

60 MALME, 



crebrioribus vestita, margine nonnihil cartilagineo sat dense breviterque ciliata. Inflore- 

 scentise extraaxillares, opposita*, pauciflorae, umbellajformes; pedunculus erecto-patens, gra- 

 cilis, (3 — )4 — 5 cm. longus, parce tornen tösus; pedicelli pedunculo raulto breviores, circiter 

 1,5 cm. longi, graciles, bracteis bracteolisque angustissimis, linearibus v. subfiliformibus, 

 usque ad 4 mm. longis, longepilosis. Flores sat parvi; alabastra adulta vix 10 mm. 

 longa, obtusissima. Calycis lobi faucem (seu basin loborum corolla) longe superantes, e 

 basi circiter 1 mm. lata sensim angustati acuti v. paullulum acuminati, 4 — 5 mm. longi, 

 extus praesertim basin versus dense longepilosi, apice subglabri, intus glabri; glandula? caly- 

 cinse minutae, ovoideo-oblongae, singula?, raro terna?. Corollse tubus brevis, late campanulatus 

 v. urceolato-campanulatus, extus sat dense pilosus, intus fauce pilosus, ceterum glaber; lobi 

 reflexi, e basi 1,8 mm. lata primum sensim angustati, dein circiter 1 mm. lat i , sublineares, apice 

 obtusi, usque ad 11 mm. longi, + spiraliter torti, marginibus + revolutis, subtus (dorso) 

 prassertim basin versus pilosi, supra glabri et densissime papillosi, luteo-virides. Coronse 

 squamae basi iino tubo corolla? adnatae, inter sese liberse, membranacea?, albae, circiter 3 mm. 

 longae, 1,5 mm. lata?, usque ad medium v. ultra bitida, subrectangulares, intus munita? 

 sulco longitudinali, jugis circumdato utroque latere singulis, basin squamae versus diver- 

 gentibus et carunculas parvas formantibus, superne in lobos teretes, apice convergentes 

 excurrentibus. Stamina vix 2 mm. longa, filamentis subnullis, niembranis apicalibus 

 antherarum anguste ovatis, circiter l,i mm. longis, 0,55 mm. latis, basi rotundatis, apice 

 sat acutis, usque ad medium v. paullo ultra obtuse carinatis. Retinaculum circiter 0,37 

 mm. longuni, circiter 0,08 mm. latum, sublineare v. anguste lineari-oblongum, apice rotun- 

 datum. Caudiculee vix 0,2 mm. longa?, infra medium dente usque ad 0,28 mm. longo, 

 apice recurvato, non dilatato libero, ceterum ope membrana? subhyalinie cum parte infe- 

 riore retinaculi conjuncto niunita?. Pollinia anguste oblonga, utroque apice obtusa, cur- 

 vula, circiter 0,5 mm. longa, 0,i2 mm. crassa. Styli rostrum usque ad 5 mm. longum, 

 album v. inferne paullulum violascens, usque ad partem tertiam inferiorem v. profundius 

 bifidum, parte indivisa subcylindracea, vix 1 mm. crassa, ramis subteretibus, gracilibus, 

 subfiliformibus, patulis. 



21. O. Hilarianum Fourn. (1885). 



F0URNIER in Flor. brasil. XCV, p. 283. 

 Tab. nostr. VI, fig. 45. 



Paraguay: Colonia Risso pr. Rio Apa (In campo aperto, arenoso-argillaceo, grami- 

 noso, sat sicco. 18 20 /lo93. Malme 1090 C. Speciraiim tlorigera.). 



Specimen originale non vidimus, at nostra in descriptionem 1. c. datam plane quadrant. 



Ilerba perennis; caulis simplex, erectus, gracilis, circiter 50 cm. altus, inferne 2 mm. 

 crassus, superne pilis mollibus, albidis parce pubescens, inferne glabrescens, internodiis 

 2 — 4 cm. longis. Folia erecta, cauli +_ adpressa, brevipetiolata (peliolo vulgo 2 — 4 mm. 

 longo), linearia v. lineari-lanceolata, vulgo 5 — 6 cm. longa, 2 — 4 mm. lata, basi obtusa, 

 apice acuta v. subobtusa mucronataque, utrinque viridia v. glauco-viridia, subtus paullulo 



