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ZOEG^A 



Leptaurea. l. 



(S y h çene m A polyg, fcuftr.} 



z. 



Leptaurea. Lirai, mant. HJ. 



Centaurea. Gmel. it. i. p. 1x6. t. zo? 



Habitat i 



in Oriente. Andr. Michaux. © 



H. P. 



PLANTA annua , patula. 



* Defcenfus. > 



R A D I X annua , ramofa , fibrofa , badia. 



* Afcenfus. . : 



C A U L I S herbaceus , ramofus , fuberedus , teres , vlx ftrîatus , fquallidus , medullofus 



cubitahs , vix craflîtie calami. . 



Rami 



& ramuli altérai, diffuil, angulati, ftriati, fcabriufculi , virides. 



Frondefcenda. 



F O L I A alterna petiolata , patentia , primordial caulis impari-pinnatifida , bi-feu-trijuga : . 



lacmus fuboppofitis , remotis, ovatis f. oblongis, uninerviis, obtufiufculis fi argute 

 acummaus, infimis fenfim minoribus, extimâ maximâ lanceolatâ, fubdentatâ: villofa 

 fquallida , fcabriufcula , pallida , 3 poil. Ion. % poil. lat. 



Rama, fubfeflilia, lanceolatâ, obtufiufcula cum acumine arguto, fubintegra, trinervia, 



reclinata, ad apicem fenfim minora. 



+ 



P E T I O 1 1 Iatiufculi , carinati , in folium excurrentes , bafi ampliati , folio lonae 



M, 



breviores, in foliis rameis adhuc breviffimi. 



. 



FLORES terminales, folitarii, ereffi, Iongius pedunculati, lutei, 15-25 lin. lat. 



Pedunculi elongati, fuperne incraflati , ftriati, fquallidi , bracleati nudive , 



2 poil. Ion. 



EXPLICATIO TABULA. 





1. Flos antïee, 



*. — - poftîce, 



3 . Squamma calycïna , 



4» — interior , 



Planta proportione naturali. 



'prop. nat. 



5. Flofculus hermaphroditi, 

 *• ■ • feminei interne, 



* 



7- ' " externe, 



8. Fruclus j 



9. Scmcn* 



prop. nat. 



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