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I 



Pl;mlii(! Lcliiiiaiiiiiiiiiae etc* Coinpositati II. 



595 



supra medium latis; inflorescentia donsa semiglobosa; capitulis in cynias 

 densas confei'liSj breviter pedunculatis vel sessilihus; involucri oblongi squa- 

 mis c, 12 — 18, c. 4 — 5-serialis; exterion})us ovatiSj obtusiusculis, integris 

 vel inargine obsolete denliciilaliSj scai'iosiSj luleo-hyaliniSj subcnerviis, c. 4 mm 

 longis, 2 mm latis; interioribus lineari-Ianceolalis, oblusiSj iiUegris vel ob- 

 solete denticulatis, parte inferiore vircscenti-berbaceis et uninerviis supcriore 

 Inleo-hyalinis scariosis et encrviiSj c. 4 mm longiSj c. 1 mm latis; floribus 

 femineis tubiilosis 5 — 6; coroUis glal)ris, angusto cylindraceiSj 



nin longis; styb ramis exsertis; 



— 3j covoHis glabriSj acqui- 



2^/ mm Ion- 





is, apice breviter 4-fidis, laciniis c. ^j^^ 

 florilms centralibus bermapbroditis tubulosis 4 

 lontris, tubul(Mn lind)um inrundibabfonnem apicc 5-fidinn (laciniis e 



1 



:i 



UUli 



longis, apice i)apilloso-uuicronatis) amplialo; pappi sctis faciliter dcciduis, 

 lutcsccnli-albidis, c. 3 mm longis; acbacniis valdc immatuds glabris, c. 



1 nun bingis fusccsccntil)iis. 



Species A, eaudlcauM (Kuntb) DC. ct A, vndli Bcntb.j quil)us babitu 

 simillinia, proxime affmis est, dil'fert indumenlo caulium et folionim magis 

 ai)pi'csso et scricco-nitente ct capitulis semper 9-llons. 



Ecuador: crescit in monlibus Tunguraguac latcra cingentibus, alt. s. 

 m. 1300-^1(500 bex, (Francis Hall misit 1833), 



108. A. Lcbmannii Ilicron. n. sp. 



Ilcrba basi ramosa , 35 



50 cm alia biennis 



P 



; ramis simplicibiis 

 vel parce ramulosis. tcrclibus, cano-subsericcis, foliosis; foliis allernis {inter- 

 nodiis infcrne brcvioribuSj 2— 5 mm longis, superne longioribus, interdum 

 us(iuc ad 3 cm longis), sessilibus, non decurrentibus, lineari-lanceolatis, in- 

 tcgorrimiSj obtusiusculis, subtriplincrviis (ncrvis 2 lateralibus e basi laminae 

 nascentibus fere usque ad apicem percurrentibiis, supra sulcis iuimcrsis, 

 subtus non perspicuis), utriM(|ue cano-subscriceis ; foliis maximis caulinis c. 

 18 mm longis, 3 mm latis; inflorescenLiis in apice ramorum ramulorunKpie, 



densiSj 



cymas densas confcrlis, brevilcr pcdunculalis vel sessilibus; invobicri ob- 



globosis vel subglobosis, majoribus sacpe tripartilis; capitulis in 



longi 



squamis 12, oblongiSj acutiusculis, integris vel obsolete denticulatis, 



tcnuiter uninerviis; exterioribus c, 4 mm longis, 2 mm latis, scariosis stra- 

 mineo-all^idis; interioribus angustioribus, vix 1 mm latis, i)arte inferiore 

 subberbaceo-virescentibus, supcriore subhyalino -scariosis ; floribus femineis 



tubulosis 4 ; corollis lutesccnti-albidis, anguste cylindraceis 



) 



/ 



/2 mm 



lungis, apice breviter 3 — 4-fidis (laciniis lutcis), basi paulo incrassatis; flore 

 bcrmapbrodito centrali unico; corolla fere 3 mm longa, tubulosa, cylindracca, 

 basi incrassata, apicem versus vix ampliata, 5-fida (laciniis c. Y4 ^^ ^^^^~ 

 gis, lutcis); pappi sctis faciliter dcciduis, c. 3 mm longis, albidis; acbacniis 



submaturis ellipsoideis, 



Species A, candlccmti (Kuntb) DC. et A. violli Bcntb. vix proxime 

 affinis, differt foliis minoribus , indumenlo subsericco, involucri squamis 

 sli'amineo-albidis acutiusculis etc. 



38* 



C. ^! I 



mm longis, ocbraceo-bruuneis, glabris. 



