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T. piceatnm n. sp. 



Folia subobscure viridia sublutescentia, sparsim in nervo 

 dorsali densius araneosa, petiolis saltim in infima parte palli- 

 dis et nervo mediano subtus, praesertiin in media parte, ± 

 conspicue fusco- v. obscure purpureis, exteriora parva deltoideo- 

 lobata, lobis in sup. märg. ± convexis subintegris — denti- 

 culatis, lobo terminali ± sagittato integro, intermedia ± 

 lanceolata, lobis ± late — anguste deltoideis patentibus — 

 sat reversis, margine superiore ad basin saepius ± convexo, 

 in lobis inf. v. in omnibus ± dentato, in superioribus inte- 

 gro — subintegro, interlobiis subnullis v. brevibus latis irre- 

 gulariter denticulatis, margine v. toto saepe ± fusco- v. piceo- 

 purpureis, remotis, lobo terminali ± sagittato — triangulari 

 mediocri, apice angustiori v. latiore obtusiusculo vulgo integro 

 v. in uno alterove latere den te breviore prsedito, interiora 

 ± oblonga latius lobata, lobis vulgo magis dentatis loboque 

 terminali magno lato sagittato — hastato integro v. basin 

 versus parce denticulato — dentato, lobulis lateralibus saepe 

 et lobis proximis baud raro in uno alterove latere apice ro- 

 tundatis v. saltim ± obtusiusculis, intima pauca lobis latis 

 — angustis patentibus ± curvatis, in märg. sup. ut in inter- 

 lobiis ± subulato-dentata, lobis infimis saepe parvis angustis 

 inter se lorge remotis, lobo terminali magno rotundato ± in- 

 aequaliter dentato. 



Scapi plures, folia ± et saepe duplo superantes, inferne 

 pallidi, superne ± fusco-colorati, glabri v. leviter, sub invo- 

 lucro sparsim — densiuscule araneosi. 



Involucra atroviridia ± picea, 14—15 mm. longa, 10 — 12 

 mm. lata, squamis exterioribus patentibus sigmoideis latis 

 (3 — 5 mm.), supra ± glaucescentibus, apicem versus v. tötis 

 ± purpurascentibus — piceis saepe ± pruinosis, subtus atro- 

 viridibus piceis, post anthesin laxe erecto-patentibus. 



Calaihium sat obscure luteum, ± radians, 40 — 50 mm. 

 latum. 



Ligulce marginales planas — subcanaliculata? (3,5 mm. latae). 

 extus stria fuscopurpurea notatae. 



Antherce pollinifera?. 



Stylus virescens. 



Achenium fusco-olivaceum, apice spinulis brevibus erecto- 



