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348. E. brasiliensis Lam. — T. S. (Amer. trop.) 



349. E. serpens Kth. var. microphylla Kth. [134.]. ■ — E. C. T. 

 J. O. (Paraguay: Bai. 1686.) 



350. E. ovalifolia Engelm. var. argentina Müll. [135.]. Semina 

 transversim grosse 4rugulosa fere E. maculatae L., sed Capsula glabra. 

 — C. T. 



E. ovalifolia var. montevidensis Boiss. — E. Ct. 



351. E. pentadactyla Gr. n. sp. Poincettia, annua, caule superne 

 villoso-pubescente, raniis oppositis virgato-adscendentibus, foliis plerisque 

 oppositis lanceolato-acuminatis in petiolum attenuatis repandis v. superne 

 remote serrulatis ciliolato-glabrescentibus , summis basi albidis cymam 

 terminalem contractam longe excedentibus : stipulis glanduliformibus, in- 

 volucris glabris 10 — 12 congestis campanulatis ad medium divisis pedi- 

 cello subaequilongis : lobis erectis ad medium 5fidis : laciniis lineari-atte- 

 nuatis subparallelis , glandula unica obtuse repando-deltoidea, stylis 

 indivisis acutis ad medium connatis, Capsula glabra subglobosa, seminibus 

 fusco-lutescentibus oblongo-subtetragonis utrinque truncatis basi in annu- 

 lum crassiusculum, medio in rugam transversam productis apice rugulosis, 

 caruncula obsoleta. — Speeles distinctissima, juxta E, eriantham Boiss. 

 inserenda. Gaulis 1 — 2pedalis, fere a basi trichotome divisus, cylindricus; 

 folia membranacea, venis tenuibus, 1 — l^a" longa, 4—6'" lata, petiolo 

 3 — 4'" longo, summa subsessilia, adproximata; involucrum 1"' longum, 

 V" latum, lutescens; stamina circiter 20; Stylus ovario globoso brevior, 

 \'" longus, ramis divergentibus; Capsula 1"\ semina 1^2'" longa. — S. : 

 pr. S. Jose, 



3 52*. E. pulcherrima W. — E. 



3 53. E. heterophylla L. — C. T. (Amer. trop.) 



3 54. E. adiantoides Lam, ex descr. Habitus praecedentis : forma 

 foliis majoribus 2 — 1" longis; 18 — 8'" latis; semina ovato-subglobosa, 

 profunde foveata, margine fovearum tuberculato, — T, („Ecuador — 

 Peru"). 



355. E. sciadophila Boiss, [136.]. — C. Ct. J. 

 356*. E. Peplus L. [13 8.]. — C. 



