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T. caudatnlnm n. spec. 



Folia obscure lutescenti-viridia, sparsim in nervo dorsali 

 sat dense et interiora in tota pagina vulgo ± dense araneosa, 

 petiolis sat angustis — subalatis et nervo dorsali pro maxima 

 parte v. saltim inferne vinosis — lucide purpureis, exteriora et 

 intermedia ± lanceolata, lobis deltoideis, inferioribus magis 

 angustis, dorso ± subulato-dentatis, interlobiis ± angustis 

 ± longis anguste dentatis inter se remotis, superioribus ± 

 latis dorso integro — sparsius subulato-dentato, ± reversis — 

 sat patentibus acutis ± longis, margine superiore subrecto 

 v. ± convexo, v. omnia lobis ± approximatis magis denti- 

 culatis et latis praedita, lobo terminali in fol. extimis parvo 

 ± hastato ssepe supra medium contractu et in apicem ± 

 angustum, in fol. solitariis etiam angustissimum filiformem 

 attenuato, in fol. exterioribus (triangulari-)hastato — sagittato 

 breviore — sat elongato integro v. supra medium in utroque 

 v. in uno alterove margine 1— 2-lobulato, lobulis brevibus 

 latis deltoideis acutis v. ut plurimum ± rotundatis, ssepe 

 solum prope apicem sitis et acutis, interiora lobis magis 

 approximatis latioribus ± irregulariter et breve subulato-den- 

 tatis lobo terminali ± elongato hastato — sagittato acuto sub- 

 integro, saepe apice solum bidentato v. etiam sparsim — crebre 

 dentibus lobulisve latioribus et angustioribus ± inaequaliter 

 dentato, fol. interiora et intima (v. plurima) ± oblonga in- 

 ferne breve, lobata lobis reversis in margine superiore ± su- 

 bulato-dentatis loboque terminali magno ± oblongo-sagittato 

 crebre et insequaliter subulato-dentato v. etiam passim lobu- 

 lato, interdum dentibus binis prope apicem solum evolutis. 



Scapi plures, folia sequantes usque plus duplo superantes, 

 inferne ± vinose colorati, caeterum pallide virides usque ± 

 fusco-purpurei, sparsim v. superne, praesertim sub involucro, 

 densiuscule — dense araneosi. 



Involucra crassa brevia, 14 — 15 mm. longa, 12 — 13 mm. 

 lata, obscure viridia — sat atroviridia saepe ± pruinosa, squa- 

 mis exterioribus valde reflexis interiores fere aequantibus sat 

 angustis 1 — 2( — 3) mm. latis, in apicem angustum purpureum 

 attenuatis, supra pallide viridibus v. apicem versus v. totis 

 ± violascentibus, subtus obscure viridibus ± violascentibus 

 v. piceis, anguste sed conspicue marginatis, interioribus ob- 



