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inconspicuis, basi attenuata, utrinque plana, palmaria, vix 

 pollicem lata ; adultiora lana fugaci nudiuscula. Petioli 

 bipellicares, canaliculati, superne angusti, basi dilatati, 

 imbricati et villosi. Scapus erectus, filiformis, apice in 

 discum dilatatus, uniflorus, squamis omnino destitutus, spi- 

 thamaeus v. dodrantalis. Flos erectus, magnus, aureus. 

 Involucrum hemisphaericum, triplici ordine adpresse imbri- 

 catum : squamis ovatis, obtusis, coriaceis ; intimis oblongis, 

 disco duplo brevioribus ! quandoque extimis duabus elon- 

 gatis bracteas simulantibus. Flosculi radii plurimi (17 — 20), 

 fceminei, elongati, bilabiati, staminibus sterilibus ; labia ex- 

 teriore maximo, ligulato, tridentato, coriaceo, nervis secun- 

 dariis manifestis ; interiore bipartito : segmentis linearibus, 

 obtusis, spiraliter convolutis, primum margine conglutina- 

 tis ; disci masculi, tubulosi, tubo 5-angulo : Umbo bilabiato : 

 labiis subfequalibus ; exteriore obtuse tridentato, 4-nervio ; 

 interiore bipartito, segmentis linearibus, obtusiusculis, bi- 

 nerviis, apice revolutis. Filament a articulo inferiore mi- 

 nute papilloso. AntliercB appendicula ligulata acutiuscula 

 cartilagine^ coronatas, basi bisetosae : setis compressis, basi 

 ramulosis, vix phimosis. Stylus 5 -angulixs. Stigma bilobum : 

 lobis obtusis, brevissimis, pruinosis. Achenia ancipiti-com- 

 pressa, dense adpresse pilosa. Pappus capillaris, persistens, 

 cinereus : radiis denticulatis, scabris, duplici ordine digestis, 

 copiosissimis. 



Besides the Chaplalia integrifolia, which wants the inner lobe 

 to the marginal florets, and consequently agrees in this respect 

 with my second section, Ferdicium piloselloides of Vahl and Fer- 

 dicium tomentosum of Flora Japonica belong also to this genus. 

 This latter species has all the characters of my second section ; 

 but C. integrifolia having the female flowers disposed in a double 



series, 



