232 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



cubico-eylindrica, saepe verticaliter paullum elongata, duriuscula et exsiccatione vix 

 compressa, glabra, stramineo-flavida, 5 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes pro ratione pei- 

 paucae, spathulato-obovatae, acutae, hinc inde pilis brevissimis, acutis ciliolatae, con- 

 cavae, membranaceae, stramineo-flavidae ; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes 

 illis similes, sed angustiores, obtusiusculae, curvatae, ciliolatae, hyalino-flavidulae ; flores 

 longe pedicellati, flos q?: sepala 3, fere ad medium connata, oblonga, quasi truncato- 

 obtusissima, hyalino-flavidula ; petalorum tubus apice lobis in tubum infundibularem, 

 tenerum , glabrum , breviter 3 lobum , hyalinum, demum involutum connatis instructus ; 

 stamina 3, petalorum lobis vix adhaerentia; antherae globoso-ovatae, albidae; pistilli 

 rudimentum fere epapillosum; flos O: sepala 3, (oblongo-) obovata, truncato-obtusa, 

 conduplicato-carinata, breviter ciliata, flavidula; petala oblongo-spathulata, acuta, ciliata, 

 hyalina, sepalis circiter aequilonga; germen tricoccum, ovatum; stylus longus; appen- 

 dices 3, alte insertae, tenerae, hyalinae, fere epapillosae; stigmata 3, paullo altius inserta, 

 simplicia, valde brevia. 



Brasilien: Prov. Rio de Janeiro; Restinga von Cabo Frio (Glaziou n. 13498 



— blühend im September); ebendaselbst (W. Schwacke n. 3087 — blühend im 

 September). 



IS'ota. Capitulis. floribus, foliis statim dignoscenda et vix cum alia specie arctius affinis. 



15. L. echinocephala Ruhl. n. sp. — Plantae caespitose aggregatae; caulis per- 

 brevis, multiceps, radicis fibris longis, subspongiosis, simplicibus praeditus, sub foliorum 

 insertione albido-lanuginosus. Folia perbrevia, in ramulorum brevissimorum apicibus 

 dense rosulata, apiculari-linearia, longe mucronata, mucrone fragili-deciduo instructa, 

 crassa, subtus nervo uno prominente plus vel minus bisulcata, supra plerumque leviter 

 eoncava, interdum teretia, juventute pilis perparvis puberula, citissime glabra. in sicco 

 spadici-viridia , vix 3 mm longa, 1 / 6 mm crassa. Pedunculi in apice ramuli cuiusque 

 singuli, acute Scostati, torti, pilis sparsis longiusculis, patentibus hirsutuli, 6 — 8 cm 

 alti, 1 3 mm crassi; vaginae quam folia multo longiores, arctae, striatulae, tortae, gla- 

 briusculae, oblique truncatae, ore demum compluries laceratae, 6- — 7 mm longae; capi- 

 tula globosa, glabra, stramineo-pallida, exsiccatione vix vel non compressa, 4 mm lata; 

 bracteae involucrantes pallide stramineo-flavidae, longe cuspidatae, leviter naviculari-con- 

 cavae. in apice margine brevissime papilloso-ciliolatae, ceterum glabrae, obovatae ; recepta- 

 culum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes illis simillimae, vix angustiores et brevius 

 cuspidatae, hyalinae, tenui-membranaceae , plus minus carinatae, discum superantes, 

 radiantes; flos (J*: pedicellatus ; sepala 3, fere libera, ovata, longe acuminata, hyalina, 

 glabra, carinato-conduplicata, apicem versus margine breviter papulosa; petalorum tubus 

 apice 3lobatus, infundibularis, angularis; lobi 3, rotundo-ovati, acuti, glabri, flaviduli, 

 infundibulo aequilongi; stamina 3, libera; antherae globoso-ovatae; pistilli rudimentum 

 triplex, albidum, apice longe papillosum; flos Q: sepala 3, ovata, acuminata, hyalina, 

 sparse ciliata (pili breves, hyalini, laeves, acuti); petala 3, sepalis breviora, libera, lanceo- 

 lata, acuta, tenera, hyalina, longius ciliata; germen ovatum, tricoccum; Stylus mediocris ; 

 appendices 3, filiformes, apice vix papillosae, multo quam stigmata profundius insertae; 

 illa 3, simplicia. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; zwischen Biribiry und Diamantina (W. Schwacke 

 n. 8489 — blühend im April); ebendort, am Curalinho (Glaziou n. 20001 — blühend 

 im April). 



I 6. L. mucronata (Bong.) Ruhl. — Eriocaulon_ miicronatum Bong, in Act. Petrop. 

 Sc. math. ser. VI. 1. (1831) 626; IL 234, t. 19; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. IL (1855) 279. 



— Paepalanthus mucronütus Kunth, Enum. pl. III. (1841) 523; Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 

 1. (1863) 427. — Dupatya mucronata 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. IL (1891) 746. — Folia 

 fere rosulato-caespitosa, setaceo-linearia, longissime mucronata, crassiuscula, apicem versus 

 brevissime puberula, ceterum glabra, cito glaberrima, 1 3 4 cm longa. Pedunculi pauci 

 vel solitarii, pilis rigidulis patenti-pilosi, 5 — 8,5 cm alti; vaginae vix puberulae, fere 

 1,5 cm longae; capitula subglobosa, albo-pilosa, 3,5 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes 

 oblongae, acutatae, ciliolatae, aureo-flavidae. 



