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Herba perennis folits plerisque radicalibus^ rosulatis. Rhi- 

 zoma teres breve, subterranenm , incomplete notum. Folia 

 radicalia rosalata, obovata obtnsa, mucronulata, infernealte- 

 uuata, amplexicanlia, integerrima, glabra, fere conacea, 

 uniuerria, noDiiulla apice subacuminata, 5 poUices longa, 

 fere sesqiiipollicem Jala; caalis centralis bipedalis, simpli* 

 cissimus, teres^ apicem yersns araneoso - tomentosns, basi 

 glaber, leviter striatns^ pennae anserioac fere crassitie, parce 

 foliosns; folia canlina sessilia, semi-amplexicaulia, liueari- 

 lanceolata, inferiora apice ovata obtusa, soperiora acumi- 

 nata, araneosa, demum glabra^ miinervia, integernma, co- 

 riacea 2— SVg polticcs longa, 3 — 6 liueas lata. Capitnla 

 pauca (5- — 6) apice in racemnm laxam bipoUicarem com- 

 posila, pedicellata, rbaclii pedicellisqae dense lanato- arach- 

 uoideiSj pediceliis 6 — 12 liueas longis. Inrolucriiin mnlli- 

 seriale, squamae diaphanae, scariosae aureae, extimae late 

 ovatae, obtusae, sessiles^ trausrerse rugosae, interiores basi 

 foliaceae, liaeares, apice scariosae dilatatae. ReceptarQlum 

 planum papilloso-Terrncosnm, epaleacenm. Flores homo** 



chromi heterogami^ radii Hgulati, lignlis linearibos, trunca- 

 tis 3 — 4 dentatis foemiucis; floribns disci tnbulosis 5*den- 

 tatis hermapbrodil]8, Antherae inclitsae, apice lanceolatae 

 liberae, basi breriter bisetae. Stigmatis lobi glabri, apice 

 eapitellati paberuli. Achaenia qnadrangulari - compressa^ 

 lineam longa, vix puberula^ nee ut in Podolepide papillosa. 

 Pappus ^Dttiserialis , basi subconcretus, scaberrimns, tubo 

 brevior* 



In Nova HoUandia legit Lhotsiy, 



7, STEVIA LANCEOLATA n. sp, 



Herbacea^ caule subsimplici pubescent!^ foliis sessili*- 

 bus lanceolatis acuminatis, erenato-dentatis, snpra glabris, 

 sublus pubernlis, trinerTiiSj corymbo terminali poljcephalo^ 



