68 MALME, DIE ASCLEPIADACEEN DES REGNELLSCHEN HERBARS. 



Minas Geraes: Caldas, Pedras Brancas (18 ri 266. Regnell III: 892. Spccimina florigera. 

 — In silva caedua. 18 20 374. REGNELL III: 1778. p. p. Specimina florigera. — 18 13 /l77. 

 Regnell III: 892. Specimina florigera folliculisque permaturis ornata.). 



Pedunculo longo, floribus parvis et pr?esertiiii retinaculo, caudiculis polliniisque distinctissima species. 



4. C. Mosenii Malme n. sp. 



Tal., nostr. VII, fig. 47. 



Frutex (v. sufFrutex) alte volubilis; rami teretes, graciles, usque ad 1,5 mm. crassi, 

 primum puberuli, dein glabrescentcs, internodiis vulgo 5 — 12 em. longis. Folia mem- 

 branaeea, sat longepetiolata [petiolo sat gracili, (0,75 — )1,25 — 3 cm. longo, leviter pube- 

 scente], ovato-triangularia v. late ovato-oblonga, (8 — )4 — 0( — 8) cm. longa, (1,25 — )1,75 — 

 2,ö( — 4.5) cm. lata. basi profunde cordata v. sagittato-cordata, sinu sat lato, aperto — aper- 

 tissimo, apice acuminata, rarius cuspidata, supra subglabra v. pilis brevibus, raris, oculo nudo 

 vix visibilibus inspersa, subtus glaucescentia, in nervis pilis minutis, raris ornata, ceterum 

 glabra. Inflorescentise extraaxillares, alternae, paucifloras, corymbiformes; pedunculus 

 vulgo 1,5 — 3 cm. longus, gracilis, puberulus; pedicelli gracillimi, puberuli v. subsericei, 

 1 — 2 cm. longi; bractea subulata\ usque ad 5 mm. longa.', sericeae. Flores sat magni; 

 alabastra adulta usque ad 16 mm. longa, acuta. Calycis lobi e basi circiter 0,7 mm. lata 

 sensim angustati, circiter 4 mm. longi, acuti, extus (dorso) puberuli, intus glabri v. api- 

 cem versus leviter puberuli; glandulaa calycime sat parvse, ovoidea v. ovoideo-oblongaö, 

 obtusa. vulgo ternse (rarius singula v. bina?), media ceteris multo longiore. Corollss 

 tubus campanulatus, circiter 3 mm. longus, basin versus albo-viridulus, superne albus, 

 extus puberulus, intus subglaber; lobi patentissimi, spiraliter torti, basin versus albi, 

 apicem versus luteo-viriduli, e basi vix 3 mm. lata sensim angustati, 17 — 20 mm. longi, 

 apice obtusi, subtus (dorso) parce puberuli v. subglabri, supra pilis brevissimis, crebris, cur- 

 vatis vestiti. Coronse squamaa basi imo tubo corolhe et tubo stamineo adnat», sat car- 

 nosa3, alb», apicem versus + purpurascentes. (cum mucrone) usque ad 5 mm. longa-, e 

 basi circiter 1 mm. lata primum sublineares, apicem versus dilatatiu, usque ad 2 mm. 

 lata;, rotundato-truncatse et mucrone circiter 1,5 mm. longo, apicem versus inflexo in- 

 structa?, intus (gynostegium versus) dente quam squama breviore, apice libero munitae. 

 Stamina 2 — 2,5 mm. longa, fjlainentis subnullis, membranis apicalibus antherarum ovato- 

 suborbicularibus, circiter 0,9 mm. longis, 0,8 mm. latis, apice rotundatis v. leviter emar- 

 ginatis. Retinaculum sat tenue, lineare, basin versus nonnihil dilatatiim, circiter 0,65 mm. 

 longum, 0,i8 mm. latum, apice rotundatum v. rotundato-truncatum. Caudiculae descen- 

 dentes, 0,25 — 0,3 mm. longa', e basi lata sensim angustatae, prope apicem leviter genicu- 

 latae, dente inconspicuo, apice uon libero. Pollinia pendula, oblonga, 0,65 — 0,7 mm. longa, 

 circiter 0,2 mm. crassa, leviter curvula, utroque apice rotundata, basin versus saq)e non- 

 nihil attenuata. Styli rostrum atropurpureum, (cum appendicibus) circiter 4 mm. longum, 

 basi circiter 2 mm. crassum, statim nonnihil dilatatum in cyathum 5-lobum, rarius 6-I0- 

 bum, lobis asqualibus, filiformibus, acutis, 2,5 — 3 mm. longis, apicem versus albis. Folli- 

 culi fusiformes, 5 — 6 cm. longi, circiter L,25 mm. crassi, apice longe aeuminati, basi ob- 

 tusi. hcves, glabri. Semina sat niinierosa. (submatura) sat tenuia, ovata, circiter 5 mm. 



