 5901); ebendort, an 

 feuchten Standorten (Glaziou n. 4281 — blühend im April); Prov. Minas Geraes, Alto 

 da Serra de Säo Joäo d'El Rei (Glaziou n. 17836 — blühend im Januar). 



9. P. Silveirae Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia linearia vel fere lanceo- 

 lato-linearia, acuminata, membranacea, utrinque pilis longiusculis, irregulariter perturbato- 

 appressis molliter villosa, in sicco brunnescentia, caespitosa, usque 4,5 cm longa, medio 

 2 — 3 mm lata. Pedunculi in specimine suppetente 12, folia plus duplo superantes, 

 filiformes, pilis brevibus, arrectis puberuli, demum calvi, compluries costati, vix torti, 

 circ. 9 cm alti; vaginae quam folia plus triplo breviores, laxiusculae, oblique fissae, ut 

 folia molliter sericeo-pubescentes; capitula demum globosa, albo- vel potius levissime 

 flavidulo-villosa, parva, 4 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes paucae, floribus reflexis cito 

 occultae, ovatae, acutae, membranaceae, brunneae, ciliatae, dorso glabrae; receptaculum 

 pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes oblongae, acutae, a medio ad apicem ciliatae; pili 

 illarum et perigoniorum subhyalini, nodoso-articulati, obtusi, apice vix pauci-tuberculati, 

 inferne laeves, intus vix granulosi; flores masculi et feminei mixti, breviter pedicellati; 

 flos (j<: sepala 3, basi connata, lanceolata, acuta, pilosa, fusca; petalorum tubus superne 

 infundibularis, hyalinus, glaber, tenerrimus, breviter et acute 3lobatus; stamina 3; 

 antherae rotundo-ovatae, hyalinae; pistilli rudimentum triplex, filiformi-longiusculum, 

 albidum, papillosum; flos Q: sepala 3, fere libera, Ulis floris (j 1 similia, paullo latiora ; 

 petala 3, libera, oblonga, obtusa, hyalina, laxa, ciliata; germen ovatum, tricoccum; 

 Stylus fere nullus; stigmata 3, longe filiformia, apice breviter bifida; appendices 3, 

 stigmatibus similes, illis aequilongae, apice longe papillosae. 



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