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cartilagineo-membranace^ terminatae, basi bisetae : setis 

 inaequalibus, validiusculis, mucronatis, simplicibus. Stig- 

 mata linearia, truncata, revoluta, supr^ canaliculata, apice 

 • iiji pari^m dilatato, papillose. Achenia teretiuscula v. com- 

 ' e-ir; pressa : disco epigyno dilatato. Pappus persistens, pilo- 

 sus : radiis duplici ordine copiosis, scabris, apice simpli- 

 cibus. 

 Herbse perennes. Flores solitarii, magni, rubri v. albi. 



* Caulescentes foliis indivisis. 



1. C. spathulata, foliis planis spathulatis. 

 Clarionia spathulata. Lag. Mss. 

 In Chili. Ruiz et Pavon. % • 



Herba caespitosa. Caulis pedalis, erectus, simplicissimus, ali- 

 quand6 ramulum unicum protrudit, uniflorus, filiformis, 

 glaber, crassitie pennae corvinae, apicem versus glandulis 

 pedicellatis copiosb ornatus. Folia radicalia ierh omnin6 

 Othonna cheirifolia, numerosa, spathulata, plana, coriacea, 

 margine integerrima v. crenulata, utrinque laet^ viridia, 

 glaberrima, subtiis cost^ valid^ venisque reticulatis in- 

 structa, basin versus in petiolum attenuata, sesquipolli- 



:.; caria, ad laminam latitudine unguem adaequantia; cau- 

 lina sparsa, plurimi^m minora, stricta, subadpressa, lingu- 

 lata, margine integerrima ac cartilaginea, basi dilatatd et 

 denticulate, unguicularia v. nunc (praesertim inferiora) fer^ 

 uncialia. Flos terminalis, solitarius. Involucrum triplici 

 ordine polyphyllum, imbricatum : squamis ligulatis, inte- 

 gerrimis, adpressis, minute glandulosis ; intei'ioribus mu- 

 cronulatis, longioribus. Flosculi hermaphroditi, bilabiati, 

 albi ; labio exteriore longo, ligulato, obtus^ tridenticulato, 

 4-nervio ; interiore bipartite : segmentis angustissimis, re- 

 volutis, binerviis. Antherce appendiculd lineari, acut^, co- 



1 orate. 



