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Urban : 



Gaules horuotini simplices teretes v. manifeste angulato-striati. F ol i a utrinque pilis 

 stellaribus abbreviatis , nunc ad radiuni unicum reductis , nunc intermedio elongato 

 dense obsita v. subtus tomentosa, v. (in eodem specimine) praesertim inferiora plane 

 glabra. Pedunculi postremo 0,7 — 2,5 cm longi, plus minus pubeseentes ; prophylla 

 opposita v. subopposita lineari-subulata ; pedicelli fructiferi 7 — 10, raro — 15 mm longi, 

 superne incrassati v. dilatati. Calyx extrinsecus tomentosulus v. breviter tomentoso 

 hirsutus, intus sub Corona pilosulus, lobis exterioribns latiuscule v. ovato-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis v. acutis, 3- v. 5-nervibus, interioribus ellipticis v. elliptico-lanceolatis, latissime metn- 

 branaceo-marginatis, obtusis, nervo medio obsolete v. longe apiculatis Petala calycem 

 dimidio v. duplo et ultra superantia, nunc ad basin obscuriora, 18—30 mm longa, late 

 obovato-cnneata, glabra, Corona vix 1 mm longa usque ad v. supra medium fimbriato- 

 lacera. Filamenta tubo vix v. usque 0,5 mm longe adnata, glabra, longiora er. 8 mm, 

 breviora 3,5 — 4 mm longa ; antherae clausae ovato-oblongae v. subrectangulares 3 — 4,5 mm 

 longae, 1,3 — 1,6 mm latae , 2'/ 2 — 3-plo longiores quam latiores, apice obtusissimae v. 

 truncatae, in */ 4 — '/s a lt- affixae, basi in l / 8 — '/io a ' l> emarginatae, defloratae superne 

 recurvatae v. revolutae. Styli glabri colorati, apice 0,5 — 2mm longe iterum divi- 

 dendo multifidi, ab antheris 2—4 mm distantes, longiores 5,5—6 mm longi, breviores 

 divergentes vix 3 mm longi. Ovarium 60 — 140-ovulatum. Fructuum valvae dorso 

 dense tuberculatae et breviter simpliciterque pilosae, viridi-flavescentes, intus lacunoso- 

 impressae. Semina 2,3 — 2,5mm longa, 1,2— 1,3 mm crassa, elevatim reticulato-striata, 

 hilo et chalaza vix prominulis, arillo amplo profunde lacero-fisso , ad apicem v. ultra 

 ascendente, semen inferne circumcirca cingente. 



Habitatvar. a. in Brasiliae prov. Rio Grande do Sul: Gaudichaudn. 1304; loco non 

 adnotato: Sello n. 3025, 3026. — Var. ß. in Brasilia austro-orientali loco non addicio : 

 Sello n. 2244; prope Buenos Aires: Tweedie n. 385. — Vor. y. in prov. S. Paulo inter 

 Taubate et Mugi in campis , m. Nov. flor. : Riedel s. Lund n. 1018; in Brasilia 

 austro-orientali prope Fazenda do S. Ignacio: Sello n. 1567. 



5. Piriqueta rosea Urb., perennis, caulibus 15 — 30 cm longis, 

 setulis secernentibus et pube stellari abbreviata dense vestitis; foliis 

 3 — 6 mm longe petiolatis, elliptico-oblongis v. oblongo-linearibus, 3 — 6 cm 

 longis, 3 — 6-plo longioribus quam latioribus, tomentosis, plerumque in- 

 tegris subintegrisve et longitudinaliter plicatis, basi eglandulosis; floribus 

 solitariis heterostylis ; prophyllis nullis v. minutis; pedicellis postremo 

 10 — 12 mm longis; calyce 8 — 15 mm longo, in J / 3 — 1 / i alt. coalito; 

 petalis roseis; fructibus ovatis, er. 5,5 mm diametro, sub pube tuber- 

 culatis; seminibus rectis v. paullo curvatis, non tuberculatis. 



Var. a. calyce 11 — 15 mm longo, in 1 / 5 — 1 / 4 alt. coalito; petalis 

 13 — 16 mm longis. — Pili secernentes crassitiem caulis subaequantes v. 

 dimidio breviores; pedunculi postremo 1 — 2 cm longi; styli glabri, apice 

 pauciramulosi. 



Turner a rosea Camb.l in St. Hü. Flor. Bras. Trier. II, 163 (225); 

 Walp. Rep. ZT, 229. 



Icon: St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. 11, t. 123! 



Var. ß. occidentalis Urb. calyce 8 — 9 mm longo, in l / a alt. coalito; 

 petalis 8 mm longis. — Pili secernentes crassitie caulis 4— 6-plo breviores; 



