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longa, 1 cm diam., ca. 70 flora, breviter pedunculata, pedunculi usque 
5 mm longi, densissime allbido-squamoso-hirsuti. Involueri squamae 
ca. 35—40, dense imbricatae, 4—5 seriate, exteriores lanceolatae ca. 
- 9—-10mm longae, 1,8 mm latae, medianae ovato-lanceolatae 9—10 mm 
longae, 2,5 mm latae, interiores oblongo-lanceolatae 10 mm longae, 
2 mm latae, ommes rigidae, pungentes, margine (interiores mem- 
branaceae) ciliolatae, eglandulosae, dorso glandulis megacephalis 
 sessilibus obsitae, striaio-costatae. Receptaculum conicum, 4 mm 
_ altum, glabrum, paleaceum; paleae permultae, ca. 80, spathulatae 
7-10 mm longae, e media 1 mm lata basin versus paullum mem- 
- branaceo-dilatatae (ad 1,2 mm latit.), apicem herbaceam versus 
| spathulato-ampliatae, 1,5—1,8 mm latae, acutae, margine ciliatae. 
- Flores hermaphroditi, punicei; corolla tubulosa ca. 5,5—6 mm longa, 
e basi 1,2 mm lata ad 1,8 mm diam. ampliata, in fauce iterum 
_ paullum ad 1,5 mm diam. constrieta, glaberrima vel in fauce rarius 
- glandulis nonnullis adspersa; laciniae deltoideo-trigonae, 0,8 mm 
_ longae, glabrae. Antherae lineari-oblongae, 2—2,2 mm longae, basi 
- rotundata minutissime papillosae, apice appendieibus oblongo-trigonis, 
 rotundatis munitae. Stylus glaberrimus, 3 mm longus, rami clavati 
y late rotundati 4 mm longi (haud plane evoluti). Achaenia prismatica, 
E paullum curvata, 5-angulata, submatura 3,2—3,5 mm longa, 1,2 mm 
 diam., carpopodio minuto, apicem versus in angulis sparse pilosa 
 faciebus glandulis sparsissimis obsita, ceterum glabra. Pappi setae 
; ca. 25, 1-sub-2-seriatae, fere aequilongae, 0,8—1 mm longae, pectinato- 
3 plumosae. 
E Brasilien: Bahia, Serra das Almas, 1700 m ü. M. 1914 (Ph. v. 
“ LöTZELBURG n. 244 — Hb. München). 
5. Agrianthus pungens Mattf. sp. n. — Frutex valde ramosus, rami 
lignescentes, in speeiminibus ad 5 mm crassi, cortice rimoso, sordide 
_ griseo vel nigrescente obtecti, brevissime glanduloso puberuli, ei- 
_ eatricosi; ramuli novelli dense foliati, breves, 5—15 em longi, in- 
florescentia terminati, simplices, post deflorationem desuper rami- 
 ficantes, dense glandulosi. Folia alterna, conferta rigida, adscendenti- 
 appressa, plana, oblongo-rhomboidea vel rhomboidea, media vel paullum 
'supra mediam latissima, basin versus integerrima, cuneatim in 
 petiolum brevissimum ca. 2 mm latum attamen haud conspicue a 
_ lamina segregatum attenuata, apicem versus rotundato-trigona, acu- 
 minata, pungentia, margine apicali acute 3—5-dentata, 1,5—2 cm 
- longa, 5—8 mm lata, utringue glandulis megacephalis adspersa, 
' supra iuventute sparse puberula mox glabrescentia, utrinque nervis 
' prominentibus reticulatim anastomosantibus longitudinaliter striata. 
_ Inflorescentia corymboso-conferta, 4—6-capitulata. Capitula campa- 
