496 Bl'LI.K.I'IN 1)K I.'HKIUIIEH BOISSIEH ("i'"' SKR.)- '^'^^ (584) 



Crolon rumicifolius uob. spec. nov. 



E caille brevi lignescente oriuntur eaules plures adseendeiiles jilaberriiiii, 

 slriali ; slipulœ indivis» setacea; 4-3 mm. long»; petiolus 3-5 mm. Ion-jus apice 

 biglandulosus; limbus hastato-trilobus vel 3 louus, 25 16 30/22 23/10 mm., mem- 

 branaceus glaberrimus, margine tenuiter cinctus. serratus, ."ierralura oblusius- 

 cala; lobi latérale.^ saepe divaricati exlus lobum minorem fereutes ad 5-7-10 mm. 

 longi, iulermedius laiiceolatus aciilus 18/10 16/4 22/7 mm.; racenii terminales 

 ad 80 mm. Ig. pedunculo subnullo vel ad 30 mm. longo crassiusculo: llores 

 fcerainei 3-6 demum distantes, ma.sculini in racemum aiigusluin elongatum 

 dispositi; bracteœ filiformes vel angustissima? lineares apice stil>ulat;e glalira'; 

 pedieellus fœmineus 6-9 mm. pubernlus; sepala 6 lanceolala, extus basi puberula 

 glanduloso-denticulata 8-9 mm. Ig. 2,3-3 mm. lata; disci glandulœ lata; sepalis 

 opposit;e: ovariiim glabruni ad 3 mm. longum; stylus tripartilus ramis tlabelli- 

 formiter 4-partitis, ramis 4-5 nmi. longis filiformibus; pedicelli mascnlini fili- 

 formes glabri 1,3-2 mm. longi; sepala 5 obovala glabra, petalis miuoribus, glan- 

 dulis alternipetalis rotundatis: stamina ce. 15 filameutis longiusculis glabris 

 celerum tloris glabrum. 



Sp. nova secl. Astrs» aflinis C. Jatrophœ Muell. Arg. a quo ditî'ert stipulis 

 longioribus petiolis et foliis minoribus, raeemis haud longo tractu midis; 

 similis eliam C. aureo-marginato. 



Surt'rutex decumbens vel adscendens 0,2-0,3 m. in campis pr. tliimen Capibarv, 

 Sept,, n. 4386. 



Crolon aureo-marginattts nob. spec. nov. 



Suffnitex vel fruticulus trunculo erecto plunranioso basi articulato ad 4 mm. 

 crasse ut rami simplices glaber; rami plus minus divaricati tlexuosi glaberrimi 

 striati vel sulcati valde foliosi ; stipulae deciduae niinim»; petioli glabri 

 7-12 mm. longi glaberrimi supra leviter canaliculati, limbus 80/22 70/25 

 30/15 mm. membranaceus ovalo-oblongus vel subhastato-oblongus, basi trun- 

 catus vel subcordatus, breviter acutus, margine undulata, sinuatns aureo- 

 marginatiis, margine angusta ut funiculo cartilagineo circumdatus ; nervi 

 latérales 11-13 subpatentes tenues contracti, nervus mediauus, subtus, ut 

 margopromiuensetcoloratus; racemus terminalis pedunculo satrobusto 30-40 mm. 

 1,5 mm. crasso; intlorescentia pyramidalis sundensa ; flores fœminei ce. 3, 

 pedicello 1,5-2 mm. nuberulo quarn bractea lilil'ormi breviore ; calyx basi 

 breviter campanulatus dilatatus, lobis ce. 7 crassiusculis 5-6 mm. Ig., 2-2,5 mm. 

 latis oblongis breviter acutis, adpresse et reniote serrulatis; discns crassus pulvi- 

 ualns rolundato lobatus, lobis sepalis oppositis; ovarium glabrum disco multo 

 angustius superpositum; stylus brevis, trifureatus ramis expansis apice ce. 6- 

 furcatis pilis sparsis puberulis ; flores $ minores perigonio 10-12 loba, 

 staniinibus 10-12, filameutis glabris pilis m centre floris delicientibus, petalis 

 obovatis vel oblongis basi ciliatis; sepalis longioribus obovatis. 



Species affinis C. cincto Muell. Arg. a quo dilTert foliis aureo-marginatis haud 

 crenatis longius petiolatis, sepalis fremineis haud rubro-marginatis. 



Fruticulus 0,3-0,5 m. sepala viridia, in campo pr. Ipe bu, Sierra de Maracayu, 

 Ocl., n. 5010, 



Sectio Octolobus nob. sectio nova. 



Sepala fœm. 8 (rar. 6-7); petala obsnieta vel nulla; ovarium pilis stellatis 

 birsutum; receplaculiim floris masculini 5 lobi glaberrimnni. 



Affinis sectioni Decalolio a (pia diflert imprimis receptaculo masc. glaber- 

 rimo. 



Crolon (jnaranilicui nob, spec. nov. 



SufTrulex caulibus repetite bifidis striatis subcostatis laxe hirsutis vel 

 pilis flavis numerosioribus basi interdum stellatis nicdio setam longam 3-5 mm. 

 patentem fercntibus; stipula; auguste lineares vel filiformes 5-7 mm. longae 



