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CALYCEREÄE R, Br. 



AüCTORE CHR. FR. LESSING. 



ACICARPHA R. Br. 



2. AciCÄRPHA bupleuroides n. sp. 



Sellow in Brasiliae uliginosis (v; sp. s. plura). 



Herba2^? glabenima facie Bii-pleuri rotundifoUi. Caulis 

 erectus, heibaceus, dlchotomus, obiter slriatus, inanis;, ae- 

 qualiter foliatus, sesqui — quadri-pedalis. Folia. membra- 

 nacea^ alterna, remota, penninervia^ reticulato venosa, ner- 

 vis nuUIbi prominulis, obtiisa^ infegerrima s. apice irregu- 

 lariter dentala, ex oblongo-obovatls, basi longissime an- 

 gustalis in petiolos planos, amplexicaules iisque adjectis 

 fere \' longis et 1^" latis. Capitula terminalia, solilarla, 

 multlflora, vix aeque magna ac in Aktemisia Ähsinthio^ 

 involucri 5-phylli, inaequalls foliolis foliaceis, foliis sum- 

 mis simillimis longe superata. Calyx 4-dentatus, laciniis 

 inacquallbus, obtusiusculis. Corollac parvae, 4-dentatae 

 llmbo albido, turbinato-campanulalo tubo gracili, virescente 

 tviplo breviori. Achaenia immatura angulata, calyce du- 

 plo longiora. 



3. AcicARPHA ■proaimhens n. sp. 

 Sellow in Brasilia (v. sp. s. cxi). 



Herba perennis? glaberrima, multicaulis, caulibus an- 

 gulatis, procumbenlibus, totis aequaliter foliatis, parum ra- 

 mosis^ circiter semipedalibus, quorum plures steriles fla- 

 gella sistunt ut in Hieraciis. Folia membranacea, pennl- 

 triplinervia s. glauca, obtusa, mucronulata, integerrima, 

 sessilia, alterna, adproximala, 2 — 4'" longa, 12 — 21"' lon- 

 ga. Capilula aeque magna ac in A. tribuloide, solitaria, 

 primum terminalia, demum lateralia pedunculata et oppo- 

 silifolia pedunculis folio brevioribus. Involucrum circiter 

 6-phyllum, floribus brevius, foliolis integerrimis , oblongo- 



