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cronalo-acuminata aut rarius obtusissima et retusa, pilosa — 
glabra, subtus pallidiora, 6 — 12 Jonga, 4 — 6 lat. 
Panicula apbylla, corymbosa, terminalis, dichotoma. In- 
volueri foliola stramineo-fusca, acuta, exteriora ovata, mu- 
eronulata Pappus in disco spiraliter reiroflexus, corolla 
sua apice glabra longior, ei in radio aequalis. — Ill. de 
Humboldt legit in Andibus Quitensibus, Novo- Granatensi- 
bus et Peruvianis alt, 1300 — 1600 hex., florentem Jan. 
— Martio; Beyrich in nemoribus ad montem Coreovado 
et in. montibus Serra dos Orgos (provinciae Rio Janeiro); 
Sellow misit e Brasilia aequinoctiali. (v. sp. s. o0.). 
Fig. 58. Corolla disci. — 59. Flos disci. — 60. Achae- 
nium disc, — 61. Radii, utrumgue pappo sublato. — 62. 
Styli apex, ramo altero truncalo; d. sigma. 
2. B. Dombeyana n. sp. (B. spinosa Lam. DM. 1. 
660. f. 1. nee Enc. meth. L p. 378.) Pappo disei co- 
rolla sua brevieri. 
Rami superne junioresque sordide pubescentes. Acu- 
lei ad basin eorum longissimi, ipsos superantes, pollicares. 
Folia glaberrima aut obsoletissime pilosa, papyracea, ner- 
vis subtus prominulis, avenia, oblongo-obovata rarius ob- 
ovata, acuta, subspinoso -mucronata, rarius mucronato - act- 
minata, breviter petiolata, petiolis subtus convexis adjectis 
8 — 12 Jonga, 3 fere lata. Involucri foliola erecta, 
Iucida, ex ovato-semi-lanceolatis, in spinam acuminatis, 
eirciter 3 longis, stramineis in mutica, angustiora, SU- 
perne atro-purpurascenlia, apice barbata, 11 longa, cit- 
citer 34 Jata. Pappus disci reeurvatus, 34H Jongus, c0- 
rollis suis cireiler semipollicaribus ad faucem lanato- villo- 
sissimis, apice breviter sparseque pilosis, caeterum gla- 
bris brevier. — In Peruvia Dombey. (v. sp. 1. in h. Kih.) 
