G. MALME, DIE GEXTIANACEEX D. ZWEITEX REGXELL SCHEX REISE. 7 



Grosso allata [Beitrag zur Flora von ITatto Grosso (in Eng- 

 ler's Botanische Jahrbücher. Band XXX. Heft II. 1901), p. 182], 



C. Malmeana Gilg (1898). 



In Engler's Botan. Jahrbücher. Band XXV, Beiblatt N:o 60, p. 42. 



Tab. 1, fig. 2. 



Rio Grande do Sul: in carapis huinidis et in ripis pallidum, 

 ex. gr. Cruz Alta (19 15 /i 03, II: 1096) et Quinta pr. Bio 

 Grande oppidum (19 4 /4 03, II: 1599). 



Corolla alba v. leviter violascens. 



Hujus speciei ad specimina minus bene evoluta descriptee 

 descriptionem novam addere hand inutile duxi: 



Herba annua usque 35 cm. alta; caulis erectus, simplex 

 v. saltern subsimplex, subteres v. quatricostatus (quam in G. 

 tent! Jo crassior), internodiis inferioribus vulgo 1,5 — 2,5 cm. 

 longis, superioribus 3 — 5 cm. longis. Folia opposita, raris- 

 sime terna, sessilia, vulgo 4 — 8 mm. longa, integerrima glo- 

 berrimaque, acuta, inferiora lanceolata, usque 2 mm. lata, 

 superiora angustiora, lanceolato-subulata. Infloreseentia cy- 

 mosa. multoties dichotoma, multiflora, pedicellis brevissimis. 

 Calycis lacinise e basi circiter 0,75 mm. lata sensim angustatee, 

 subulate v. lanceolato-subulatee, circiter 4 mm. longse, late 

 subhyalin o-marginatcC. Corollse tubus subcylindraceus, sepala 

 paullulum superans, intus pilis deorsum spectantibus, sat 

 numerosis ornatus; limbi lobi erecto-patuli, ovato-triangulares, 

 circiter 1 mm. lati, 1,5 mm. longi, acuti v. saltern subacuti, 

 introrsum et margine papillosi. Stamina tubo corollse supra 

 medium inserta, inter sese plane libera; filamenta linearia, 

 antheris circiter duplo breviora; antherse oblonge, circiter 

 0,75 mm. longee, O.25 mm. latee, basi nonnihil sagittate^, apice 

 hyalino-apiculat«, connectivo sat angusto; pollinis granula 

 diametro circiter 0,on mm. Pistillum antheras subaBquans v. 

 paullulum superans; ovarium anguste ovoideum, acuminatum; 

 stigma subsessile, conoideum, acutum, circiter 0,8 mm. longum. 

 Capsula (submatura) sepalis subsequilonga. 



DifFert a Curt in tenella caule pro rata robustiore, pedi- 

 cellis brevissimis, corollas lobis erecto-patulis, acutis, antheris 

 apice haud penicillatis etc. 



