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Herba perennis, caespitosa, acaulis, dense niveo-lanata. Radix 

 praemorsa,fibris compluribus, longissimis (5— 6-uncialibus), 

 filiformibus, validis, radiculosis. Folia plurima, radicalia, 

 impetiolata, spathulata, nunc sinuata, nunc lyrata, margine 

 minutissime denticulata, membranacea, supra demum nuda, 

 viridia, subtus niveo-tomentosa, inferno angustata, 3—4- 

 pollicaria, nunc spithamaea, unciam v. 2 uncias lata ; lobo 

 terminali maximo, oblongo, obsolete mucronulato. Scapi 

 plures, filiformes, unirlori, undique copiose niveo-lanati, 

 palmares v. rarius dodrantales. Flos terminalis, solitarius, 

 nutans, roseus, diametro pollicem v. ultra adrequans. Invo- 

 lution hemisphaericum, polyphyllum : squamis linearibus, 

 acuminatis, quadruplici circiter serie imbricatis, apice colo- 

 ratis. Receptaculum nudum. Flosculi centrales pauci, mas- 

 culi, tubulosi, superne vix dilatati, regulariter 5-fidi ; cceteris 

 fcemineis, numerosissimis, tenuissime filiformibus ; extimis 

 ligulatis, unilabiatis, inaequaliter tridentatis, involucro paulo 

 longioribus, subinde radiatis ; interioribus limbo parvo bila- 

 biatis: labiis abbreviatis, erectis; exteriore tridentato ; inte- 

 riore bipartito : laciniis linearibus, obtusis, erecto-patulis. 

 Anthera basi setis tenuissimis longis auctre, appendicular 

 lineari, obtus&coronatae. Stylus masculis inclusus : stigmate 

 clavato, bilobo, lobis abbreviatis crassis, obtusis, conniventi- 

 bus ; fcemineis longe exsertus : stigmate bipartito, segmentis 

 filiformibus, obtusis, recurvis, Iambus. Achenia fusiformia, 

 minute papillosa, basi compress^, 5-costata, apice in stipi- 

 tem filiformem prodeuntia. Pappus subinde stipitatus, tenu- 

 issime capillaceus,fulvellus : radiis inaequalibus, minutissime 

 denticulatis, triplici ordine digestis, copiosissimis. 



2. L. spathulata, foliis petiolatis integris, flosculis masculis in- 

 definitis. 



2 k 2 Cacalia 



