26 MALME, DIE COMPOSITEN DER ERSTEN REGNELLSCHEN EXPEDITION. 



V. declivium Malme n. sp. 



Ic. tab. nostr. I fig. 2. 



Lepidaploa axilliflova, herbacea, usque ad 1 m. älta. Caulis ramosus,, usque ad 

 apicem foliatus, teres, striatus, glaber v. scabriusculus, inferne usque ad 4 mm. crassus, 

 internodiis vulgo 3 — 4 cm. longis. Folia bi-eviter petiolata, petiolo 3 — 5 mm. longo, 

 supra et subtus viridia, late lanceolata v. anguste elliptica, 12 — 15 cm. longa, (3 — )3,5 — 5 

 cm. lata, basi acuta et in petiolum ssepe decurrentia, apice acuta v. acuminata, subinteger- 

 rima v. parce denticulata, supra verrucis parvis scabra, subtus pilis brevibus sat parcis 

 scabriuscula, nervis venisque supra immersis, subtus manifeste eraersis; nervis secundariis 

 angulo 60° — 90° insidentibus, arcuatis, marginem versus junctis. Inflorescentia scorpioideo- 

 cymosa, ampla, sat läxa, ramis ssepissime simplicibus, scorpioideis, pleiocephalis; bracteis 

 foliaceis, (4 — )5 — 7( — 8) cm. longis, eadem forma ac folia at saspe pro rata pauUulo an- 

 gustioribus, calathidia multoties superantibus. Calathidia sessilia, solitaria, raro gemina, 35 — 40- 

 fiora. Involucra urceolato-campanulata, cii"citer 8 mm. longa, cii-citer 6 mm. crassa; squam^ 

 5 — 6-seriata3, sajpe purpurascentes, adpressas v. inferiores squarrosas, infiniiB brevissimaj, trian- 

 gulari-lanceolatse, longe cuspidato-mucronataj, media3 ovataj, 4 — 5 mm. longa^, 2 — 2,5 mm. latfe, 

 longiuscule v. sat breviter squarrose acuminato-mucronatfe, superiores oblongo-lanceolatse, 

 circiter 7 mm. longa?, 2 — 2,5 mm. latte, acutas, summas (intimje) lineari-lanceolatfe, circiter 

 1,5 mm. latse, acutiuscute (rarius subobtusa?), pra?sertim medite sat dense ciliatte, et supra 

 (intus) et subtus (extus) pilis mollibus parce tomentosaä v. subsericeas. Corolla circiter 

 6 mm. longa, tubo 2,5 — 3 mm. longo, cylindraceo; lobis limbi violacei v. violaceo-purpurei 

 circiter 2 mm. longis, lanceolato-linearibus, acutiusculis, ipso apice papillis hyalinis orna- 

 tis, ceterum glabris. Antherce subinclusaä, 2 mm. longa?. Achenia subcjdindracea v. an- 

 guste turbinata, manifeste costata, inter costas parce sericea, 3 — 4 mm. longa, straminea, 

 pappi albidi suba?quilongi v. paullulo longioris setis interioribus exteriora multoties supe- 

 rantibus, caducis. 



Måtto Gtrosso: Serra da Chapada (Inter frutices secundum vias, in declivibus montis. 

 18 Ve 94. Malme 1656.). 



Affinis est V. sericece Ricn., abs qua foliorum latiorum minus longe acuminatorum 

 indumento, calathidiis minoribus, acheniis minus dense sericeis, pappo brevi facile est distincta. 



V. oreophila Malme n. sp. 



Ic. : tab. nostr. I fig. 3. 



Lepidaploa axilliflora, fruticosa, circiter 30 cm. älta, valde ramosa, trunco vulgo 

 tortuoso, ramis saspissime curvatis, cortice tenui, parce suberoso, obscuro. Rami juniores 

 + erecti, teretes, holo.sericei v. dense sericeo-pubescentes, albidi v. griseo-fulvescentes, usque 

 ad apicem dense foliati. FoUa breviter petiolata, petiolo vulgo 2 — 3 mm. longo, ovata 

 v. elliptica, rarius ovato-oblonga, basi rotundata v. rarius in petiolum paullulum decur- 

 rentia, apice obtusa v. rarius subacuta, media (maxima) 2,5 — 3 cm. longa, 13 — 16( — 18) mm. 

 lata, omnia integerrima, supra viridia, sat dense sericeo-pubescentia glandulisque sessilibus, 

 parvis (siccis inicantibus), copiosissimis ornata, subtus albida, holosericea, parcius glandu- 

 losa, odores Hyptidis (aliarumque Labiatarum) exhakntia, nervis subtus paullulum einersis; 



