13S ^- Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



sepala 3, basi connata, oblongo-obovata, acutiuscula, pallide viridi-brunnea, pilosa; peta- 

 loi'um tubus apice infundibularis, glaber, acute 3 lobatus ; stamina 3 ; antherae albidae ; 

 flos Q: sepala 3, illis floris (J 1 similia, latiora; petala 3, libera, fere spathulata, clavu- 

 lata, valde juvenilia, obtusiuscula(?), ciliata; germen tricoccum, ovatum; appendices 

 eolumnari-oblongae, brunneolae, papillosae; stigmata 3, apice bifidae. 



Sto. Domingo: Valle nuevo, zwischen Felsen, 2270 m, herdenweise (Baron 

 v. Eggers n. 2216 und 2216 b — blühend Ende Juni 1887). 



28. P. suffruticans Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis elongatus, subaequaliter foliosus, sub- 

 simplex vix crassiusculus, 6 — 1 2 cm longus. Folia in apice caulis paullo densius con- 

 gesta, arrecta, inferiora recurvata, omnia aequalia, lanceolato-linearia vel linearia, acuta, 

 basi dilatata et semiamplexicaulia, rigidulo-membranacea, plana, supra glabra, subtus 

 et margine pilis longiusculis, perturbato-distantibus hirsuta, demum glaberrima, striata, 

 7 — 10 cm longa, medio 3,5 — 4 mm lata; pedunculi complures (2 — 8), per singulos in 

 axillis foliorum dispositi, valde erecti, 3 — 6costati, glabriusculi, parum torti; vaginae 

 quam folia paullo breviores, laxiusculae, oblique fissae, striatae, ut folia hirsutae, mox 

 calvescentes, lamina acuminata instructae; capitula subglobosa, summitate albo-villosa, 

 majuscula, 8 — 9 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes imbricatae, lato-orbiculares, rotundato- 

 obtusae, rarius obtusiusculae, obscure fuscae, levissime ciliolatae, dorso glabrae, sub- 

 coriaceae; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes oblongae, basi angustatae, 

 breviter apiculatae, obscure fuscae, dorso et margine pilosae; pili illarum et perigoniorum 

 sufflaviduli, vix clavulati, obtusi, extus laeves, intus granulosi; flores masculi et feminei 

 mixti, longe pedicellati; flos q*: sepala 3, oblonga-obovata, rotundato-obtusa, interdum 

 breviter apiculata, pilosa, fuscidula; petalorum tubus apice infundibularis, glaber, brunneo- 

 lus, breviter et acute 3lobus; stamina 3; antherae rotundato-ovatae, brunneolae; pistilli 

 rudimentum triplex, brunneum, papillosum ; flos O : sepala 3 , illis floris tf simillima, 

 saepe breviter apiculata, paullo quam illa latiora; petala 3, libera, latiuscule oblonga, 

 rotundato-obtusa, tenera, pallide brunnea, margine hyalina; germen tricoccum, ovato- 

 globosum; Stylus breviter columnaris; stigmata 3, plana, apice bifida; appendices 3, 

 fuscae, papillosae. quam stigmata breviores. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; am Morro da Carapu^a (Glaziou n. 15529 — 

 blühend im Juni). 



>"ota. Species caule elongato et foliorum indumento insignis. 



29. P. desperado Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis breviter elongatus, foliorum cicatricibus 

 et radicis fibris duris, ramosis, sordide fuscis obtectus, crassiusculus, 7 cm longus. Folia 

 in apice caulis caespitosa, latiuscule linearia, mucronata , mucrone destituto apice obtu- 

 siuscula, in sicco olivaceo-viridia, membranacea vel chartacea, supra striolata, pilis 

 brevissimis per strias dispositis levissime puberula, subtus et margine pilis majoribus, 

 patentibus densissime vestita, serius calvescentia, 13 — 15 cm longa, medio 5 — 6 mm 

 lata. Pedunculi folia duplo vel triplo superantes, in specimine suppetente unico 7, 

 vix vel non torti, rigiduli, compluries sulcato-striati , pilis parvis, longiusculis hinc inde 

 intermixtis praesertim apicem versus sparse vestiti, mox glabriusculi, 27 — 58 cm alti, 

 I 1 3 mm crassi; vaginae folia longitudine aequantes, striatae, oblique fissae, laxae, pilis 

 patentissimis dense lanatae, 12 — 14 cm longae; capitula hemisphaerica, demum globosa, 

 summitate dense albido-villosa , magnitudine intermedia; bracteae involucrantes imbri- 

 catae, exteriores ovatae, acutae, interiores latissime ovatae vel obovatae, obtusae vel 

 obtusiusculae, omnes coriaceae, fuscae, dorso glabrae, pilis brevibus dense et persistenter 

 oiliatae, interiores magnitudine accrescentes ; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores sti- 

 pantes anguste oblongae vel oblanceolato-spathulatae, acutae, fuscae, apice olivaceo- 

 fuscae, summo dorso comato-pilosae; pili florum et bractearum globoso-clavati, obtu- 

 sissimi, flavescentes, non tuberculati, valde granulosi ; flos tf: longe pedicellatus ; sepala 

 3, basi connata, spathulato-obovata, breviter apiculata, obscure olivaceo-fusca, summo 

 dorso comato-pilosa; petaloram tubus apice infundibularis, glaber, margine lobis 3 acutis, 

 demum involutis ornatus ; stamina 3 ; antherae rotundae, flavidulo-albidae ; in centro 

 pistilli rudimentum triplex, papillosum: flos Q: brevius quam (j 1 pedicellatus; sepala 3, 



