606 BULLETIN DK l'hERBIEB BOISSIER (% lw SEK.)- 1905 (598) 



fere usque ad basin palmatisecta? lobis linearibus longiuscule glanduloso 

 pilosis. 



Suffrutex 0.5-0,8 m. in silvis pr. Chololo in valle fluminis Y-aca, Dec, 

 n. 6689. 



Var. brevistachya nob. 



Similis praecedenti sed folia pro rata brevius petiolata; argutius serrata 

 racemi crassiores 42/3 mm., racemo fœmineo aequali. 



Suffrutex 0,8-1 m. inter rupes pr. Chololo in valle fluminis Y-aca, Dec, 

 n. 6689 a. 



Acalypha paraguariensis nob. nov. spec 



E caudice incrassato oritur caulis herbaceus simplex vel vix ramosus, basi 

 teres superne sulcatus, compressus, pilis sparsis donatus; stipulée filiformes ad 

 8 mm. long«; petioli supra canaliculati pubescentes 1-2 cm. Jg.; limbus ovato- 

 oblongus basi obtusus subretusus denticulatus, supra glabrescens, subtus imprimis 

 in nervis puberulus minute glanduloso pellucide punctatus, basi oque nervius, 

 nervis lateralibus tenuibus exsculptis; 60/25 45/15 60/28 mm.; spicse raascu- 

 linae axillares pedunculo 2 mm.; pars florifera 8-12 mm. 1,5 mm. lat. ; fœminea 

 terminalis subsessilis in anthesi ad 35 mm. longa, fructifera 70 mm. longa; 

 bractea? fœmineae lobis vix ad medium pertinentibus, dorso breviter puberulis 

 linearibus subobtusis. 



Affinis A. communi Muell. Arg. differt foliorum forma et serratura, bracteis 

 minus profunde fissis. 



Suffrutex 0,3-0,6 m. in dumetis in regione cursus superiorîs fluminis Apa, 

 Nov., n. 7973. Unicum! 



Acalypha üassleriana Chod. spec nov. 



Suffrutex 1-2 mm. viscoso glandulosus, pilis ad % /z- l /s, apice longiuscule glan- 

 dulosis; stipula? filiformes integrae, glanduloso pilosae 1 cm. longa?, vix l /s mm. 

 lata?, patentes, basi leviter dilatata?; petioli 4-6 cm. longi angulati supra leviter 

 sulcati glanduloso pilosi ; limbus herbaceus vel chariaceus cordalus basi profunde 

 emarginatus rotundato auriculatus, crenatus, crenis apice breviter mucronatis, 

 2 mm. longis, supra pilis adpressis glandulosis sparsis conspersus, subtus molliter 

 pubescens pilis glandulosis raris intermixtis, basi palmalinervius 3-7 nervis 

 medio 5-6 ramoso, nervis lateralibus nervillis parallelis numerosis conjunctis, 

 60/70 85/70 110/70 mm.; inflorescentia? androgyna? axillares pedunculo ad 

 25-35 mm. longo, cylindrica 50-70 mm. longa?, 4-5 mm. crassa?, basi bracteam 

 fœmineam unicam ferentes; ovarium hirsutum; styli glabri flabellatim divisi 

 lacinulis la?vibus apicem versus tenuissimis spica fœminea terminalis subsessilis 

 55/6 mm. ; bractea fœminea lobis lanceolato-linearibus ad 2 /3 pertinentibus 

 dorso breviter glandulosis apice longe apiculatis et glandulosis. 



Ex affinitate A. communis Muell. Arg. valde distincta spica terminali fœminea 

 et spicis andro^ynis basi fl. $ unicam ferentibus. 



Suffrutex 1-2 m. ad ripam fluminis Jejui guazu, Dec, n. 5678. 



Tragia Hassleriana Chod. nov. sp. 



Suffrutex basi ima lignescens; e caudice oriuntur caules simplices erecli ad 

 0,3-0,5 m. longi, pilis patulis densius hirsuti, basi ad 4 mm. longi; internodia 

 3-5 cm. longa; stipula? triangulari lanceolata?, inferiores ovato-triangulares 4/3 

 7/3 5/2 mm. glabrata? sicca? brunnea?; superiores sericea? vel pubescentes; petioli 

 15-20 mm. longi, foliorum superiorum 5-6 mm.,' et breviores: limbus ovato- 

 deltoideus vel suborbicularis basi late retusus subinaequilateralis supremorum 

 foliorum ovatus, crenatus, denticulis apice subcallosis, discolor utroque facie 

 dense sed breviter tomentosus, subtus pallidior, basi distincte quinquenervus; 

 nervi mediani duo in foliis petiolatis et superioribus limbi marginem ad medium 

 attingentes, rarius in inferioribus 2 /s limbi marginem alt., nervis palmatis 



