Monographie der Kyctagiuaceeii. I. 117 



Var. c Kuntzeana m. 



Rami iuniores breve et dense tomentelli, vetustati ± glabrtiti, peridermio demum griseo obtecti, 

 spinis valde raris, miniitis, solum Z nun lg., breve conicis; ramificationes v. breviores v. magis elongatae, 

 sed \ix ramos abbreviatos foliorum fasciculis onustos foi-mantcs; inllorescentiae partiales sparse et 

 singiilatim ex foliorum axilla Orientes, pedicello brevi, solum 6 — 7 mm lg., debili. Folia subconformia, ovata 

 ad ovato-rhomboidea (36 — 50 ;;/;;/ ; 28 — 36 7;/;;0, sub dimidio latissima, basi late obtusata v. subrotunda, 

 in pctiolum laniina ad 4 plo breviorem breviter attenuata, antice paulum acuminata, apice obtusiuscula, 

 viridia, brcvissimc sed densius hirta ad tomentella. Bracteae latc ovatae (15— 18 ;»;» : 10—11;;/»;), basi 

 nee cordatae, nee in pediinculum decurrentes, densius hirtulae, pedicellis ad 2-5 — 3;;/;;; cum bractea 

 connatis. Periantiiia 13— 15 ;//;;? lg., dense puberula. 



Bolivia, Tunari, 1500;;; s. m. (0. Kuntze). 



5. Bougainvillea infesta Gfjsebach. 



^ Grisebachl, Symbolae ad lloram ."Xrgcnt. 40. 



Frutex c. bimetralis, partim inermis, partim \alde spinosus, valde ramosus, ramis partim elongatis 

 oblique ad erecto-patenter ramificatis, partim eximie abbreviatis, ad \errucas fiores foliaque gereutes 

 reductis, ut \'idetur multiflorus, floribus bracteisque minus spectabilibus. 



Rami saepe valde flexuosi, verrucis frequentibus nodulosi, elongati, zfc virgati, firmiores, internodiis 

 \'alde inaequilongis (I'3 — 3c;;/), peridermio griseo ad griseobrunneo, levissime rugulosi, in vetustata 

 parte glabri, in apices versus bressime densius pubescentes, spinis simpli.ibus, 5 — 16 ;;;;;/ ig., firmis, 

 horizontale patentibus, a latere non compressis, paululum arcuatis, acutis armati, ramulis ad \errucas 

 griseo-tomentellas (c. 3 ;;/;;/ Ig.) reductis, folia parva, pauca et 1—2 inflorescentias speciales emittentibus 

 frequenter obsiti. 



Folia (iuvenilia) elliptica ad elliptico-lanceolata, circiter in medio latissima (8-18 ;;;;;; : 5 — 8 ;;;;;;), 

 cito in petiolum laminaS — 4 plo breviorem, rufotomentellum, obtuse attenuata, antice obtusata, consistentia 

 tenui, sordide viridia, subconcoloria, supra modice, infra pilis brevihus dense puberula ad tomentella, integra, 

 nervis lateralibus inconspicuis, anastomosis subindistinctis. Folia in sectione transversa sine crystallis 

 longis, prismaticis, transverse positis. 



Inflorescentiae partiales triflorae, pedunculis florendi tempore 6 — 9;;/;;/ Ig., tomentosis, oblique 

 patentibus v. subcernuis suffultae. 



Bracteae sordide brunneolae ad griseo-viridescentes, ad anthesin floribus evidenter longiores, 

 ellipticae (19 — 22 ;;;;;; : 11 — 13;;/;;;), basi v. rotundae v. levi.ssime cordatae, antice obtusissimae v. sub- 

 rotimdatae, utrinque brevissime sat dense pubescentes, tenuissime et densissime atro-nervatae, membrana- 

 ceae; florum pedicelli ad 3 — 5 ;;/;;/ cum bractea connati, dense puberuli. 



Perianthia 12—14;;/;;/ lg., fuscescentia?, lubo pro floris longitudinc angusto, prismatico (c. 2 ;;/;;/ 

 lt.), supra dimidium levissime, sed distinctius angustato (1 -5 ;;;;;; It.), in basi ipsa breviter fusiforme in 

 pedicellum angustato, pilis patentibus (fuscis?), longiusculis (ü-5 ;;/;;; Ig.) densissime pubescentiad hirsuto, 

 nervis 5 primariis, atris, in limbi lobos excurrentibus, validiusculis, angulatim prominentibus, haud approxi- 

 matis, nervis ceteris multo debilioribus, limbo circ. 5 ;;;;;; lt., minore, crassiusculo, lubis triangularibus, 

 obtusiusculis (Innii Ig. : 1 /;//;/ lt.) cum lobis conimissuralibus, brevioribus, emarginatis, dense sed brevis- 

 sime papillosis. 



Stamina 5, cupula 2 — \-buiiii lg., filamentis longioribus 10—11;;;;;;, brevioribus 8— 9 ;;;;;/ Ig., 

 antheris 1 ;;/;;/ lg., c. Y^ ;;;;;; lt. 



Germen (8— 10 ;;/;;; cum stipite Ig.) ovario anguste subcylindrico (4 — 5-5 ;;;;;; Ig., 1 ;;/;;/ It.), basi 

 solum paulo stipitiforme et brevissime contractu, apice obtuso, stylo bre\-ioie (3 — 3'5 ;;/;;; lg.), tiliformi- 

 clavato, ad dimidium stigmatoso. 1 



