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Descriptio sec. speciiiiiiia ^tio manca, a cL p«regrinatore tan- 

 turn lec(a, a eel. Leiiormand benevole coiumunicata : 



Radix verosiiniliter annua, vel repens :2f, ^4 poll, longa (nun 

 Integra), % V^^^- diame(ro nietiens, Aliformis, fibrillosa , hinc inde 

 flexa, et in ripa sabulosa sine dubio more affinium longe descendeus. 

 Caulis erectus pedaliset altior \i — Vs 'in, diametro metiens filifor 

 mis, striatO'Sulcatas , conferte foliatus , pilis simplicibus articulatis 

 dense pubescenti-hirtus , cano-virens, apice in ramos paucos (3—4) 

 breves, monocephalos, corymboso-paniculatos divisns, inter quos in 

 axi foliolorum infra positorum capitula rudimentaria adhue nonnulla 

 observantur. Folia linea spirali disposita, a radice ad ramificationes 

 usqoe numerosa, 2 — 4, superne 5—6 lin. distantia arrecia, breve 

 pabescentia et insuper punetis resinosis notata, infima ';^ — ^/4 poll, 

 longa, superne 1 — 2 lin. lata, lineari-spathulata, dentirulafa, obtusa 

 et apice brevissime mucronata , superne decrescentia , breviora et 

 praecipue basi latlora, subamplexicaulia, linearioblonga ^ 2 — 4 lin. 

 circiter longa et ^'2 — V3 iata. Ad caulis apicem in axi foliolorum 

 Hnearium integrorum 1'/^ — 1 lin. longorum ramuli pi. n. 3 oriun- 

 tur, '/i — '/• poll, distantes cum capitulis 3 — 15 lin. longi, nionoce- 

 pbali, graciles, dense pubescentes, nudi , et tantum rari.ssinte foliolo 

 parvo, lanceolate lineari acuto, adpresso muniti. Capitula 2 Hn. aha 

 semiglobosa , pedicelils 2— 5-plo longioribus iosidentia, m^iltiBora, 

 tiomogama. I n v 1 u c r u m 1 ^^^ Hn. altum, hemispfaeericum, imbriratuai, 

 foliolis circiter triserialibus, triangulari-oblongo-lanceolato-linearibus. 

 acuminatis, dorso cano-hirtis, pilis articulatis simplicibus et insuper 

 globulis resinosis, fiavis obsessis, apice purpurascentibus. Re cap 

 taculum nudum. Flores purpurei , brevissime piIo*si, ouinen 

 hermapbroditi, tubuiosi , 5-dentati, dentibus more Vernoni^ 



iinearibus. An ther se bidentatae, dentibus triangularibus; styli rami 

 teretes, hirti Vernoniacearom. Achsenia crassa, semiovato-turbinata, 

 an triangularia? breve pilosa et glanduiosa : pappus caducissimufi e 

 setis n. 5 subsequalibus, longitudine flprnm, compositus albis, breve 

 plamosis. 



V^yfeMert$ C. H. S c h u 1 1 z Rip. novum Veroniinearutn Snbtr. If. 



' Liabearum Cass, genus. 



Char. gen. Capitulum multiflorum, radiatum; flores radii 

 n. 13—14 lingalati, foeminei, apiiie tridentati. dentibus- lanceolato- 

 Unearibus, styli ramis Iinearibus, glabriuscuiis; flores disci her- 

 wapbroditi, tubulosi, 5-dentati, dentibus triangulartt)us ; antberae ecao- 

 ^*te, breves; filamenta glabra basin versus attenuata, appendice 



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