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terminata, uncialia v. biuncialia. Petioli unciales, subtus 

 carinati, basi valde dilatati. Flores plures (7) corymbosi, 

 magnitudine Hieracii Sabaudi. Pedunculi sulcati, bipolli- 

 cares, uniflori, undique dense pilosi et glandulosi, basi 

 srepiusque supra medium bracteol& lineari-lanceolata cana- 

 liculate! muniti. Involucrum hispidissimum, duplici ordine 

 poly-(14 — 18)phyllum : foliolis ligulatis, obtusis, basi sub- 

 tus obtuse carinatis, apice planis membranaceis latioribus- 

 que. Ftosculi lutei, numerosi, hermaphroditi, bilabiati : 

 tubo glanduloso, basi 5-angulo, fauce dilatato ; labio exte- 

 riore elliptico-oblongo, obtuse tridenticulato, 4-nervio, ner- 

 vis intermediis profunde bipartitis ; interiore bipartito : seg- 

 ment is lanceolatis, acutis, revolutis, nervis 2 longe intramar- 

 ginalibus. Filamenta glabra ; articulo supcriore teretiusculo. 

 duplo breviore. Anthercc appendicula lineari, obtusa, sub- 

 falcata, cartilagine& coronatas basi bisetosa? : set is com- 

 planatis, attenuatis, a?qualibus. Stylus glaber, basi callosa. 

 Stigmata linearia, truncata, minute papillosa, recurva. 

 Achenia subfusiformia, undique papilloso-scabra. Discus 

 epigi/nus concavus. Pappus pilosus, cinereus : radiis duplici 

 ordine eopiosissimis, denticulato-scabris, deciduis. 



The foregoing description of this interesting, and hitherto 

 obscure plant, is taken from the original specimen preserved in 

 the Linnrean herbarium, which together with the extensive col- 

 lections and library of the late Sir James Edward Smith have 

 now become the property of the Linnean Society. The acqui- 

 sition of these collections will add much to the honour and credit 

 of the Society, and will tend greatly to advance the science of 

 Natural History in this country. Now that the number of spe- 

 cies is so much increased, it is impossible in extensive genera 

 to determine satisfactorily the older ones, without having: recourse 

 to the authentic materials on which they were founded. 



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