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fuscidula, apice pilosa; petala 3, oblongo-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, tenerrima, hyalina, 

 paullo sepalis breviora, apice ciliata; germen oblongo-ovatum, tricoccum; stigmata 3, 

 apice bifida; appendices 3, fere epapillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; Perpetua bei Diamantina (Glaziou n. 19985 — 

 blühend im April). 



Nota. Speciei sequenti valde similis, vel melius cum ea conjungenda? 



95. P. viridulus Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis paullum elongatus, gracilis, subaeque 

 foliosus, simplex, apice fertilis, 5 — 6 mm longus, l / 3 mm crassus. Folia lato-linearia, 

 basi paullum angustata, acuta, membranacea, juventute praesertim supra pilis sparsius- 

 culis, brevibus, patentibus obsita, demum glabra, 3nervia, in apice caulis densius collo- 

 cata, 1,5 cm longa, medio ad 1,5 mm lata. Pedunculi in caule terminales, filiformes, 

 fere teretes vel leviter sulcati, quam folia fere duplo longiores, flexiles, pilis patentibus, 

 persistentibus dense praediti, usque 4 cm longi; vaginae laxae, quam folia multo bre- 

 viores, oblique fissae, virides, sparsissime pilosiusculae, celerrime glabrae, lamina cilio- 

 lata, acuta, brevi, saepe recurvata instructae, 5 mm longae ; capitula minuta , globosa, 

 brunneola, sparse albo-pilosa, pro ratione pauciflora, 2 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes 

 ovatae, acutae, tenui-membranaceae, concavae, ciliatae, brunneolae; receptaculum pilo- 

 sum; bracteae flores stipantes illis similes, angustiores, oblongae, ciliatae, brunneo- 

 albidae; pili illarum et perigoniorum hyalini, acuti, intus et extus laeves, longi; flos q^: 

 longe pedicellatus ; sepala 3, basi connata, lanceolata, obtusiuscula, longe ciliata, brun- 

 neola; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, anguste obovata, acutiuscula, longe ciliata, brunneola; 

 petala 3, illa paullo superantia, oblonga, acuta, ciliata; germen tricoccum, ovatum; 

 Stylus breviusculus ; Stigmata 3, filiformia, apice bifida; appendices 3, illis breviores, apice 

 papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; Serra de Ibitipoca (H. de Magalhaes n. 1374 — 

 blühend im Juni 1894); ebendaselbst, an feuchten, sandigen Stellen unter Felsen, 1070 m 

 ü.M. (Schwacke n. 12305 — blühend im August). 



Nota. Species habitu P. viridi Koern. similis, sed multis notis ab eo differt. 



96. P. cephalopus Alv. Silveira et Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia rosu- 

 lata, linearia, basin et apicem versus angustata, acutiuscula, vix rigidulo-membranacea, 

 supra leviter canaliculata, utrinque pilis mollibus, brevibus disperso-hirsuta, dein calves- 

 centia, 3 — 6 mm longa, medio ad 2 / 3 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii vel per paucos 

 (2 — 3) aggregati, folia plus triplo superantes, tfenues, compluries levissime costati vel 

 subteretes, molliter subdistanter pilosi, denique decumbentes; vaginae ca. 3 mm longae, 

 laxae , sublaeves , mox glabriusculae, membranaceae, oblique fissae, ore ciliatae ; capi- 

 tula primum obconica, dein hemisphaerica, molliter pubescentia, parva, foliorum rosulas 

 pedunculosque iterum iterumque proliferentia, 3 — 4 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes 

 pro ratione paucae, capitulum aequantes, tenui-membranaceae, exteriores lanceolato-ovatae, 

 interiores obovatae, brunneolae, acutae, dorso et margine apicem versus pilosae ; recep- 

 taculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes illis valde similes, angustiores; pili bractea- 

 rum et perigoniorum acuti, utrinque laeves, cellula terminali infra apicem paullo tumi- 

 diuscula, membrana cruciato-striulata praedita; flos q^: sepala 3, libera, spathulata 

 vel oblanceolata, obtusiuscula, longe ciliata, et subtus dorso pilosa, membranacea, fere 

 hyalina; flos Q: sepala 3, basi cohaerentia, spathulata, illis floris q^ similia, demum 

 rigescentia; petala 3, libera, sepalis similia, tenera; germen tricoccum, ovato-globosum; 

 stylus breviter columnaris; stigmata 3, brevia, profunde bifida; appendices illis aequi- 

 longae, papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; Serra de Ibitipoca (Magalhaes in Herbario Comm. 

 geographica e geologica de Minas n. 1374 — blühend im Juni). 



Nota. Species habitu Uli subgeneris Stephanophylli (cfr. Leiothrix) similis, graciliter 

 late repit. 



