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Cnpidiliim siiliglohosnin, nllihidinc triiim l!iioariim oirritcr. In- 

 voliicri rxtiiiiis sqiininis 2 oppositis iiasi Ijroritor ronnnlis ro- 

 (iiiid.-ito - oboviilis (ilitiisissiiiiis valJc coinavis rilialis, npicc 

 plus minus alle fissis, tofis sparsc piiliosrontibiis; caliao infus 

 soqniiiilnr sonsim minores Ijasi magis alt«Miuatac oiiinsc com- 

 plicalnc et apice plus minns ineiirvo fucnllatae, qnarnm dtinc 

 pieniinque minor niajorrino llorem int-lmlnnt. Caljois limlins 

 (enuis mcmliranareus mngnns laxus pilosinsculns, in ilenles 5 

 angiislos a<Mtos inaoqnali'S sirMil)ns leviler eonravis sejnnclos 

 sese panileiis. Corollac alabastrnsn (qiioil sojnm vidimns) ox 

 nngiisla liasi oliliisc riavalum, inferne glabraliim superne dcn- 

 sins lii'cvitei' pilosnm, intns siipra hasin eiiigiilo pilonim an> 

 gnslo notalum , siipra qnoij Olameiita 5 hrevia rnm antlieris 

 laliiisciilo lineaiibns dorso affixis iiec apicem alab.istri aftin- 

 genlibns Jibera evadnnt. Slvliis brcvis ad basin eineliis disro 

 annnlari ronsanentc, ad medium nsqiic in ramos dnos rom- 

 planalos aentos integra parte latiorcs parlilns. Frnctus vi- 

 derc iion licnit. 



Ccphael/dis genns, nt nunc oirciimsrriplnm est, Jiabiln 

 diversissimas eontinet spccics, qiianun inllorescenlia florisqne 

 et friietiis struclnra band satis iiolac snnt. Speiimina in lior- 

 (is siecis rara plernmqne nnicnm eapitulnm l'enint, qnod ex- 

 sieealionc nimis eompressnm corollas ealyresquc snepins Ic- 

 nerrimos tnli modo cnu) reliqnis parlibus compingit nt extri- 

 care nequeas ; iVürtus vero d immainri lere semper desnnt, 

 ila nt sesnper incertns sis, ntrnm baeeam habeas plus minus 

 earnosam vel exsueeam. Ad eam speeicm Pernvianara snpra 

 deseriplam, habitii suo ab ornnibiis mihi notis diversam, Bra- 

 siliensis spccics propins aecedit, quam novam hahemus, atquc 

 ex niio speciminc desi-ribimus. 



Ct'phaelis Beslicana n. sp. In prov. Rio Janeiro 

 Brasiü.ie in arenosis moutinm pr, Novo-Fribnrgo leg. Bcskc. — 



