(82) E. HASSLER. PLANTA PARAGUARIENSE8. 737' 



Pavonia hastata Gav. 



Üiss. III 138, tab. 47, fig. II ; Gurke Flor. Bras. XII, 3, p. 499, lab. XCV,.. 

 fig. I ; — P. bullulata Hochreut. in Plant. Hassler. II, p. 562. ; — P. belo- 

 lophylla et P. pulchra Hochreut. in Malvac. nov. in Ann< du Cons.et Jard.. 

 bot. Genève, Yt, p. 43 et 42. 



Characteres communes : Suffrutiees jam primo anno florentes, folia + 

 longe petiolata, forma valde variaMlia, sed semper basi hastalo-cordata^ 

 vel sagillala, apice ± acuta, a basi ad apicem sensim angustata, margini- 

 bus irregulariter grosseque crenatis, crenalo serra tis vel dentatis; stipula 

 filiformes, subulato-acuminatse, 4-6- mm. longse ; flores solitarii axillai-es ; 

 pedunculi petiolis aequilongi vel longiores, involucri phylla 5 forma et 

 longitudine valde variabilia, sed semper supra basin connata, apice acuta, 

 e late ovata brevia, Iriangulari ovata, spalulato lanceolata, lanceolata,. 

 oblonge lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolala longiuscula ;.calycis lobi ovati, 

 late ovati — corda to ovati, ultra medium divisi, + distincte 5 nervii, nervis 

 loborum vicinorum calycis basi non confluentibus, joefa/a 15-35 mm. 

 longa late obovata, intus glabra extus Hh stellalo puberula, basin versus- 

 et ad margines pilosula, tubtis slaminens brevis 9-10 mm. tantum, etiam 

 in speciminibus grandifloris, longus, ö-gonus; glaber, paulo supra basin 

 usque ad apicem filamenta vulgo 2 mm. longa gerens ; styli 10 longius- 

 cule connati, 12-15 mm. longi, pars libéra^ 2-4 mm. ; carpidia in omnibus- 

 varielatibus similia, obovato-rotundata, apice oblusa basi acuta + 4 mm. 

 longa, mutica, apice et dorso medio leviler carinata, reticulalo-rugosa, 

 puberula ; semina trigono reniformia, ad hilum et basi pilosula, ceterum. 

 glabra, vulgo 2 mm. longa. 



Species valde variabilis sed foliorum basi semper hastata vel sagittala ; 

 stipulis in omnibus varietatibus similibus ; inflorescentia, petalorumt 

 forma et indumento, andrœceo ei p'|/»ä?ceo invariabili, carpidiis et semini- 

 btis simillimis certe bene definita. Varietales, indumento; foliorum longi-- 

 tudine et latitudine, involucri et calycis forma tantum distinguuntur ;. 

 characteres non sufficientes ad separationem specificam. 



Yar. a genuina nob. 



= Yar. a pubescens Gurke in Flor. Bras. 1; c. emend. 



Indumento pubescente vel tomentosulo, . foliorum forma variabiii,. 

 lamina discolori, pedunculis petiolos longitudine superanlibus, involucri 

 phyllisovatis. spatulalo-cvatis, spatulato-lanceolalis vel lanceola tis, apice 

 acutis. pubescentibus vel subtomentusulis, calyce cupuliformi ad Irienlem 

 inferiorem in lobos ovatos acutos diviso, 8-12 mm. longo, lobis basi 5-7 

 mm. latis, distincte ö-nefviis, exlus pubescenlibus vel toraentosulis, intus- 



