Geranium. 201 



adpressis sparsim puberulae. Pedunculi 2 — 7 cm longi, quam folium petiolatum 1 ^2 — 

 2Y2-PI0 longiores, indumento ii= adpresso puberulo obsiti et pilis glandulosis deciduis 

 hirsuti, demum fere glabrescentes. Bracteae lineari-subulatae vel subulatae, acutissimae, 

 circ. 5 mm longae, pilosae. Pedicelli sicut calyx dense patulo-glandulosi, demum saepe 

 simpliciter hirsuti, ib mm longi, sub fructu ereeti. Sepala ovata, sine mucrone 5 — 

 6 mm longa, mucronata mucrone \ mm longo, trinervata nervis longe glanduloso-hirtis. 

 Petala pallide rosea, caljce 1 Y2 — 2-plo longiora, apice emarginata. Stamina calyci 

 circ. aequilonga. Fructus rostratus 2 mm longus; valvulae pilis albido-cinereis hirsutae; 

 rostrum pilis glandulosis, demum simplicibus obsitum. 



Guatemala: Dept. Quiche, bei San Miguel Uspantün (ileyde-Lux, PI, Guatemal. 

 ed. Smith n. 2914!); Dept. Huehuetenango, im Bergwald oberhalb Todos los Santos 

 (C. et Ed. Sei er, 1*1. mexic. n. 2940 !); Dept. Quetzaltenango und Solola, zwischen 

 Totonicapa und Los Encuentros (C. et Ed. Sei er, PI. mexic. n. 2351 !). 



226. G. calvescens Briquet in Ann. Cons. et Jard. Bot. Geneve XI, XII. (1908) 

 186. — Ilerbaceum, 40 — 50 cm altum. Caudex obliquus, crassus, praemorsus. Caulis 

 inferne striatus, superne dz teres, ad nodos dz inflatus et rubescens, pilis patulis 

 tenuissimis dispersis paucis obsitus, laxissime ramosus, ramis tenuibus divergentibus 

 divaricatisve superne saepe dz intricatis ; internodia infima abbreviata, media elongata. 

 Folia basaha et cauhna inferiora longe petiolata; petiolus tenuis, quam lamina multo 

 longior, saepe 10 — 15 cm longus, sicut caulis pilis tenuibus sat longis paucis obsitus; 

 lamina 3 X 572 cm magna, ambitu cordato- vel sagittato-pentagona, 5-loba; lobi sat 

 ampli, rhombeo-ovati, basi 6 — 10 mm lati, grosse et pauce sat regulariter inciso-crenati, 

 sinubus ad trientem inferiorem extendentibus obtusis vel subobtusis incisi, nervis aliq. 

 prominulis ornati, supra pilis dispersis paucis obtecti, subtus eodem modo ad nervös 

 pilosi. Stipulae longe lanceolato-subulatae, dz piloso-ciliatae, rubescentes, circ. 1 cm 

 longae. Pedunculi elongati, divaricatim ramosi, biflori. Bracteae parvae, setaceae. 

 PedicelU tenues, breviter dense glanduloso-pilosi, dz viscosi, 1 — 2^2 cm longi. Sepala 

 oblonga, 3-nervia, atro-viridia, marginibus pallidis subscariosa, subglabra, apicem versus 

 parum attenuata, 6 — 7 mm longa, mucronata mucrone 2 — 2Y2 cm longo. Petala pallida, 

 ad nervös roseo-tincta, oblongo-obovata, apice rotundata vel vix subemarginata, basi 

 cuneata, sepala parum excedentia, glabra, 8 — 1 mm longa. Filamenta linearia, glabra; 

 antherae ovoideo-ellipticae. Germen et stylidium pubescentia. Valvulae membranaceae, 

 pubescentes, teretes, circ. 4 mm longae ; rostrum 1 1/2 cm longum. Semina oblonga, 

 nigra, minute reticulata (ex Briquet). 



Mexiko: Chihuahua Co., auf der Sierra Madre (Pringle a. 1888 n. 1578 — 

 Typus!). Durango, Sandia Station 2100 m (Pringle a. 1905 n. 10022 sub nom. 

 G. durangensis Rose!). — Blühend und fruchtend Oktober. 



227. G. Venezuelae R. Knuth, spec. nov. — Perenne, pluricaule caulibus ascen- 

 dentibus. Caulis 40 — 45 cm altus, inferne 2 mm crassus, teres, pilis patuhs brevibus 

 simplicibus fere sparsim obsitus, satis furcato-ramosus, superne ramosissimus, corymbum 

 terminalem satis multiflorum efformans, ad nodos non raro leviter incrassatus. Foliorum 

 lamina usque 3 cm diam., supra pilis sparsis obsita, subtus ad venas tantum pilosa, 

 basi sinu latissimo incisa vel fere retusa, ambitu 5-angulato-cordata, usque ad ^4 — Vr>~ 

 palmato-5-lobata, lobis e basi angustato-cuneata rhomboideo-obovatis, usque ad 1/3 

 trilobulatis, lobuHs ovatis vel oblongis — medio 6 — 7 mm longo, 3 mm lato — minu- 

 tissime mucronulatis ; petioU caulini inferiores usque 3'/2 cm longi, tenues, patenter 

 pilosuli; petioli foliorum summorum Y2 cm longi et quam laminae diameter 1 — 3-plo 

 breviores. Stipulae inferiores lineares, acuminatae, acutae, pilosae, superiores angustiores. 

 Peduncuh biflori, quam folium 1 Y2 — 3-plo longiores, 2 — 4Y2 cm longi, Y2 — V4 ™"^ 

 crassi, sicut pedicelli indumento patenti tenuissimo glanduloso (glanduHs demum deciduis) 

 obsiti. Bracteae subulatae vel fere capillares, acutissimae, 3 mm longae, pilosae. Pedi- 

 celli filiformes, 2 — 3 cm longi, ereeti, fructiferi sub calyce vix leviter curvati. Sepala 

 ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, mucronata mucrone 1 mm longo, utraque facie 

 glabra, margine satis dense glanduloso-ciliata, trinervata nervis lateralibus fere ad 



