252 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



Var. setacea Ruhl. — Paepalanthus graeilis var. b. subvar. ß. Koern. in Fl. 

 brasil. III. I. (1863) 460 ex p. — P. oxycnemis Mart. in Herb, ex Koern. 1. c. 461. — 

 Differt foliis arrecto-caespitosis, setaceo-linearibus, longiusculis, acutangulis, obtusiusculis, 

 juventute pilis brevibus aspersis, mox glabriuseulis, in sicco atro-olivaceis vel spadiceo- 

 brunneis, 2 — 2,5 cm longis; vaginis folia vix adaequantibus, arctis, subtiliter striatis, pilis 

 glanduliferis patenti-puberulis ; pedunculis erectis, gracülimis, tortis, 3 costatis, sparse 

 glandulifero-puberulis, circ. 1 4 cm altis : capitulis subglobosis, semi-apertis, demum circ. 

 3 mm latis ; bracteis involucrantibus flores perspicue superantibus, interioribus acutiuseulis, 

 omnibus obovatis, glabris, nitide stramineo-flavidis, concavis. 



Brasilien: Prov. Rio de Janeiro; bei Campos (v. Martius n. 557); Cabo Frio, auf 

 Sand (Glaziou n. 14359 — blühend im September). 



Var. reeurvifolia Ruhl. — Differt foliis brevissimis, recurvato-rosulatis, angustis- 

 sime linearibus, obtusiusculis, atro-olivaceis, appresso-puberulis, mox calvescentibus, modo 

 5 — 6 mm longis; vaginis folia multiplo superantibus, arctissimis, lamina appressa, apice 

 obtusiuscula praeditis, torto-striatulis, brunneolis, persistenter patenti-hirtellis, 2 cm longis ; 

 pedunculis gracülimis, 3 costatis, valde tortis, splendide subolivaceo-flavidis usque 1 4 cm 

 altis; capitulis parvis, apertis, vix 2 mm latis, plerumque opacis; bracteis involucran- 

 tibus concavis, ovatis, imbricatis, rotundato-obtusis, flores vix adaequantibus, non vel 

 vix nitidulis. 



Venezuela: Gebiet des unteren Orinoko, Savanne bei S. Lucia, auf abgebranntem 

 Grasland (Passarge und Selwyn n. 8 1 — blühend im Dezember). 



Brasilien: Amazonasgebiet; Cachoeira grande am Rio Negro bei Manäos (W. 

 Schwacke n. 4084). 



Var. boliviana Ruhl. — Dupatya Fischeriana 0. Ktze. herb. Berol. mscr. non Rev. 

 gen. — Differt foliis diffuso-caespitosis, in sicco pallide stramineis, vix puberulis, obtusis, 

 setaceo-linearibus, supra coneaviusculis, subtus nervo uno valde prominente quasi bisul- 

 catis, 1 — 1.5 cm longis; vaginis folia superantibus, oblique fissis, arctis, striatis, lamina 

 paullo recurva, acuta instructis; capitulis bracteisque involucrantibus ut in varietate an- 

 tecedente ; pedunculis gracilibus, costatis, tortis, subflexuosis, 1 2 cm longis. 



Boliva: Ost-Velasco, 200 m (Otto Kuntze n. 455 — blühend im Juli). 



11. S. hirtellus Ruhl. n. sp. — Plantae caespitose aggregatae; caulis brevissimus, 

 radicis fibris albidis, subduris, ramulosis et foliis paucis demortuis obtectus, 2 — multiceps. 

 Folia latiuscule linearia, brevia, rosulata, crassiuscula, subrecurvata, acutiuscula, pilis 

 subappressis, brevibus pubescentia, demum calva, basi persistenter lanata, plana vel 

 supra leviter concava, 7 mm longa, medio 1 mm lata. Pedunculi terminaliter solitarii 

 vel per paucos (2 —4) aggregati, tricostati, torti, filiformes, pilis longiusculis, subappressis 

 vel patentibus hirsuti, rigidiusculi, 10 — 14 cm alti ; vaginae arctae, oblique fissae, striatae, 

 plerumque tortae, puberulae, mox glabrescentes, lamina ovata, acuta, arrecta, integra, 

 apice recurvata instructae, 1 — 1,3 cm longae; capitula semiglobosa, glabra, parva, 

 stramineo-flavida, 3—4 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes ovales vel oblongo-ovales, 

 acutiusculae, glabrae, aridae, nitidulae, laete stramineo-flavae, exteriores aliquanto minores; 

 receptaculum villosum; bracteae flores stipantes nullae; flos tf: sepala 3, basi breviter 

 connata, ovata, acutiuscula, dorso parce pilis brevibus, acutis pilosiuscula, hyalina; flos Q: 

 sepala 3, illis floris tf simillima, carinata, doi'so medio pilosa; petala 3, medio connata, 

 obovata, acuta, tenera, hyalina, glabra, apice demum involuta ; germen tricoccum, ova- 

 tum ; appendices 3, epapillosae, hyalinae, tenerae; Stigmata 3, illis longiora, et altius 

 inserta; Stylus breviusculus. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; Itacolumy, bei Ouro Preto (Glaziou n. 15554 

 — blühend im Juni). 



Nota. Species cum S. gracili peraffinis. 



12. S. costatus Ruhl. n. sp. — Specimen suppetens miserum. Caulis perbrevis. 

 Folia linearia, acutiuscula vel apice ipso obtusiuscula, in sicco nigro-virentia, caespitosa, 

 iitrinque pilis subappressis puberula, submembranacea, plus minus plana, 2 cm longa, 

 medio 1 mm lata. Pedunculi per complures aggregati, 3 — 4costati, costis glabris, 



