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basi vix connata, illis floris q* simillima, sed multo quam illa majora; petala 3, libera, 

 oblongo-spathulata, obtusiuscula, sepalis aequilonga, brunneolo-albida ; germen fere globo- 

 sum, 3-coccum; Stylus triente illo brevior, crasso-columnaris ; Stigmata 3, profunde 

 bifida; appendices 3, breves, flavidulae, crassae, apice papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; Serra de Lavras Novas, auf thonigen Campos 

 (W. Schwacke n. 4 2046 — blühend im Dezember). 



Nota. Species foliis et vaginis insignis optime ad P. suffrutieantem Rulil. spectat. 



30. P. macaheensis Koern. in Kjöb. Vidensk. Meddel. (1871) 311. — Caulis 

 hypogaeus paullum elongatus, aphyllus, tenuis ; folia dense rosulato-caespitosa, subulato- 

 linearia, plana, sparse pilis longiusculis ciliata, ceterum glabra, viridia, 5 — 1 cm longa, 

 medio 2 — 3 mm lata; pedunculi complures, graciles, costulati, "vix vel non torti, primum 

 levissime puberuli, cito glabri, 6 — 19 cm alti; vaginae arctiusculae , oblique fissae, vix. 

 puberulae, cito calvae, quam folia dimidio vel triplo breviores; capitula subglobosa, 

 summitate sordide albido-villosa, 3 — 5 mm diametro lata; bracteae involucrantes latc 

 obovatae, breviter acutiusculae vel obtusae, ciliolatae, dorso puberulae, cito calvae, 

 obscure fuscae. 



Brasilien: Rio de Janeiro, Gipfel der Serra dos Orgäos, an feuchten Standorten 

 (Glaziou n. 4282 — blühend im Dezember); Alto Macahe, im Urwald (Derselbe, 

 n. 42 8 4 — blühend im März). 



3 1. P. glabrifolius Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis paullum elongatus, subhorizontalis, 

 subsimplex, ubique aequaliter foliis instructus, subgracilis, 5 — 6 cm longus; folia lanceo- 

 Iato-linearia, acuminata, laxe membranacea, striatula, in sicco virescentia, caespitosa, 

 versus apicem pilis sparsiusculis ciliolata, ceterum glabra, cito glaberrima, 5 — 6 cm longa, 

 medio 4,5 mm lata. Pedunculi (in speciminibus suppetentibus) per singulos in axilla 

 folii prope apicem caulis dispositi, obsolete 3 — 6costati, non torti, subrobusti, pilis 

 arrectis puberuli , mox glabri , folia circiter duplo superantes, 9 — 13 cm longi ; vaginae 

 oblique fissae, laxae, primum ut pedunculi puberulae, cito glabrae, teretes, lamina 

 acuminata, arrecta, intus brunneolo-barbulata instructae, folia vix aequantes; capitula 

 subglobosa, summitate flavidulo-villosa , majuscula, circ. 1 cm lala; bracteae involu- 

 crantes ellipticae vel subobovatae, acutiusculae vel obtusiusculae, magnae, membrana- 

 ceae, olivaceo-viridulae, ciliatae, dorso glabrae, demum glaberrimae, 5 mm longae, paullo 

 2 mm latiores ; receptaculum pilosum ; bracteae flores stipantes oblongo-ovatae, olivaceo- 

 viridulae , acutae , ciliatae , laxe membranaceae ; pili illarum et perigoniorum flavidi, 

 obtusi, clavulati, extus laeves, intus granulosi; flores masculi et feminei mixti, omnes 

 pedicellali; flos tf: sepala 3, basi connata, late ovata, acuta, ciliata, brunneola; peta- 

 lorum tubus apice profunde infundibularis , glaber, brunneolus, membranaceus, lobis 3 

 brevissimis, latis, acutis, non involutis instructus ; stamina 3 ; antherae ovatae, fuscidulae ; 

 pistilli rudimentum triplex, brunneum, apice papillosum; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, obovata, 

 basi valde angustata, acuta, fusca, ciliata; petala 3, libera, oblonga, sepalis aequilonga, 

 basi paullo angustata, rotundato-obtusa, ciliata, tenera, hyalina; germen tricoccum, lato- 

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

 capitellatae, brunneae, cylindricae, apice papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Rio de Janeiro^; auf Campos des Itatiaia, zwischen Felsen 

 (Glaziou n. 9001 — blühend im November). 



Nota. Species P. glauceseenti et P. Erigeronti affinis. 



32. P. chloroblepharus Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis breviter elongatus, gracilis, foliosus, 

 subsimplex, 7 cm longus. Folia linearia, sensim acuminata, membranacea, viridia, plana, 

 striata, supra glabra, subtus paullo pallidiora, pilis brevissimis, appressis in strias longi- 

 tudinales dispositis leviter puberula, demum glabra, margine versus basin pilis mollibus, 

 longiusculis subpersistenter ciliata, 1 cm longa, medio 3,5 mm lata. Pedunculi in speci- 

 mine supp. 2, folia longe superantes, öcostati, vix torti, teretes, glabri (an semper?) 

 26 cm longi; vaginae laxiusculae, folia circiter adaequantes, levissime striato-puberulae, 

 oblique fissae, lamina sensim acuminata, glabra, instructae; capitula globosa, exsiccatione 

 vix compressa, summitate dense niveo-villosa, circ. 7 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes 



