18 ARKIV FOR BOTANIK. BAND 4. N:O 8. 
Folia plurima sat longa (usque ad 10—12 ctm.), glaber- 
rima, sat firma, livescenti-viridia, subtus haud raro + viola- 
scentia, supra preesertim ad margines apicemque szpe + fu- 
sco-violascentia, anguste et longe petiolata, petiolis et inferiore 
v. maxima parte nervi mediani sepius + roseo-(v. violaceo-) 
coloratis, exteriora sub anthesi vulgo emarcida + lingulata, 
subintegra, obtusiuscula, interiora lineari- v. lingulato-lanceo- 
lata, rarius lanceolata, sparsim et breviter usque (intima) lon- 
gius dentata, dentibus + retroversis, + acuta. 
Pedunculi plures, florendi tempore folia equantes v. iis 
subduplo longiores, deflorati ea valde superantes, basi sepe 
roseo-violacei, superne + fusco-violacei, apice haud raro 
divisi. 
Involucra sat magna, crassa et valida, c. 13—15 mm. 
longa, basi truncata, atro-viridia et inferne + conspicue prui- 
nosa, haud raro bigemina. 
Squame exteriores + adpresse, infime latissimze ovato- 
cordate, intermedize ovate et summe + ovato-lanceolate (v. 
obovate), breviter acuminate, atrovirides et + conspicue prui- 
nose, sepe tote v. solum apicem versus roseo-colorate, in 
margine + plicato haud raro irregulariter dentate v. angulatze, 
sub ipso apice minute v. sat conspicue callose, interiores c. 
11—13, atrovirides late lineari-lanceolatze obtusiuscule, sub 
apice sepe + callose (—subcorniculate). 
Calathium c. 30-35 mm. diametro. ut videtur subra- 
dians. 
Ligule omnes flavide v. pallide flavescentes v. inte- 
riores pallide flavescentes, exteriores albidz, tubo + flavido, 
marginales extus stria inferne magis olivacea superne magis 
magisque et sepius intense roseo-violacea v. tota + olivaceo- 
violacea colorat®, dentibus etiam in lig. interior. vulgo in- 
tensius coloratis. 
Anthere pallide flavescentes, polline omnino carentes. 
Stylus virescens, fuscohispidulus. 
Achenium c. 5 mm. longum et 1-—1,25 mm. latum, ob- 
secure badio-olivaceum, subpruinosum, valde costatum, superne 
secundum costulas valde muricato-tubereulatum tuberculis 
acutis validis, medio + breviter tuberculatum et basin ver- 
sus -- leve, rostro achenio rarius breviore, vulgo idem 
equante. 
