of the Class Composite. 279 
Frutex inermis, erectus, 2-orgyalis. Rami angulati, leviter sul- 
cati, calamum scriptorium crassitie adzquantes, cortice 
fusco-cinereo obducti, apicem versus fulvo-tomentosi. Fo- 
lia sparsa, petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, coriacea, 
rigida, margine callosa, integerrima, suprà glabra, lucida, 
subtüs villosa, basi attenuata, costa media subtùs prominen- 
ti, nervis plurimis incurvatis, reticulatim connexis, venosis- 
sima, sesqui- v. quadri-uncialia, tunc pollicem v. sesquipol- 
licem lata. Petioli semiteretes, tomentosi, supra canaliculati, 
semunciales. Flores terminales, numerosi(7—14) corymbosi, 
Serratule coronate magnitudine et facie similes. Pedunculi 
teretes, copiose fulvo-tomentosi, semi- v. pollicares. Involu- 
crum ovatum, multiplici ordine polyphyllum, imbricatum, 
basi ventricosum ; squamis eaterioribus ovatis, acuminatis, 
integerrimis, adpressis, cartilagineis, extüs pubescentibus ; 
intimis elongatis, linearibus, mucronulatis, recurvato-patu- 
lis, radium efformantibus. Receptaculum paleis capillaceis 
fulvis tectum. | Flosculi peripherie plures (8—10) herma- 
phroditi, bilabiati, purpurei, fer’ sesquipollicares ; /abio 
exteriore maximo, ligulato, patente, obtuse 4—5-dentato, 
subtüs tuboque sericeo-villosissimo, nervis tantim primariis 
5 v. 6, rectis, parallelis; interiore subsetaceo, canaliculato, 
indiviso; disci unicus, tubulosus, limbo 5-fidus, genitalibus 
longè inclusis (an sterilibus?) basi callosà, extüs villosissi- 
mus: lobis ovato-oblongis, obtusis: nervis primariis validis, 
infra loborama sinus pakti upon secundariin: 2 intersti 
. tis, parallelis, aedium et 
a superne obscurioribus, demim eve nescentibu: > T€ 
‘non recurrentibus. Filamenta in t NU eem bmnaceum 
connata, intüs i tiers, inferne tubo flosculi adh:e- 
rentia. Anthere connate, costd dilatatà, appendice lan- 
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