34 ARKIV FÖR BOTANIK. BAND 12. N:0 2. 



V. interdum maculis minutis — parvis, raris adspersa, in an- 

 gulis loborum ssepe atropurpureo-colorata, extima pauca, 

 sub anthesi vulgo emarcida, ± lingulata, parce dentata v. 

 lobulato-dentata, obtusiuscula, exteriora lobis 4 — 5 latis, 

 deltoideis, inferioribus in margine superiore subrecto sat 

 crebre denticulatis, apicibus retroversis — subpatentibus, su- 

 perioribus margine superiore integro, magis convexo, api- 

 cibus retroversis — patentibus, acutis, lobo terminali medi- 

 ocri, ± hastato v. interdum subrhomboideo, lobulis laterali- 

 bus ± patentibus v. etiam subporrectis, acutis, integro v. 

 subintegro, acuto, marginibus sat rectis, intermedia anguste 

 — latiuscule lanceolata, sat longa, o — 7-lobata lobis appro- 

 ximatis, latis — latiusculis, deltoideis et ob marginem superi- 

 orem ± et ssepe valde convexum ± hamatis, apicibus re- 

 troversis, acutis, inferioribus in margine superiore ssepe crebre 

 et breve — longiuscule dentatis — subulato-dentatis, superiori- 

 bus margine vulgo magis convexo, integro, lobo terminali 

 mediocri — sat magno, sagittato, integro, marginibus ssepe 

 valde convexis, ± acuto — acutiusculo, interiora magis Integra, 

 anguste — late obovato-oblonga, lobis brevibus, valde con- 

 vexis, in marigne superiore dentatis, hamatis, lobo terminali 

 majore integro v. basi denticulato, cordato-sagittato, v. in- 

 tima fere integra dentibus longioribus, minoribus intermix- 

 tis, curvatis prsedita, apice brevi — sat longo, vulgo integro, 

 acuto — ob tusiusculo . 



Scapi folia sequantes v. ± superantes, ± vinose colorati 

 v. apice basique sordide purpurei, glabri v. superne leviter 

 araneosi. 



Involucrum mediocre — sat magnum, sat latum, dilutius 

 — obscurius olivaceo-viride, basi late ovata — ovato-truncata. 



Squamce exteriores, inferiores paucse sat angustse, reli- 

 quse ovatse — anguste ovato-lanceolatse, sensim in apicem 

 latum — angustum, obtusum attenuatse, rarius inconspicue 

 acuminatse, apice et in marginibus ssepe usque ad basin et 

 interdum totse ± dilute et ssepe lucide purpurese, adpressse; 

 interiores magis Isete virides, lineari-lanceolatse, apice pur- 

 purese. 



Calathium 40 — öo( — 60) mm. latum, sat plenum — le- 

 viter radians, subcroceum. 



Liguloe marginales latse, subtus stria lata, lucide rubro- 

 purpurea notatse, dentibus dilute purpereis v. fulvis. 



