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nulata, ca. 1cm alta, 1—1,5 cm lata, ca. 40-flora, sessilia velbrevissime 
pedunculata, pedunculi usque 2—3 mm tantum longi, dense squamu- 
loso-hirsuti, bracteolis 1—2 suffulti. Involucri squamae ca. 35, ca. 
5-seriatae, dense imbricatae, exteriores ovato-lanceolatae ca. 8 mm 
longae, 2,2 mm paullum supra basin latae, medianae oblongo- 
lanceolatae ca. 9 mm longae, 2,2 mm media latae, interiores anguste 
oblongo-cuneatae 9 mm longae, 1,5 mm paullum sub apice latae, omnes 
pungentes, rigidae (interiores membranaceo-marginatae), margine 
ciliatae atque praesertim basin versus glanduloso-hirsutae, dorso 
striato-costato glandulis megacephalis sessilibus obsitae. Recepta- 
culum conicum 1,5—2 mm altum, glabrum, paleaceum, paleae ca. ; 
25—30, lineari-oblongae, acuminatae, pungentes, ca. 8 mm longae, 
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1,2 mm latae, indumento squamarum. Flores hermaphroditi, rosei; 
corolla anguste tubuloso-infundibuliformis, 5—5,5 mm longa, e tubo 
brevissimo 0,8 mm diam. sensim usque faucem 1,8 mm diam. wi 
limbum ampliata, glandulis ınegacephalis sessilibus adspera; laciniae 
oblongo-trigonae ca. 1 mm longae. Antherae lineari-oblongae, 2 mm 
longae, basirotundataminutissimepapillosae, apiceappendicerotundato- 
trigona ca. 0,3 mm longa munitae. Stylus glaberrimus, 4—4,5 mm 
longus, rami sensim clavati 5—5,5 mm longi, apice rotundata 0,6 mm 
lati. Achaenia prismatica, paullum curvata, ca. 3—3,5 mm longa, 
1,2 mm diam., carpopodio inconspieuo, 5-angulata, angulis dense 
faciebus sparse pilosa, faciebus praeterea glandulis megacephalis 
sessilibus obsita. Pappi setae ca. 25 subbiseriatae, fere BoqullongaBA 4 
1 mm longae, oblongo-lanceolatae, pectinato-plumosae. 
Brasilien: Bahia, Serra das Almas, 1800 m (Gipfel), Caatinga- 
gebiet; 1914 (PH. v. LÜTZELBURG n. 173, 182 — Hb. München). 
6. Agrianthus myrtoides Mattf. sp. n. — Frutex valde ramosus; 
rami valde lignescentes in speciminibus usque 8 mm crassi, cortice 
sordide griseo rimoso obtecti; ramuli novelli breviusculi, 10—15 cm. 
longi, inflorescentia terminati, primum simplices post deflorationem 
desuperramificantes, densesquarroso-foliati, striatuli, glanduloso pube- 
ruli. Folia alterna, conferta, rigida, recurvato-patentia, valde convexo- 
incurvata, oblonga usque oblongo-lanceolata vel fere ovato-lanceolata, 
acuminata, pungentia, basin versus in petiolum ca. 1,5—2 mm latum 
haud conspicue a lamina segregatum curvato-attenuata, 1—1,5 cm 
longa, usque 6 mm lata, saepius integerrima, rarius utringue minute ° 
acutel—3-denticulata, glandulismegacephalissessilibus obsita, cete 
glabra, utrinque longitudinaliter et reticulatim prominenter striato- ” 
nervosa.: Inflorescentia corymboso-conferta, 2—3-non rarius tantum 
l-capitulata. Capitula late campanulata, magna, usque 1,5 cm alta 
2 cm lata, ca. 45-flora, sessilia vel brevissime pedunculata, pedunculi’ 
