TARAXACA AUS DEM BOT. GARTEN ZU UPSALA 1/5 



nahnin^srciclicin l^odcn. I licr kf)ninicii auch die inneren Hliitter tViili- 

 zeitii; zum Vorschein, wiihi'end sie dai^ei^en an oltenen und trockenen 

 Standorten beim l^hihen fast immer fehlen. 



5.. T. intcrruptiini n. sp 



Radix crassa, elonj^ata, in rhizoma breve abiens. 



Folia exteriora lingulata, deltoideo-lobata, lobi.s in margine superiore 

 ± subulato-dcntatis. lobo terminah brevi — sat longo triangular! v. ovato- 

 triangulari, ± dentato, intermedia oblonga — oblongo-lanceolata, laciniis 

 longe — longissime distantibus, longis, acutis, deltoidcis — falcatis, in 

 margine superiore, subintegris — subulato-dentatis, lamina inter lacinias 

 angusta v. sa^pe angustissima ± longe .subulato-dentata, interiora j^auca 

 laciniis latioribus, magis approximatis, lobo terminali ± longo, acuto, 

 hastato v. sagittato, subintegro v. parce subulato-dentato, ad medium 

 saepe constricto. intima j)auca, sub anthesi rarius evoluta, post anthesin 

 frecjuentiora, inferne ± falcato-laciniata, laciniis in margine superiore 

 subulato-dentatis, lobo terminali magno, ± obovato-hastato, inferne 

 subulato-dentato v. subintegro, laete v. rarius sat obscure viridia, undique 

 et prtvcipue in nervo mediano ± purpurascente araneosa, petiolis ± lucide 

 pui'purascentibus. 



Pedunculi i — plures folia usque duplo superantes, inferne roseo- 

 purpurascentes, superne pallidi v. cupreo-colorati, glabrescentes v. prai- 

 cipue sub involucro ± araneosi. 



Involucrum iS — 20 mm. longum, crassum, latum, fusco-virescens. 



vSquamai exteriores c. 2,5 — 3,5 mm. lata:^, longa^ sq. interiores 

 suba;quantes, ovato-lanceolatae, sub anthesi ± reflexo-patentes (raro erecto- 

 patentes) — sat reflex?e, apicem versus vulgo ± fusco-purpurascentes, 

 interiores latiuscuhe, c. 2 — 2,5 mm. lata^, lineari-lanceolatai, apice ± fusco- 

 purpurascentes. 



Calathium sat obscure luteum, ± convexum, sat plenum, subra- 

 dians, c. 45 — 60 mm. diametro. 



Ligulae marginales c. 2 mm. latÄ, subtus stria rubro-violacea ± lucide 

 coloratae. 



Anther.t lute?e, polline sat obscure luteo repleta;. 



Stylus et Stigmata ± virescentes. 



Achenium 3,5 mm. longum, l mm. latuin, testaceo-olixaceum, apice 

 breviter spinuloso-muricatum, ceterum breviter tuberculatum, pyramide 

 0,75 mm. et rostro 13 — 13,5 mm. longo, pap{:)o albo. 



