KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND. 32. N:0 5. 41 



Rio Graiifle do Sal: Cruz Älta (In campo; locis paludosis, graminosis. 18 ^^A — ^^/4 93. 

 Malme 774.). 



E. tremulum Hook. & Arn. — Baker, 1. c. pag. 322 (E. dendroides var. xylophylloides 

 (DC.) Bakeb). 



Rio Grande do Sul: pr. oppidura Cruz Älta (In ripa rivuli campi nliginosa, grami- 

 nosa. 18 2-/4 93. Malme 796.). 



E. megaphyllum Baker. — Baker, 1. c. pag. 322. 



Paraguay: Paragnari (In silva minus densa montis Cerro Negro. 18 S^s 93. 

 Malme 864.). 



Frutex arborescens, parce ramosus, usque ad 4 m. altus, floribus albis. 



E. picturatum Malme n. sp. 



Ic. : tab. nostr. IV fig. 11. 



E (Heterolepis) herbaceum, perenne, usque ad 1,5 m. altum, rhizomate horizontali, 

 + elongato, sympodiali, stolonibus longis, hypog^eis, subaphyllis, horizontalibus hibernans. 

 Caulis teres, la^vis, glaberrimus, erectus, sat ramosus, apicem versus sa^pe purpurascens, 

 usque ad inflorescentiam foliatus. Folia opposita, distantia (internodiis 6 — 12 era. longis), 

 alato-petiolata (petiolis foliorum majorum usque ad 2 cm. longis), anguste ovato-deltoidea 

 v. ovato-rhoinboidalia, acuta v. rarius acuminata, basi late cuneata integerrima, ceterum 

 grosse serrata, et supra et subtus viridia et ad nervös parcissime pilosa, ceterum glabra, 

 margine pilis rigidis, adpressis, sat densis ciliata, nervis secundariis utroque latere 4 — 5, 

 inferioribus validioribus, angulo 35 — 40°, ceteris angulo 45 — 50° insidentibus; venis den- 

 sissimis, Iiaud prominentibus. Inflorescentin terminalis, corymbosa, usque ad 10 cm. lata, 

 densa, pedicellis valde ina^^quilongis, (^que ac peduncnlis) pubescentibus. Calathidia 

 7 — 8 mm. longa, 12 — 15-flora; involucri angu.ste campanulati squaimi' 15 — 20, dorso vio- 

 lace«, vulgo striis 3 albis ornata?, late albo-hyalino-marginatae, valde inaquilonga?, 3 — 4- 

 seriatfe, obtusas, infiratc 1 — 1,.5 mm. longas, ovata?, dorso levissime puberulaä, margine 

 breviter denseque ciliata^, media? 2 — 3 mm. longa^, 1 — 1,25 mm. lata;, ovales, dorso glabra;, 

 margine ciliata?, superiores lineari-lingulata\ usque ad 5 mm. longa^, vix 1 mm. latte, 

 eciliata^. Corollce ro.seo-violacea! v. violacea, nonnihil ex involucro exserta^, tubo e basi 

 angustissima sensim paullulum dilatato, glaberrimo; lobis seu dentibus limbi brevissimis, 

 late triangulatis, circiter 0,3 mm. longis, paullulo latioribus, acutis, erectis, dorso glabris. 

 Stamina inclusa. Bami styli albi v. dilute violacei, longissime exserti, filiformes v. leviter 

 clavati. Achcnia circiter 1,2 mm. longa, nigricantia, glaberrima, nitida, pappi albidi, cir- 

 citer 4 mm. longi setis circiter 30, manifeste ciliatis. 



Rio Grande do Sul: colonia Ijuhy (In »capoeira» sat nova. 18^4 93. Malme 752.). 



Habitu, foliorura forma, stolonibus hypogieis etc. E. intdcefoUum H. B. K. in me- 

 moriam revocat species nostra, eique sine dubio sat affinis est. Differt glabritie, florum 

 numero, squamarum involucri colore etc. 



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