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EPALTES. 



3. Monenteles tomentoSUS SCIidltz Dip. Caulis sufl'rutescens ra- 

 mosissimus dense tomentellus alatus, folia longe decurrentia ellip- 

 tica, oblonga, subspathulato-oblonga, acuta vel obtusiuscula inucro- 

 nata, integerriina vel superne repando-subdentata, supra pubescentia 

 subhirtella, subtus dense crasseque cinereo- vel subgilvo-tomentosa, 

 glomeruli ellipsoidei superne subpaniculati, involucri squamae ex- 

 timae oblongo-ellipticae brevissime mucronulatae, interiores obtu- 

 siusculae, omues dense lanatae. Monenteles tomentosus Schuit z mss. 

 Zoll. Cal. p. 122. — Sphaeranlhus ereclus Zoll. in Nat. en Ge- 

 neesk. Arch. II. p. 233. 



Java, bij Modjosari en Klakka, in Modjokerta, op de velden, — 

 Semboeng in Probolingo (zollinger), bij Badjoelmati in Banjoe- 

 wangi (TErsAiAKiv), in Blambangan (horsfieu)). Koew o jav. 



4. Monenteles? sphaeranthoidesüc. Caulis fruticutosus glaber, Ma 



lineari-lanceolata clongata marginesubrevoluta rugosapenninervia den- 

 ticulata in alas dentatas decurrentia glabriuscula, pedunculipubescenti- 

 hirtelli subscabri, glomeruli globosi terminales. ÜC. Prodr.l.c.p.éZü. 

 Genus dubium. 



Eiland En derby in Dampier's Archipel. 



Observ. Sphaeranthus crispus zippel. hcrb. Spanoghe in Lin- 

 naed XV. p. 322 ad alicujus Monentelae specietn forsan referendus. 



XXII. EPALTES cass. Capitulum multillorumlieterogamum, 

 fl. peripher. pluriserialibus femineis, disci paucioribus androgy- 

 nis sterilibus. Involucrum bi- aut pluriseriale imbricatum campa- 

 nulatum. Receptaculum nudum convexum. C o r o 1 1 a e periph. 

 filiformes tenuissimae apice vix dentatae, disci obconicae 5-dentatae 

 extus parce glandulosae. Antherae inclusae. Stylus f 1. periph. 

 exsertus ramis revolutis, disci breviter exsertus indivisus. Achae- 

 nium illis obovato-subangulatum glabrum epapposum, disci aborti- 

 vum. — Herbae foliis seesilibus vel longe decurrentibus, pedunculis 

 oppositifoliis, capitulis solitariis aut geminis pedicellatis subpani- 

 culatis. 



1. Epaltes divaricata cass. Dkt. class. XV. p. 6. XXX VII. p. 



339. BC. Prodr.Y. p. 461. Caulis herbaceus erectus divaricato- 

 ramosissimus, folia decurrentia lineari-oblonga basi attenuata, re- 

 mote denticulata, pedunculi folio breviores subebracteati, involucri 



