C O ^I P O S I T A E 38i 



Radlx tenuis. Guilos solitaiii aiii plures, conferlissime foliali, su- 

 perne saepe divisi in ramidos pedunculosvc laierales capiiuliferos, 

 l)revissimos , in orbcm, circa capitulum centrale, fastigiatos. Folia, 

 e basi semiamplexicauli congenerum([ue more adpressa, obovato- 

 cuheiformla, ima angustiora, saepe brevi spathulata, caetera sen- 

 sim latiora, omnia apice obtusa, plera([ue rotundata nonnuUaque in- 

 terdum retuso-emarginata , lineam unam, duas lata, floralia extima 

 capitulum, longiludine, pauUo plerumque, superantia, reliqua, saepe, 

 subaequaniia. Capitula ovata, nunc solitaria, nunc aggregata, bina, 

 scilicet, terna, quaterna. Involucri squamae extrinsecus, a basi fore 

 ad apicem, lanuginosae. Paleae receplaculi vel omnes, summo dorso, 

 lanugine praeditae, vel supremae intimaerjue prorsus glabrae, bae 

 acutiusculae obtusaeve, caeterae involucrif|ue squamae abrupte bre- 

 viterque acumlnatae, omnes subconformes et concolores, ovato- 

 oblongae elliptlcaeve, ad apicem pallide flavesceutes aut rufo-ferru- 

 gineae, margine pellucido-scariosae. 



Plantula, more congenerum, albo lanata, basi Interdum glabrala, 

 statura, ad summum, unclalls, rosalam obovato-cuneatam aut orbi- 

 cularem, humlfusam aut ex humo breviter assurgentem vel, ubi e 

 basi ramosa sit, rosulas plures aggregatas aemulans. 



Ab Evace Heldreichii Parlat.! Observ. in Giorn. toscan. i. n." 2. 

 (1841) differt foliis plerlsque late apice obovatis orblculatlsve 5 ca- 

 pltulis solitarlis aggregatisve, ovatls, non pyramldatis; receptaculi 

 paleis ncc carlnatis nec truncatls ; akeniis duplo exiguioribus. Fo- 

 liorum, involucrl squamarum capltidorumque facle, nec non akeniis 

 haud, oculo ai'mato, scabridis, sed prorsus laevlbus, dlffert ab 

 omiilbus ejusdem generls europacis. 



In arcna inobili , niarilima insularum la Maddalena ct praeserlim S. Maria. 

 Fl. majo, junio.^T) 



SECTIO 111. 



SENECIONIDEAE 



Flores vel omnes tubulosi, 2-3-, saepe 4-5-dentati, raro 4-5-fidi; ^el 

 extimi ligulati. Styli , fl. herm. , rami longluscull , aplce vel truncato- 

 peniclllati, vel ultra penlcillum in appendiculam abeuntes, externa 



