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Etiam alibi in civitate Rio Grande do Sul observavimus, ex. gr. in col. Ijuhy et 

 in viciniis oppidi Cruz Älta. 



Alomia H. B. K. 

 A. Regnellii Malme n. sp. 



Ic. : tab. nostr. II fig. 5. 



Herba perennis, usque ad 30 cm. älta, rhizomate brevi, adscendente v. subhorizon- 

 tali. Caulis subsimplex, erectus v. basi adscendens, usque ad apicem foliatus, teres, pilis 

 mollibus, patentissimis sat parce vestitus glandulisque + longis, sat copiosis viscosus, basi 

 usque ad 2 mm. crassus, internodiis vulgo 1 — 2 cm. longis. Folia tenuia, (superioribus 

 exceptis) opposita, longe petiolata, petiolo 1,5 — 3 cm. longo (laminam longitudine stepe 

 a3quante), asque ac caulis piloso viscosoque, triangulato-deltoidea v. rarius late ovata, in 

 speciminibus luxuriantibus usque ad 4( — 4,5) cm. longa, usque ad 3,5( — 4) cm. lata, in 

 speciminibus macrioribus stepe vix 2 cm. longa, 1,5 cm. lata, apice acuta, inciso-crenata, 

 et supra et subtus viridia, supra glabra v. parce viscosa, subtus glandulis gracilibus vis- 

 cosa et prtesertim ad nervös pilis mollibus parce ornata, margine glandulis brevibus, 

 gracilibus ciliata. hiflorescentia cymosa, läxa, pedunculis pedicellisque foliis (bracteis) 

 ovato-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis, longiuscule v. breviter petiolatis, profunde at parce serratis 

 v. subintegeiTimis suffultis; pedicellis gracilibus, sat dense glandulosis. Calathidia circiter 

 5 mm. longa, multiflora (circiter 40-flora), homogama, receptaculo piano, glabro, nudo. 

 Involucra campanulata; squamse 20 — 25, nonullaa (5 — 7) breviores, ovato-lanceolatse v. lanceo- 

 latae, cetera3 subasquales, lineari-oblanceolataa, circiter 5 mm. longa?, omnes circiter 0,8 mm. 

 Iata3, acutas, virides, dorso glandulis pilisque gracilibus parce vestita?, margine prajsertim 

 apicem versus pilis vulgo simplicibus sat dense cilitata?. Corolla alba v. coerulescens 

 circiter 3 mm. longa, tubo sensim dilatato (basi circiter 0,5 mm., fauce circiter 1 mm. 

 crasso), extus intusque glabro; lobis limbi brevibus (circiter 0,75 mm. longis), triangulari- 

 ovatis (0,4 — 0,5 mm. latis), subobtusis, intus glabris, extus subglabris v. pilis paucis mu- 

 nitis. Stamina^ generis, inclusa, filamentis circiter 0,5 mm. longis, antheris ajquilongis. 

 Rami styli manifeste clavati, apices loborum limbi paullulum (circiter 0,5 mm.) superantes. 

 Achenia circiter 2,5 mm. longa, sublinearia v. anguste turbinata, pentagona et quinque- 

 costata, nigra, nitentia, glabra v. basi et sub apice pilis nonnullis brevibus, demum evane- 

 scentibus munita. 



Måtto Grosso: Serra da Chapada, Buriti (In fissuris rupium praeruptarum, prfesertim 

 subumbrosis. 18 ^Ve 94. Malme 1678.). 



Specierum brasiliensium nulli arcte affinis; similitudinem quandam prtebet cum A. 

 ageratoide H. B. K. mexicana, abs qua tamen forma serraturaque foliorum, indumento in- 

 volucri, forma tubi corollai etc. facillime distinguitur. 



Stevia Ca v. 



S. satureifolia (Lam.) Sch. Bip. var. multiaristata (Spreng.) Baker. — Baker, 1. c. p. 208. 



Rio Grande do Sul: Säo Martinho pr. Santa Maria (In colle lapidoso, sicco, aprico, 

 18-V4 93. Malme 804.). 



