218 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



217. P. superbus Ruhl. n. sp. — Planta 29 — 35 cm alta; caulis elongatus, sub- 

 robustus, apice semper sterilis, simplex, foliis dense instructus, 6 — 1 1 cm altus, ad 3 mm 

 crassus. Folia arrecto-patentia vel patentia, lanceolato-linearia, aequalia, rigida, ci*as- 

 siuscula, primum utrinque pilis brevibus, patentibus, densis molle pubescentia, demum 

 glabra, mucronato-acuta, marginibus incrassata, ad 5 cm longa, 4 — 5 mm medio lata. 

 Pedunculi paullo infra apicem caulis per complures aggregati, in foliorum axillis solitarii, 

 robusti, dense puberuli, longi, non torti, IT — 23 cm alti; vaginae folia circiter aequantes 

 vel paullo superantes, arctiusculae, oblique fissae, ut folia puberulae, striatae, lamina 

 acuta, longa, rigida, lineari-lanceolata instructae, 4 — 6 cm longae. Capitula albido- 

 villosa, magna, longe radiantia, 2 — 2,3 cm lata; bracteae involucrantes rigidae, laete 

 fuscae, longe acuminatae, lanceolatae vel oblongo-ovales, coriaceae, discum longe su- 

 perantes, extus appresso-hirsutae, demum calvulae, intus albo-villosae ; receptaculum 

 pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes fusco-olivaceae, anguste lineares, acutae, apice coma- 

 tulae, flores superantes; pili bractearum flores stipantium et perigoniorum hyalini vel 

 levissime sufflaviduli, apice clavato-acutiusculi, rarius obtusi, breviter tuberculato-granu- 

 losi; flores pedicellati, pro ratione magni (6 — 6,5 mm longi). Flos Q 1 : sepala 3, 

 lato-lanceolata, basi connata, acuta, olivaceo-fusca, concava; petala basi in columnam 

 connata, apice infundibulum tenerum, dilute albido-olivaceum, lobis 3, brevibus, ob- 

 tusiusculis, apicibus exceptis ciliatis instructum, a sinibus ad basin intus pilis laevibus, 

 tenuibus, acutis instructum, formantia; stamina 3, libera; antherae vix exsertae, obscure 

 olivaceae, oblongo-angustae ; pistilli rudimenta 3, brevia, papulosa; flos Q: sepala 3, 

 Ulis floris q^ simillima; petala 3, oblonga, obtusa, olivaceo-fusca, rigida, marginibus et 

 apice tenui-membranacea, ibique pallidiora et involuta, ciliata; germen tricoccum, ovatum; 

 stylus fere nullus; Stigmata 3, longissima, apice breviter bifida; appendices brevissimae, 

 apice papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; Serra do Cipö; auf trockenen Campos (Glaziou 

 n. 19972 und 19993 — blühend im April). 



218. P. Langsdorffii (Bong.) Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (1863) 338. — Eriocaulon 

 Langsdorffii Bong, in Act. Petr. Sc. math. ser. VI. I. (1831) 632, t. 57 (ic. ined.); 

 Kunth, Enum. pl. III. (1841) 577; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 282. — Dupatya 

 Langsdorffii 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 746. — Caulis elongatus, versus apicem dense 

 foliosus. Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, plana, patenti-caespitosa, utrinque puberula, 

 dein calvescentia, pilis a basi ad apicem folii longitudine decrescentibus dense ciliata. 

 Bracteae involucrantes obscure fuscae, late ovatae, acutae, exteriores minimae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; an schattigen Stellen des Berges Itacolumi 

 (Riedel n. 396); Caraca, auf dem Campo de Fora (Glaziou n. 15521 il — blühend 

 im Juni). 



Nota. Ad sequentem proxime accedit. 



219. P. xiphophyllus Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis elongatus, subrobustus, simplex, 

 (semper?) in specimine suppetente 18 cm longus, 4 mm crassus; folia in caule aequa- 

 liter disposita, patentissima, fere recurva, ensiformi-lanceolata vel sublinearia, subulata, 

 basi subamplexicaulia ibique dense sericeo-lanata, vix rigidula, infra medium latissirna, 

 striata, supra pilis longis appresso-sublanuginosa, subtus sparsius pilosa, viridia, 5- — 

 8 cm longa, medio 0,8 — 1,5 cm lata; pedunculi in apice caulis (semper?) obsolete 

 pauci- (3-) costati, dense et longe appresso-pilosi, 4 — 5 cm longi, fere 1 mm crassi; 

 capitula hemisphaerica, summitate dense villosa, 1 — 1,5 cm lata; bracteae involucrantes 

 late lanceolatae, acuminatae, rigidulae, radiantes, discum paullo superantes, griseo- 

 fuscidulae, extus longe appresso-pilosae, intus cito glabrae; bracteae flores stipantes 

 anguste spathulato-oblongae vel sublanceolatae, acutae, brunneae, pilosae; pili bractearum 

 supremi et perigoniorum hyalini, rotundato-obtusi, non vel vix clavulati, intus granulosi; 

 flos (j t : sepala 3 oblongo-lanceolata, acutiuscula, summo dorso pilosa, hyalino-brunnes- 

 centia; flos Q: sepala 3, illis floris (J* similia, subspathulata, obtusa vel obtusiuscula ; 

 petala 3, tenerrima, anguste oblonga, pilosa, hyalina; germen tricoccum, Stylus brevis; 

 stigmata 3, bifida; appendices 3, papillosae, tenues, longiusculae. 



