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usque longa; capitula mediocria, involucrum 15-20mui. altum 

 sub 15 mm. in diametro ima basi sub lente puberulum caeterum 

 g-labrum; phylla intermedia striata ovata apice constricta appen- 

 dice sua breviora; appendices valde imbricatae phylla omnino 

 occultantes, area suborbiculata, fimbriae albae vel rarius fuscao 

 distincte ciliatae; appendix cum ciliis 5-6 mm. lata juvontute 

 fimbria longiore terminata, area 3 mm. lata; fimbriae latérales 

 latitudine appendicis subbreviores; achenia alba villosula 4 mm. 

 longa; pappi paleao longioros 2 mm. — In jugo Kluchor merid., 

 2300 m., 27 Aug. fr. Caulis simplex 40 cm. altus. Involu- 

 crum ima basi parce aranoosum caeterum sub lento valida vix 

 puberulum. Folia ut supra. — Acbalzich in Cartalinia, 7 Jul. 

 1881 fl. {X?. 480 Brotherus). — Jedisi ad flumen Didi-Liachva 

 in Ossetia, 20 Jul. 1881 (J\2 488 Brotherus). — Imeretia ad 

 flumen Rion, loco non notato, Jun. 1877 fl. fr. (Brotherus). 

 779. Psephe.'lus leucophyllus M. Bieb. var. bipinnatus nobis. 



Elatus; caules, plures ex eadem radice, simplices vel longe 

 bifurci erecti gracilescentes arachnoideo-villosi foliosi superne 

 nudi; folia subtus tomentosa albida supra viridia pilis brevibus 

 asperula et parce araneosa, radicalia et infima sub anthesi eva- 

 nida longissime petiolata lyrata, segmentis utrinque 1-3 rotun- 

 datis plus minus longe petiolulatis basi interdum cordatis, 

 terminali maximo ovato obtuso basi cuneato, truncato vel cor- 

 dato, integ'errimo vel plus minus profundo repando-pinnatifido 

 (e speciminibus cultis); caulina 3-4 plerumquo longe petiolata 

 lamina oblonga bipinnatisecta rarius pinnatisecta, segmentis 

 primariis utrinque 3-7 petiolulatis, lobis obovatis obtusis; 

 folium supremum diminutum auguste pinnatifidum: capitula 

 ovato-caiiipanulata ebractcata mediocria vel majuscula basi 

 albido-araneosa; phylla involucri numerosa, exteriora parva 

 subtriangularia, intermedia oblongo-lanceolata superne parum 

 contracta appendice sua longiora, interiora oblongo-linearia, 

 omnia villosa appendice scariosa atro-fusca fimbriata terminata; 



appendicis area triaiigulari-lanceolata acuta; fimbriae latitudine 



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