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blühend im Dezember); Serra dos Cristaes (W. Schwacke n. 8477 — blühend im 

 April); Diamantina, am Curalinho (Gläziou n. 19994 — blühend im April). — Prov. 

 Bahia: bei Ilheos und Camamu (Riedel — blühend im März). 



103. P. applanatus Ruhl. n. sp. — Suffrutex, 35 cm allus; basis eaulina desi- 

 deratur; caulis elongatus (7 cm longior) ramosus, fuscus, teres, sparse pilosus, foliis 

 dense instructus, ramis elongatis, cauli similibus, sed foliis gradatim quam caulis bre- 

 vioribus, apice pedunculiferis, 6 — 8 cm longis, 4 — 4,5 mm crassis auctus. Folia 

 lanceolato-ensiformia, rigido-coriacea, arrecto-patentia , lanceolata, basi semiamplexicauli 

 dilatata, mucronata, deinde mucrone destituto obtusiuscula, usque 12,5 cm longa, medio 

 fere 1 cm lata, versus apicem caulis sensim minora, ea ramorum modo 3,5 cm longa 

 et usque 4 mm lata. Pedunculi in apice ramorum terminales, per 5 — 1 2 umbellato- 

 congesti, valde robusti, longi, fere appresse sericeo-pilosi ? parum torti, vix vel non 

 costati, applanati, usque 23 cm alti; vaginae laxae, summa folia fere duplo superantes, 

 non striatae, leviter puberulae, demum calvae, oblique fissae, lamina arrecta, rursus 

 irregulariter incisa instructae, 4,5 cm longae; capitula albido-villosa, truncato-conica vel 

 demum subglobosa, majuscula, usque 8 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes brunneo-fuscae, 

 acutae, ovatae, dorso et apice plus vel minus pilosae, naviculares, exteriores gradatim 

 breviores, imbricatae, usque 4 mm longae; receptaculum longe pilosum; bracteae flores 

 stipantes fuscae, acutae, oblongae, flori subaequales, apice comato-pilosae ; pili bractearum 

 flores stipantium et perigoniorum hyalini, vix tuberculati, apice clavati, subrotundati vel 

 saepius acutiusculi; flos q? 1 : sepala 3, ovata vel oblongo-ovata, subito acuta, concavius- 

 cula, fusca, apice comato-pilosa, basi paullum connata; petalorum tubus apice cavus, 

 brevis, hyalinus, tenuis, apice irregulariter inciso- 3lobatus; stamina 3, libera; antherae 

 albidae, oblongo-ovatae; pistilli rudimentum triplex, papillosum; flos Q: sepala 3, Ulis 

 floris q? similia, basi perspicue connata, obovata; petala 3, multo quam sepala breviora, 

 lanceolato-spathulata, acutiuscula, hyalina vel dilute griseolo-brunnea, apice longissime 

 ciliata; germen tricoccum; Stigmata longa, simplicia(?); appendices 3, brevissimae, 

 brunneae, papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; Serra do Cipö, auf Campos (Glaziou n. 19973 

 — blühend im April). 



Nota. Ab affinibus liabitu robustissimo et pedunculis crassis, in sicco compressis et 

 capitulis duris, fere verticaliter elongatis facillime dignoscenda. Speciebus quibusdam Actino- 

 cephali haud dissimilis. 



104. P. phaeocephalus Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis perbrevis, sterilis; rami 1 vel 2, 

 elongati, ascendentes, subrobusti, arrecto-pilosi, simplices, 6 — 12 cm longi, usque 4 mm 

 crassi. Folia in ramis paullum distantia, in caule ipso rosulata vel caespitoso-conferta, 

 longiora, ensiformia, apice destructa, circ. 7 cm longa, usque 1 cm lata, saepe con- 

 duplicata, non rigidula, folia ramorum breviora, lanceolata, basi amplexicaulia, arrecto- 

 p atentia, mucronata, mucrone destituto obtusiuscula, ciliata, utrinque pilis patentibus, 

 brevibus pubescentia, demum calvula, 3,5 cm lata, medio 5 mm lata. Pedunculi in 

 apice ramorum terminaliter per 10 — 2 aggregati, subaequales, longi, torti, puberuli, 

 mox glabri, 5-costati, 28 — 32 cm longi; vaginae laxiusculae, molliter pubescentes, 

 folia paene duplo superantes, oblique fissae, lamina arrecta, obtusiuscula, vix barbu- 

 lata praeditae, non striatae, 4 cm longae; capitula obconica, albo-villosa, 7 — 8 mm lata; 

 bracteae involucrantes atrofuscae, rigidae , exteriores breviores, acutiusculae, interiores 

 subacuminatae, omnes imbricatae, ovatae, dorso et margine pilosae; receptaculum pilo- 

 sum; bracteae flores stipantes subnaviculares , oblongo-spathulatae , fuscae, In.erviae, 

 acutae, comato-pilosae ; pili bractearum flores stipantium et perigoniorum pallide ol vacei , 

 non tuberculati, intus irregulariter granulosi, clavato-acuti vel rarius obtusiusculi ; flos tf: 

 sepala 3, ovata, acuta, fere navicularia, dorso comato-pilosa, pallide fuscescentia; peta- 

 lorum tubus superne infundibularis , hyalinus, irregulariter 3lobus; stamina 3, libera, 

 antherae oblongae, albidae; flos Q: sicut Q* longe pedicellatus ; sepala 3, basi vix connata, 

 ovata, acuta, summo dorso comata, fusca; petala 3, libera, oblongo-spathulata, albida, 

 spongiosa, apice laxissima ibique involuta, longe ciliata; germen ovatum 3 coccum : 



