115. Calliandra germana Barneby, sp. nov., C. luetzelburgii quam maxime affinis sed foliolis subduplo latioribus (±9-20, nec 3-6 mm usque latis) dorso simulac perianthio dense rufo-granulosis diversa; a distantiori C. erubescenti imprimis cujusque folii pinnis exacte 1 (nec 2)-jugis, foliolis dorso granulosis, necnon androecio 24—26-, nec 42-44-mero recedens. —BRAZIL. Bahia, mun. Catolés: estrada Catolés-Barra, 1200 m, 16 Jun 1992 (fl), Wilson Ganev 506. — Holotypus, HUEFS 10949.

Shrubs attaining 2 m with terete fuscous branches, appearing glabrous but the lf-axes and dorsal face of ample chartaceous lfts densely minutely reddish- brown-granular, the bicolored lfts glossy on upper face, paler dull beneath, the few-fld capitula arising 1-3 together from axils of diminished distal lvs, forming a dense short panicle of pseudoracemes. Stipules caducous (few seen), narrowly ovate ±1.5 x 0.7 mm, not striate. Lf-formula i/5-8; lf-stks 4.5-8 x 0.9-2 mm, shallowly grooved ventrally; rachis of longer pinnae 3.5-5.5 cm, the longer interfoliolar segments 7-14 mm; lft-pulvinules 0.6-1.1 x 0.9-1.3 mm, sharply cross-wrinkled; lfts little graduated, the blades oblong or oblong-obovate from shallowly cordate base, broadly obtuse or often shallowly emarginate, the longer ones (in lvs below inflorescence) 14—24 x 7.5-20 mm, 1.2-1.8 times as long as wide; venation of 5-8 nerves from pulvinule, the midrib displaced to divide blade ±1:1.5-2, 2-3-branched on anterior side near and above middle, the inner posterior primary nerve incurved-ascending nearly to blade’s apex, the outer ones progressively shorter. Peduncles (1.4—)2-3.5 cm, ebracteate; capitula 5-8-fld, the receptacle ±1-1.5 mm; bracts <1 mm, caducous; fls nearly homomorphic, the 4-merous perianth pallid or pink-tinged, thinly granular but otherwise glabrous except for microciliolate orifice of calyx; pedicels ±0.2 x 0.8 mm; calyx campanulate 2.4—2.5 x 2-2.4 mm, faintly 4-nerved, the depressed-deltate teeth 0.25-0.4 mm; corolla 6.4—6.6 mm, the lobes 2-2.1 x 1.6 mm; androecium 24-26-merous, ±23 mm, the carnosulous stemonozone 1.6-1.8 mm, the tube 6-6.5 mm, the tassel at first white, pink in age; intrastaminal nectary 0; ovary at anthesis glabrous. Pod seen only in annotinous fragments, the ribs and valves densely minutely puberulent overall; seeds unknown.

In campo rupestre at ±1200 m, known only by 2 collections from the headwaters of rio de Contas near 13°15'S, 41°50'W, in upland interior Bahia, Brazil. — Fl. VI-VII(-?).

Calliandra germana is manifestly close to C. luetzelburgii but distinguished from it by notably broader, dorsally granular leaflets, and by granular perianth.