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SCHIZOPTERA PEDUNCULARIS, Blake. 
CompositaE. Tribus HELIANTHOIDEAE. 
S. peduncularis, Blake; comb. nov. 
dense gi. Capitula parva, nm. lata, 7-5 mm. 
alta, in apicibus caulis ramorumque umbellato-fasciculata, in pedun- 
culis monocephalis striatis adscendenti-pilosis 1-6—6- longis. 
brevissima munitae, ovales. Corollae radii circiter 10, pallide flavae ; 
nata, in venis dorsi sparse pilosa, 25 mm. longa. Corollae disci 8-9, 
flavidae, apice tubi pilosulae, in dentibus intus pilosae, 3 mm. longa 
Paleae circiter 3, exteriores squamis interioribus involucri similes, 
haud herbaceo-appendiculatae ; interiores membranaceae, oblongae vel 
lineares, apice subacutae, lacerato-ciliatae, 4-5 mm. Jongae. Achaena 
radit valde obcompressa, extra convexa, intus valde concava, ovalia, 
brunneo-nigrescentia, costata, sparse strigillosa, 42-45 mm. longa, 
3 mm. lata, ala lacerato-ciliata apice in dentes desinente praedita, 
epapposa ; ea disci saepius inania, linearia, albida, interdum fertilia, 
clavato-linearia, obcompressa, subquadrangularia, extra 3-costata, intus 
valde 1-costata, 3-5 mm. longa, nigrescentia, tuberculato-strigillosa, 
exalata, aristis 2 sursum ciliatis, 1 mm. longis, plus minusve caducis 
praedita.—Synedrella peduncularis, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 119 (1843). 
