(84) K. HASSLKR. PLANT/E PAKAGÜARIENSES. 739 



accedit ad var. grandifloram nob. ; sed involucri pliyllis brevissimis, 

 pelalis brevibus ad var. genuinam tribuenda est. 



Forma 3 brevifolia nob. 



= P. hastata Cav. var a pubescens, ß brevifolia Gurke Flor. Bras. I. c. 

 Foliis suborbicularibus, vel late ovalis inlerdum lalioribus quam longis, 

 subreniformibus, minoribus. 



In Paraguaria vacal. 



Yar ß subconcolor nob. 



IndumenLo piibescenle, strigilloso vel subtomenlosulo. foliis oblongis 

 subconcoloribus, pedunculis petiolos siibsequanlibus, involucri pliyllis, ellip- 

 tico-lanceolalis, lanceolalis vel oblongis apice acuLis, longitudine variabi- 

 libus, calyce cupuliformi ad Irientem inferiorem in lobos ovalo-acumi- 

 nalos extus pilosos divisus, nervis 5 manifeste prominentibus percursis, 

 pelalis 2o mm. longitud. haud superantibus. 



Forma 1 bullulata nob. 



P. bullulata Hochr. PI. Hassl. II, p. 562. 



Foliis leele viridibus bullulatis, lamina ut caules et petioli strigilloso- 

 pubescenle, 40/14, 60/17 mm. calyce ad 14 mm. longo, lobis basi ad 

 6 mm. lalis, involucri phyllis elliptico lanceolalis, strigilloso -pilosis; 

 4-6 mm. longis. 



Pela la alba, intus rosea, basi pulchre purpurea, in campis pr. Yâlenzuela 

 Hassler n° 61)87 sub P. bulhtlata Hochr. 1. c. 



Subforma pilosiuscula nob. 



Caulibus, peliolis, lamina pilis fulvescentibus substrigillosis veslitis, 

 involucri phyllis triangulari-lanceolatis acutis 6-7 mm. longis. 



Siiffrutex 0,2-0,6 m. petala alba basi intus purpurea, in campis gla- 

 reosis pr. Villa Rica, flor. et fruct. mens. Jan. Hassler n« 8757. 



Forma II tomentosa nob. 



Caulibus petiolisque molliler longiuscule toraentosis, foliis novellis 

 leviter discoloribus, lamina supra puberula, sublus in foliis novellis glauco- 

 lomenlosula, in foliis adultis viridi-pubescenle, 40/12, 55/15 mm. invo- 

 lucri phyllis oblongo-lanceolalis, calyce longioribus 8-10 mm, longis et 

 2,5 mm. tantum lalis, calycis lobis ovato-acuminatis 7-9 mm. longis. 



Forma involucri phyllis longiusculis, angusto oblongis transilum prse- 

 bens ad formam 2 piilchram varielatis grandiflorae nob. 



Petala dilule rosea basi purpurea, in arenosis ad flumen Pilcomayo flor. 

 et fruct. mens. Aug. liojas n^ 384. 



Yar. Y grandiflora nob. 



Indumento tomentosulo, foliorum forma variabili, pedunculis petiolos 



