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Doronicum Caucasicum. Caucasian 
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Class and Order. 
SyNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum nudum. Pappus simplex. Involucri squa- 
me duplicis ordinis, equales, disco longiores. Semina 
radii pappo destituta. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Doronicum * Caucasicum ; foliis cordatis dentatis radica- 
libus petiolatis, caule simplicissimo monophyllo uni- 
floro. M. Bieb. ' 
Doronicum Caucasicum. M. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. v. 2. 
p. 321. 
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Descr. The root constitutes an oblong, creepi tuber, 
or rhizoma, throwing out fibres from beneath, an leaves 
and stems above. The latter are, even in the cultivated 
specimen, scarcely a foot high, slender, and as well as the 
rest of the plant, almost entirely glabrous. A few mem- 
branous scales surround the base of the stem, on a cluster of 
root-leaves where no stem appears. Leaves an inch and a 
alf long, cordate, obtuse, repando-dentate, having a deep 
Sus at the base: those arising from the root or near the 
Toot, are upon long petioles, and if inserted a little above 
the base of the stem, the petiole is auricled on each side at 
the base. One leaf near the middle of the stem is entirely 
get sessile. 
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