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bipinnatim remoteque ramosus, ramis primariis 3 cm longis, sparsim breviterque pinnulatis. Folia 
c a u 1 i n a conferta, recte patula, parum concava, in piano ovato-oblonga (4,5 mm longa, medio 2,75 mm 
lata) apice obtusa, brevissima basi inserta, basi a n t i c a valde ampliata, caulem superantia, rotundata 
vel acute angulata, basi p o s t i c a caudata, cauda majuscula bifida, laciniis late divergentibus, ceterum 
integerrima. C e 1 1 u 1 a e superae 18/18 [>., basales 27/36 a trigonis majusculis acutis. L o b u 1 u s 
magnus ligulatus (2 mm longus, 0,75 mm latus) apice acutus, basi appendiculatus, appendiculo valido 
subrotundo, bre viter acuminate, acuto. Amphigastria caulina ovata (2 mm longa, medio 
1,5 mm lata) apice rotundata, basi utrinque breviter caudata, laciniis angustis paucispinosis. Folia 
f 1 0 r a 1 i a intima caulinis parum minora, similia, circumcirca denticulata, apice cuspidata, margine 
infero superne spinoso inferne longe dcnseque pilifero; lobulus linearis, folio parum brevior. 
Fig. 178. Madotheca acutiloba St. n. sp. a fol. caul. 30 : 1 ; è lobulus fol. caul. 30 : 1 ; c amphig. caul. 30 : I ; d fol. flor. 20: 1; 
e amphig. flor. 20 : 1; / Perianth. 20:1. 
profunde solutus, apice acutus, marginibus ubique dense longeque setaceis. A m p h i g a s t r i u m 
florale intimura lobule aequilongum, oblongum vel sublingulatum, apice rotundatum, marginibus ubique 
dense irregulariterque spinulosis. Reliqua desunt. 
Florida de San Mateo 2000 m, No. 3661. 
324. Madotheca cognata L. et G. 
Cordillera de Santa Cruz, No. 3550. 
325. Madotheca fissistipula St. n. sp. ~ 
Dioica magna robusta, rigidula, flavo-rufescens, laxe intricata vel pendula. Caul is ad 12 cm 
longus, regulariter longeque ramosus, ramis simplicibus, hie illic pinnulatis. Folia caulina parum 
imbricata, oblique patula leviter concava, in piano ovata (4,25 mm longa, supra basin 3 mm lata) apice 
obtusa, superne integerrima, supra basin sparsim rainuteque dcntata, basi postica crispata, antica rotun- 
