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majuscula hastato-sagiltata, antice longe acuteque attenuata 

 (11-12" long. — 3-3,5" lat.), auriculis divaricatis (3-4" long. 

 — 5-6" ex uno altero ápice), obtusiusculis, sub sinu petiolari 

 abrupte contraetis, saepeque plicatulis ; margo integerrimus non 

 v. vix revolulus., recte ciliatus, retrorse aculeatus, ad loborum 

 expantionem plus minusve sinuato-angulatus ; epiphyllum 

 obscure viride, lenuiter nervoso-impressum, hypophyllum palli- 

 dius, valide prominenli-nervosum, utraque recte, laxe, adpresse- 

 que pilosa ; nervi primarii tres, per centrum limbi auricula- 

 rumque excurrentes, recte hispidi, retrorsum aculeati; nervi 

 secundarii pinnatim e primaris divergentes, numerosissimi, 

 gráciles, a margine remotiuscule anastomosanti-evanescentes. 

 Folia (suprema saepius minora et auriculis orbata, basi tán- 

 dem rotundato-subtruncata. Petioli triplo limbo breviores 

 (3-4,5" long.), validi, patenti-erecti, basi parce dilatato-subam- 

 plexicaules, seriebus tribus aculeorum nec non ubique pilis ri- 

 gidis, longis, densis retrorsis horridi, subteretes, vix superne 

 subcanaliculati. Ochreaemajusculae, amplae (2-3", long.)mem- 

 branaceae, sursum oblique truncatae, longitudinaliter nervoso- 

 striatae, saepe nervis in ciliis marginalibus abeuntibus, recte. 

 denseque hispidae, fulvescentes, in caulis parte infera totum 

 internodium fere vestientes, in supera pluries breviores. Inflo- 

 rescenlia lerminalis, caule rarius ramis suffulta, subdichotoma, 

 v. sympodialis, laxe paniculata, basi foliolis nonnullis bractei- 

 formibus, linearibus ornata, pedicellis gracilibus striatis, iner- 

 mibus, elongatulis (2-5" long.), pilis laxis, mollibus, paten- 

 tibus v. vix retrorsis, longiusculis vestitis; capitula globosa 

 v. hemisphaerica, mediocria, (1-1,5" diam.), 10-30-flora; flores 

 compactiuscule in capitulis glomerati, geminati, pedicellulo 

 communi brevissimo, bractea triangulan, subvaginante, viridi. 

 recte pilosa ciliataque ornato donati, ambi bracteam propiam 

 subscariosam, albo-roseam, glabram gerentes, anticus serolinus 

 v. abortivus, posticusbene evolutus. Calyx corollinus (3'" long.), 

 candidus v. vix lineis purpuréis variegatus, 4-fidus ; lobi ellipti- 

 co-ovati, antice obtusissimi, integri subcucullatique ; tubus intus 

 extusque glaber, ad ore interno squamulis 8, crassiusculis, 

 subovatis, ápice truncatis, basi subcanaliculatis, anulatim or- 

 natus; stamina squamulis interjecta, inclusa, 4 lobis alterna 

 breviora, 2 lobis opposita longiora, filamentis teretibus, glaber- 

 rimis sursum attenuatis, connectivo parum conspicuo, antheris 



