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-l -MICHOCALIA AUSTRALIS, Nob. 



(Tab. 3o.) 

 Calendula pumila, Forsler,'Prodr. , n. 3o5. 



Crescil. in Novae-Zeelandia? loco dicto havre de 

 l Astrolabe. 



DESCR1PT10. 



Radix fibrosa aut interdùm repens. 



Caulis gracilis, fîliformis, simples, tcres, spitha- 

 meus, basi foliatus , supernè nudus, apice uniflorus. 



Fôlia ad basin caulis plura, alterna, petiolata, orbi- 

 culata , crenato-serrata , unguicuiaria , piloso-ciliata , 

 aut subglabra; petiolo pollicari, foliis ferè duplô lon- 

 giori, subcanaliculato, ciliato. 



Capitllum radiatum terminale solitarium [Bellidi 

 perenni consimile). Involucrum commune ovatum, 

 polyphyllum ; foliolis imbricatis, linearibus, acutis, 

 margine tenuioribus ciliatis. 



Receptaculum nudum convexiusculum. Semiflos- 

 culi exteriores involucro duplô longiores, fœminei, 

 fertiles. Ovarium subfusiforme compressum apice 

 attenuatum. Stylus brevis. Stigmala linearia brevia. 

 Corolla ligulata, tubo brevi hirto, limbo lineari, pa- 

 tente, apice obscure 3-dentato. 



Flosculi interiores imperfectè hermaphroditi , mas- 

 culi, insequales; centrales breviores, exteriores lon- 

 giores; corolla in his tubulosa, gracilis, 5-fida; in illis 

 subinfundibulil'ormis, brevior. Starnina 5 libéra; fila- 



