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minatis filamentisque planis, papillosis (in plerisque gla- 
bris Kth.); in radio: abortae, connatae. Stylus basi late 
bulbosus, bulbo siriato, subtus concaro papillaque centrali 
instrueto; superne puberulus, ramis brevissimis, oblusis s, 
acutiusculis, Rhachis nuda (Kıh.). Involacri foliola nü- 
merosa integerrima, meimbranacea, sicea, plana, rectilmeo- 
acuminata, exteriora semilanceolala, longissime angustisst- 
meque acuminala, interiora lineavia, lalius breviusve acu- 
minata, gradatim majora., — Nlerbae s. suffrutices humiles, 
quae praeter unam Nepalensem Americae meridionalis par- 
tem occidentalem incolunt, folis alternis, inermibus, ex- 
stipulatis, laevibus, lomento supra fugaci sublus lanalo, ni- 
veo, persistenüi veslilis; capitulis magnis, speriosis, singu- 
lis ramos superne nudos terminantibus. 
‘Seet. I. Isanthus. 
Herba perennis. Caules erecti, simplieissimi, basti 
nonnisı ima folia conferta, 'membranacea, reliculato - ve- 
nosa, petiolata, plana gerunt squamisgue carent (gaudent 
Don. l. c.). Capitula homogama, acqualiflora, discoidea. 
Alae antherarum Jongae. Corollae disch pilosiusculae, 
2-labiatae. 
1. O. nepalensis * (Chaptalia mazima Don. priv 
fl. nep. p. 166 ) 
Radix fibrosa, fibris validissimis, ruguloso- sirlatis, sim- 
plieibus, sordide fuseis, creberrimis caules plures sumsum 
protrudit, Caulis teres, 1—2 pedalis, penna columbina pa- 
rum tenuior, laxe. lanato-tomentosus, pube unilormi. Fo- 
lia subdeltoidea, profunde hastato-sagittata, acuminala, re- 
mote et obsolete mucronulato-dentieulata, subtus, nervis 
prominentibus glabris exceptis, tomento albo tenero ve 
stita, A 64 Tonga, 3 — 4 Iaia. DPetioli glabrinseuli 
s. obsoletissime tomenlosi, striati, 5-pollicares, basi valde 
dulatata caulem imum amplectuntur. Capitula aeque magna 
