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usque longa; capitula medioeria, involucrnm 15-20 mm. altum 

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

 glabrum; phylla intermedia striata oTata apice constricta appen- 

 dice sua breviora; appendices valde imbricatae phylla omnino 

 oceultantes, area suborbiculata, fimbriae albae vel rarius fuscae 

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

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

 latitudine appendicis subbreviores; achcnia alba villosula 4 mm. 

 longa; pappi paleae longiores 2 mm. — In jugo Kluchor raerid., 

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

 cmm ima basi parce araneosum caeterum sub lente valida vix 

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

 1881 fl. ($ 480 Brotherus). — Jedisi ad flumen Didi-Liachva 

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

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

 779. Psephellus leucophyllus M. Bieb. Tar. bipinnatus nobis. 



Elatus; caules, plures ex eadem radice, simplices Tel 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 ]-3rotun- 

 datis plus minus longe petiolulatis basi interdum cordatis, 

 terminali maximo ovato obtuso basi cuneato, truncato Tel cor- 

 dato, intcgerrimo Tel plus minus profunde repando-pinnatifido 

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

 lamina oblonga bipinnatisecta rarius pinuatisecta, segmentis 

 primariis utrinque 3-7 petiolulatis, lobis obovatis obtusis; 

 folium supremum diminutum anguste pinnatifidum: capitula 

 ovato-campanulata ebracteata medioeria vel majuscula basi 

 albido-araneosa; phylla involucri nuinerosa, exteriora parva 

 subtriangularia, intermedia obloDgo-lanceolata superne parum 

 contracta appendice sua longiora, interiora oblongo-linearia, 

 omnia villosa appendice scariosa atro-fusca fimbriata terminata; 

 appendicis area triangulari-lanceolata acuta; fimbriae latitudine 



