PLANTES EQUINOXIALKS. 



CILETANTIIERA multifloha. 



Hkiuia pcdalls, annua, spinosi*sima; caulcsiibsiotplici, icrcii,ftb 

 ipsa basi folioso, supcrnc pilosiusculo* Folia . It* rna, erccta, 

 tripollicarin, angurtalo- lanceolate, profundc cl inxuunliier 

 dcntato-«pino6a» supra glabra, nilida, SubtOS titlcrdum pilis 

 ram conspcrsa. Florcs omnw icimiiialcs, breviler prdicellali, 

 siibfajJiguto» comnbosi* Calyx, commuim |K>lypliyllus, subcam- 

 panulatu*; (oliolis circitcr scdeeim, duplici scrio disposiiis, 

 omnibus lincari-lanccolaiis, plains, cxtcrioribus untuni clcnli- 

 culato-spinulo*is, apicc nungcnlibiis ct ctfvmc pilosituculi*. 

 Corolla composita, tiuiftn-uife. Corolluti* oiniics bilabiate, liei- 

 niaplirodila?, liibo tciiui cylindraceo, faucc campanulata , limbo 

 bilabiate; labto cxlcriorc lanceolato, apice iridcnuto, imcrioro 

 altcro duplo brcviun?, bilulo, revoluto. Stamina <|iiinquc, tubo 

 corolla? adnata ; til amenta capillacca ; anlbvnc linearis, in tubum 

 Continue, basi IrtWlosa?. PtoliUum: ovarium pilosiiuculmn ; stylus 

 Mamimbus paulo longior; stigmata duo divaricate. Semen ovatum, 

 pappo coronnium, villosissiuium. Papptu muliiradinlus, sc&ilis, 

 pilosus. Rcccptaculuw convcxuiu, nudum. 



Habitat in rfglombus nionlU Aiiiisana* frigidis. 



Plavtk hcrbacce, annuellc, bauto d\m pied (3 decimetres), 

 garnic dVpinc*; tigc simple, eyhndrinrnic, garoic de poiU 

 courts, in\i-fouUluc , portani au sommel douzc on vingi llcurs 

 corutue dlsposccs en corymbc. 



Fkuii.li&s cauliuaircs allemcs, longucs dc trois ou uuaire pouces 





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