•70 MALJIE, DIE COMPOSITEN DER EKSTEN REGNELLSCHEN EXrEDITION. 



Herba perennis circiter 40 cir). älta, fere tota pruinosa. Folia crassa, alterna, sj)arsa, 

 subsessilia v. breviter pctiolata, anguste lingulato-lanceolata, indistincte crenata, inaxinia 

 4,5 cm. longa, circiter 6 uitn. lata, apice subobtusa v. acutiuscula, basi sensiin in petiolum 

 decurrentia. Squamfe involucri sublineares v. lingulato-lanceolata?, apice deltoidea>, ipso 

 apice sa3pe brevissime comosaj, 12 — 14 rum. longa?, latissima? circiter 3 mm. lata?, interi- 

 ores late hyalino-marginata?, pappo multo breviores. Corolla? limbus albus v. dilute flavo- 

 viridis, sat indistincte purpurascens. Achenia 7 — 9 ram. longa, dense hirsuta, pappo 

 paullulo breviore, circiter 7 mm. longo, setis rigidis, basin versus albidis, apicem vevsus 

 purpurasceutibus v. brunneo-purpurascentibus, sat distincte plumosis. 



Foliorum forma a speciminibus originalibus aliquantulum recedit nostra planta at 

 specifice vix distinguenda. Icon a Baker 1. c. data neque cum descriptione congruit 

 neque ad specimina a Decandolle commerorata quadrat. 



P. linifolium (L.) DC. — Baker, 1. c. pag. 283. 



Rio Grande do Siil: Porto Alegre (Pluribi in campo arenoso, sicco, aprico. Octobr. 

 1892. Malme 120 B.). 



Folia anguste linearia, vix 1 mm. lata. Involucri squama? dorso pruinosa?, late 

 lanceolata?, acuta? v. acuminatte, circiter 10 mm. longae, pappo paullulo breviores. Limbus 

 coroll* ramique styli atropurpurei. 



P. brevifolium (HoOK. & Arn.). — Baker, 1. c. pag. 283 (P. linifolium (i breoifoUum 

 (HooK. & Arn.) Baker.). 



Rio Crrande do Sul: Senandes pr. oppidum Rio Grande (In apricis arenosis, parce 

 graminosis. 18 ^Vii 93. Malme 372.). 



Foliis lingulato-lanceolatis, circiter 20 mm. longis, circiter 3 mm. latis, obtusis v. 

 acutiusculis, calathidiis majoribus, involucri squamis lingulato-linearibus, apice deltoideis 

 v. acuminatis, circiter 15 mm. longis, usque ad 4 mm. latis a P. linifolio (L.) facile est 

 distinctum. Achenia subglabra, circiter 8 mm. longa, pappo paullulo breviore, circiter 

 7 mm. longo, sordide albo, apice purpurascente. CoroUa? limbus sordide albus v. dilute 

 fiavovirens. 



P, angustissimum Gakdn. — Baker, 1. c. pag. 285. 



Måtto Grosso: Serra da Chapada (Loco aperto, arenoso, parce graminoso v. in märg. 

 »cerrado». 18 3-24/6 94. Malme 1658 B.). 



Saltem sa?pe herba annua. Squamarum involucri apices, corolla, rami styli atro- 

 purpurei. 



Pectis L. 

 P. Stella Malme n. sp. 



IC: tab. nostr. VI fig. 18. 



Herba perennis basi valde raraosa, radice tortuosa, vix v. haud multum incrassata, 

 ramis gracilibus, vix 1 mm. crassis, usque ad 25 cm. longis, decumbentibus, apice + ad- 



