188 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; auf Campos zwischen Cataläo und Paracata (L und 

 in Herb. Havn. n. 566 — blühend im September;. 



I 40. P. Urbanianus Ruhl. n. sp. — Suffrutex; caulis hypogaeus lignosus, usque 4 cm 

 crassus, 5 — 7 cm longus, cicatricibus foliorum et radicis fibris instructus, epigaeus erectus 

 vel paullo elongatus. robustus, simplex vel basi ramulosus, 5 — 15 cm longus, 4 — 5 mm 

 crassus, rami ipsi brevissimi, apice pedunculiferi, foliis dense instructi. Folia versus 

 basin caulis rosulata, 3 — 4 (rarius 6) cm longa, medio usque 1 cm lata; in caule elato 

 breviora (2 — 3 cm longa), fere amplexicaulia, arrecto-patentia, lanceolata vel saepius 

 lato-lanceolata, acuta et brevissime mucronata, semper glaberrima, rigidissima, percrassa. 

 Pedunculi umbellato-fasciculati, in caulis (et ramorum) apice terminales, numerosi, sub- 

 aequales, glabri, torti, rigidi, obtuse circiter 5 costati, nitido-stramineo-flavi, longi, deci- 

 dui, usque 30 cm longi; vaginae oblique fissae, lamina acuta, apice brevissime barbulata, 

 arctiusculae, glabrae, striatae, folia summa duplo superantes; capitula demum globosa, 

 6 — 7 mm lata, niveo-villosa ; bracteae involucrantes imbricatae, interdum subacutae, 

 plerumque obtusae, dense breviterque ciliatae, ceterum glabrae, late rhomboideo-ovatae, 

 obscure nitido-fuscae, usque 2 mm longae; pilis bractearum flores stipantium et peri- 

 goniorum subclavati, valde tuberculati, intus subgranulosi, hvalini, vel levissime hyalino- 

 sufflaviduli ; bracteae flores stipantes oblongae usque lineares, acutiusculae, fuscae, apice 

 comato-pilosae; receptaculum pilosum; flores^ et Q mixti, longe pedicellati; fiosQ?: 

 sepala 2 obovata, obtusa, navicularia, fusca, summo dorso puberula; petalorum tubus 

 longus, superne membranaceus, lobis 2, brevissimis, obtusis instructus; stamina 2, 

 libera; antherae ovatae, brunneolae; in centro pistilli rudimentum duplex, parvum, papil- 

 losum; flos Q: sepala 2, late obovata, obtusa, conduplicato-carinata ; petala 2, oblongo- 

 spathulata, obtusiuscula, longe ciliata, apice comatula, sordide brunneolo-albida ; germen 

 bicoccum; appendices 2, longae, opacae, papillosae; stvli 2, applanati, apice breviter bifidi. 



Brasilien: Prov. Goyaz; Serra dos Veadeiros, auf trockenem Camp (Glaziou 

 n. 22318 — biühend im Januar). 



Nota. Species cum P. amoeno Koern. affinis. sed foliis facillirae dignoscenda. P. speeioso 

 Koern. habitu jam diversa. 



141. P. Weddellianus Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. \. (1863) 317. — Dupatya 

 Weddelliana 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 746. — Caulis simplex, robustus, elongatus, 

 dense foliis obtectus. Folia infima caespitosa, destructa, reliqua linearia (summa lan- 

 ceolato-linearia), in mucronem longum sensim subulata, patentia, puberula, demum calva, 

 intus ad basin fasciculo pilorum dense instructa, rigida, pungentia, plana, non amplexi- 

 caulia, glauco-viridia, 1 — 2 cm longa, summa medio 1 — 2 mm lata. Pedunculi in 

 apice caulis (circiter 13) umbellati, erecti, glabri, pluricostati, vix torti, usque 35 cm 

 longi; vaginae arctae, oblique fissae. lamina acutiuscula, demum lacerata, glabrae, 

 nervoso-striatae, ore albido-membranaceae, 5 — 7 cm longae; capitula depresso-hemi- 

 sphaerica, summitate albido-villosa, 5 — 6 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes ovales, extimae 

 acutae, interiores subito acuminatae, leviter ciliolatae, demum glaberrimae, rigidae, obscure 

 fuscae, exteriores gradatim minores. 



Brasilien: Prov. Goyaz; in Sümpfen auf felsigem Boden bei As Lages (Weddell 

 n. 2927 — nach Koern.). 



Nota. Species mihi ignota P. speeioso valde affiinis esse videtur. 



142. P. amoenus (Bong.) Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1.(1863) 316 t. 42. — Eriocaulon 

 amoenum Bong, in Act. Petrop. sc. math. ser. VI. I. (1831) 637; Kunth, Enum. pl. III. 

 (1841) 580; Steüd. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 283. ■ — Eriocaulon {PaepalantJiU'S) longijjcs 

 Mart. in Flora (1 841) Beibl. 35. — Dupatya amoena 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1 891 j 745. — 

 Caulis elongatus, robustus, 10 — 30 cm et quod excedit longus, simplex vel subsimplex 

 (ramulos brevissimos apice proferens), dense foliosus. Folia infima latiuscule linearia, 

 subulata, appresso-caespitosa, plana, glabra, breviter pilis longis sparse intermixtis dense 

 ciliata, glabrescentia, basi lanata, 3 — 10 cm longa, medio circiter 2,5 mm lata, supe- 

 riora lineari-lanceolata , subulata, glabra, raro ciliolata, semiamplexicaulia, 3 — 3,5 cm 

 longa, medio 3 — 4 mm lata, omnia acuminata, pungentia. rigida. Pedunculi in apice 



