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Caulis S-pedalis, basi rudiinentis petiolorum arini 

 praeteriti circumdatus, diametro semipollicari , teres, stria- 

 tus, glaber, solidus, inferne simplex, superne in ramos flo- 

 riferos divisus. Folia glabra; radicalia sesquipedalia, pe- 

 dem lata , petlolo pedali vel longiori insidentia , quadripli- 

 cato-pinnata: ramificationihus primaria, secundaria et ter- 

 tiaria oppositis: pinnuUs subalternisj pinnatisectis : segmen- 

 tis inferioribiis pinnalifidis ; intermediis incisis ; summis sub- 

 integris : laciniis linearibus, acuminatis, glabris, planis, mar- 

 gine laevibus ; caulina inferiora radicalibus simillima ; su- 

 periora sensim simpliciora, brevius petiolata; laciniis magis 

 elongatis; summorum loco vaginae fere aphyllae# Petioli 

 cylindrici, glabri, strlati, basi in vaginam ©mplexicaulem 

 dilatati, versus apicem caulis sensim breviores; vaginis la- 

 tiorlbus, ita ut folia suprema vaginis immedlata insideant. 

 Rami aphylli, superficie et structura caulis ; iftferiores ex 

 axillis foliorum superlorum sparsi, subhorizontales, pedales 

 et longiores ; superiores sensim brevioreS; patentes, oppositi 

 vel alterni, basi sulTuIti vagina mlnnta, subaphylla vel 

 squama decidua, In apice unlus cujusvis rami umbellae 

 plures, quarum una terminalis y brevius pedunculata, Sub- 

 iude subsessilis, hermophrodlta ; reliquae laterales , longe 

 pedunculatae, masculae, in ramis inferloribus 4 — 7 verti- 

 cillatim dispositae; in ramis superioribus duae oppositae, 

 rarius solitariis ; squamulae tot, quot umbellae laterales ad 

 pedunculorum basin ovatae, obtusae, membranaceae, re- 

 Jlexae, Involucrum universale in umbella terminali ra- 

 rius niillum; in lateralibus semper polyphyllum: folioUs 

 pluribus^ brevibus, oblongis liljearibusve, erectls vel recur- 

 vis; partiale polyphyllum, universali sLmile. Calyx 5- 

 dentatus : deniihus ovato - triangularibus , acutis , parum re- 

 flexls, apice incurvo. Petala saturate flava vel aurea ; in 

 floribus masculis ovato-oblonga, in lacinulam inflexam at- 

 temiata; in floribus hermaphroditis obovata, lacinula inflexa 



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