'TTELEKIA SPECIOSA. LARGE-FLOWERED 
TELEKIA. 
KEK EEE KEE ERE EK EEK EK 
Class and Order. 
SyNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord. —Composir2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Radius uniserialis. Achenium lineare, elongatum, multi-_ 
costatum, exalatum, triquetro-obcompressum, conforme. | 
Pappus coroniformis, denticulatus, subcartilagineus et 
‘conformis. Corolla exalata, disco teres tuboque inferne— 
sensim angustato.—Herbe procere in Europa media cres- 
centes, foliis scabris, integris, alternis, infertoribus amplis 
cordatis; involucris pluriserialibus, squarrosis, disco equa- 
hibus, foliolis ellipticis seu linearibus ; lingulis radii angustis 
v. oblongo-ellipticis. Less. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
TELEKIA * speciosa. a 
Texexia speciosa. Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transylv.—Les- 
sing, Compos. p. 209. . 
Motpapia suaveolens. Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. v. 32. p. 400. | 
Burntuatmum speciosum. Schreb. Ic. et Descr. Dec. 1. 
wu.11. t.6. ; 
Burataatmoum cordifolium. Waldst. et Kit. Ic. et Descr. Pl. 
Rar. Hung. v. 2. p. 117. t. 113. Spreng. Syst. Veget. — 
v. 3. p. 605. 
Inuta Caucasica. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 450. 
Inuza macrophylla. Bied. 
* Probably so named in compliment to some person with whose name 
and merits I am unacquainted. 
