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sparsis obsitns, superne subglaber v. parce, interdum crebrius 

 pilosus (pilis brevibus, raris longioribus), haud raro pilis abor- 

 tivis v. basi pilorum relicta asperulus, summo apice pilis bre- 

 vibus, ± densiusculis v. raris et glandulis minutis parcis ob- 

 tectus, inferne subefloeeosus v. floccis raris obsitus, superne 

 sparsim floceosus, aphyllopodus. Folia caidina in marginibus 

 et in nervo dorsali densiuscule, interdum pilis brevibus sat 

 dense obsita, subtus sparsim — densiuscule pilosa, supra glabra 

 — parce et breve pilosa, infima 2 — 3 (sub anthesi ssepe emar- 

 cida), + petiolata, petiolo \ 2 — * 3 paginse longitudinem sequante, 

 proxima basi angusta subamplectentia v. pandurseformia ima 

 basi auriculato-cordata, ha? omnia anguste lanceolata v. line- 

 ari-lanceolata, intermedia basi latiore eximie pandurreformia, 

 + lineari-lanceolata, summa + anguste lanceolata — anguste 

 ovato-lanceolata, basi ovato-cordata amplectentia, omnia ap- 

 proximata et 2 — 3 summis, acutis exceptis quam internodia 

 longiora, sensim v. apicem versus cito decrescentia, inferiora 

 et intermedia + erecta et canaliculata, summa + patentia et 

 ssepe magis canaliculata, omnia subtus subcaesioviridia et sat 

 eximie reticulata, supra sat lsete viridia, integra v. praeser- 

 tim intermedia sparsim denticulata, summa ad basin stepe 

 crebrius mucronato-dentata v. acute denticulata. Infloresceatia 

 oligo — polycephala (vulgo o — 10-cephala), acladio (5 — )10 — 20 

 ( — 30) mm. longo, ramis pedicellisque ± dense floccosis et glan- 

 dulis sat densis, gracilibus, parvis— longioribus et interdum 

 etiam pilis brevibus, obscuris, raris — solitariis obsitis; nunc 

 + determinata, ramis seqnantibus v. ± superantibus, + arcuato- 

 patentibus, nunc ± indeterminata, ramis brevibus ex axillis 

 foliorum summorum ortis aucta. InvoJucra brevia c. 9 — 10 

 mm. longa, dilutius — obscurius atroviridia, + variegata, basi 

 primo + rotundata, postea + truncata, squamis paucis, exte- 

 rioribus angustis, linearibus, ± obtusis, cseteris latis, + lan- 

 ceolato-linearibus, sat abrupte in apicem + obtusum, seepe subla- 

 ceratum et paullum dilatatum — subacutum,leviter comatumatte- 

 nuatis, intimis sat late virescenti-marginatis, exterioribas, pra- 

 sertim in marginibus, interioribus, pra?sertim in dorso, + flocco- 

 sis, omnibus (intimis exceptis) glandulis gracilibus sat longis et 

 parvis, nigris, + densis obtectis, in involucro primario etiam pilis 

 obscuris parcis ( — raris), brevibus, segre conspicuis evolutis. 

 Calathidmm 25 — 30 mm. diametro, sat plenum, ligulis sat latis, 

 apice vulgo (praecipue in floribus juvenilibus) breve et tenui- 



