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ICONES PLANTARUM. 77 
Plate 1397: Male specimen. Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Stamens. Plate 1398: Female 
specimen. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same, longitudinal section. 3. Style. 4. Seed. 6. 
The same, longitudinal section, showing one lamina of the albumen and the embryo. 
Puate 1399. 
INULA SHIRENSIS, Oliv. 
Composirz, Tribe INULOIDES. 
ul 
atentim hirsuto-piloso v. glabrato, foliis inferioribus amplis longe 
atim 
petiolatis ellipticis v. oblongo-ellipticis superne minoribus 
silibus pilosis, capitulis heterogamis m jusculis pedunculatis i 
cymis 3-5 rminalibus dispositis, involucris dense flavido- 
ilosis squamis exterioribus herbaceis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, 
ar 
interioribus linearibus acuminatis, acheniis glabris longitudinaliter 
striatis, pappo uniseriato. 
Has. Shiré Highlands, Zambesia.—Mr. Buchanan. 
Caulis 3-5-pedalis teres longitudinaliter striatus plus minus fulvo- v. 
flavido-hirsutus v. pilosus. Folia inferi 
lata, pedunculata, pedune is bracteatis dense pilosis, bracteis Janceo- 
latis v. ovato-lanceolatis ; involucri squame pluriseriate interiores 
. . C 
angustiores longiores laxe imbricatee 1-1} poll. longe taculum 
foveolatum ores radii flavi breves ligula trifida; d anguste 
cylindrici; @ ree basi datz caudis laxe cellulosis. Achenia 
th 
(immatura) anguste oblonga circ. 15-costata glabra; pappus uniseriatus, 
setis 30-34 simplicibus.—D. Ottver. 
Fig. 1. Capitulum, section, 2. Ray floret. 3. Disk floret. 4. Anther. 5. Style 
branches. 6. Seta of pappus. 
