I 66 CARL SKOTTSBERG 



Masatierra: PHILIPPI 1864! — El Rabanal (JoHOW); Pto Ingles, west 

 branch, 190 m (fl.-fr. 20 /i 17, no. 311); B. Villagra, ravine near the camping- 

 place, c. 180 m (fl.-fr. 7 /i 17, no. 260). 



Santa Clara: JOHOW. — Morro de los Aleh'es, rare (fl.-fr. 26 /i 17, no. 343). 



*Masafuera: near the Chozas village (fl. 12 / 3 17, no. 506); Q. del Vara- 

 dero (fl.-fr. 12 /3 17, no. 508). — New for this island. 



Professor BlTTER kindly examined my dried material as well as living 

 plants raised from my seeds and communicates the following new description: 



» Addenda ad descriptionem: 



Herbaceum, rectum, ca. 40 — 60 cm altum, divaricatim ramosum; rami ca. 

 4 mm diam., obtuse angulati, lineis decurrentibus parum prominentibus instructi, 

 pilis simplicibus pluricellularibus acutis curvatim accumbentibus primo crebris 

 serius sparsioribus obsiti; internodia in rami's florentibus 5—8 cm longa; folia 

 superiora false geminata, inaequalia; petioli 1,5 — 2 cm longi, jam a basi vel fere 

 a medio sensim latius alati; laminae ovatae vel late ovati-lanceolatae, majores 

 8,5:5,9—9,5:5,5-6 usque ad 14:8,5 cm, minores 5 : 3, 6 : 3,7, 7 : 4,7, 5 : 4,5 cm, 

 basi late cuneatim vel subrotundatim in petiolum alatum abeuntes, infra medium 

 latissimae, ad apicem versus magis sensim angustatae, subacutae vel obtusius- 

 culae, dentibus grossis late triangularibus in utroque latere ca. 5 — 7 obtusis vel 

 obtusissimis instructae, membranaceae, utrinque virides, subtus vix pallidiores 

 nitidioresque, utrinque praecipue in venis, sparsius in mesophyllo pilis simpli- 

 cibus acutis pluricellularibus curvatim accumbentibus crebris obsitae; vena media 

 et venae later, prim, in utroque latere 7 — 8 (raro 9—11) curvatim ascendentes 

 subtus prominentes; inflorescentiae laterales, a foliis remotae, 7 — 11-florae; pedun- 

 culus 12 — 25 mm (tandem — 27 mm), longus, semel furcatus; rhachides cr. 

 6 — (tandem)9 mm longae, flores plerumque densiuscule in rhachidum apicibus 

 secuti; pedicelli 5 — 11 mm longi, in statu florifero erecti; calyx campanulatus, 

 cr. 4 : 3 mm, profunde in lobos lineari-lanceolatos acutos inaequilongos (exteriore 

 ceteris longiore) 2 — 3 : 0,8 mm partitus, extus sicut pedunculus, rhachides et 

 pedicelli pilis brevibus simplicibus pluricellularibus acutis accumbentibus prae- 

 ditus, intus praecipue in parte connata glandulis minutis breviter stipitatis crebris 

 obsitus; corolla stellata, diam. 15 — 17 mm, extus violacei-suffusa, ceterum albida, 

 in parte interiore Stella flavescente striis tenuibus obscuris (fusci-violaceis) radianti- 

 bus insignata, profunde in lobos lanceolatos acutos 8 : 2,5 mm extus pilis simpli- 

 cibus acutis brevibus crebris obsitos intus pilis brevibus similibus in vena media 

 tantum sparsis, in parte apicali crebris praeditos partita; filamenta paulum inaequi- 

 longa, 1,5 — 2 mm longa, gracilia, intus pilis pluricellularibus simplicibus vel 

 rarius semel ramosis acutis densis instructa; antherae anguste ellipsoideae, 

 3:0,8 mm, utrinque emarginatae, poris introrsis subapicalibus obliquis; ovarium 

 subglobosum, 1 mm diam., glabrum; stylus stamina manifeste superans, 6 mm 

 longus, fere a basi cr. 2 /a longitudinis pilis densis simplicibus pluricellularibus 

 acutis sensim minoribus patentibus obsitus; stigma styli apice paulum crassius, 

 obtusum, subbilobum; calyx in statu fructifero auctus, diam. 7 — 8 mm, lobis 

 latius lanceolatis cr. 3 — 4 : 2 mm subacutis vel obtusiusculis baccae accumbenti- 

 bus; baccae maturae globosae, non satis magnae, ca. 5 — 8 mm diam., parum 

 nitidae, tandem nigerrimae, succo intense purpurei-violaceo impletae; granula 



