208 The Botanical Gazette. 
shortly acuminate, base cuneate, minutely scabrid above, fla- 
‘-vescent beneath and with a pubescent conspicuous reticula- 
tion, lateral nerves approximate: peduncles 4-6, alternate at 
leafless summit of stem, linear-bracted; umbels many-flowered, 
pedicels exceeding flowers: calyx-segments linear-lanceolate 
(1'), pilose on back, margins scarious: corolla-segments four 
times longer, oblong, spreading, yellow: anthers equalling 
staminal column (1}'); coronal scales as long, white, cylindri- 
cal by involution of margins, rugulose, appendaged below sin- 
uate apex with an as long incurved-subulate ligule: ovaries 
glabrous: follicles not seen.—The flowers of A. ovata Mart. 
et Gal., which may perhaps best be comparted with the above, 
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differ by reflexed corolla, shorter pollinia and appendage ofan 
ther, conduplicate broad coronal scales ligulate from neat 
base.—Santiago, alt. 6,500, 1891, Rosalié Gémez, (ex Pl 
cit. 809). 
Dictyanthus ceratopetala.—Hispid with spreading articu 
lated hairs bulbous at base: leaves cordate-ovate (2-3XI-p 
about a half longer than petioles, acutely acuminated, mit- - 
utely scabrid above, punctulate beneath and nearly glabrate” 
—§-fascit- 7s 
le added q 
as, D. reticn 
fatus Benth. et Hook. and D. parviflorus Hemsl., the fo 
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