78 ARKIV FÖR BOTANIK. BAND V2. NiO 2. 



spicue dentata — brevissime lobata, obtusiuscula — breve acu- 

 ta, exteriora et intermedia ± late lanceolata, rarius magis 

 profunde incisa, lobis 4 — 5 approximatis, latis et longis, breve 

 acutis, deltoideis, margine superiore magis recto v. hamatis 

 margine superiore magis convexo, plerumque integris, basi 

 ± et ssepe valde dilatata, integra — subintegra, lobo terminal! 

 brevi et sat parvo, triangulari, marginibus ± convexis, ± 

 acuminato, v. nunc brevissime lobulata, lobis ± recurvis^ 

 nunc parce et breve dentata, ssepe ad medium latissima, sub- 

 rhomboidea, apice ± longo lato, integro, marginibus ± con- 

 vexis — subrectis, acuta, intima magis obovate lanceolata v. 

 elongate obovata, dentibus curvatis, longis, brevioribus sat 

 crebris intermixtis, v. lobulis brevissimis denticulatis prse- 

 dita, apice breviore — longiore integro, marginibus convexis- 

 — subrectis, ± acutato. 



Scapi folia ± superantes v. aequantes, sparsim — sat den- 

 se, superne densiuscule — dense araneosi, pallide vinosi — sat 

 obscure purpureo-violacei. 



Involucru7n latum, breve, crassum, ± obscure viride — 

 fere atroviride, basi ± truncata. 



Squamce exteriores latse et longse, ± lineari-lanceolatse^ 

 ssepe supra medium latiores, arcuatim reflexae — sat reflexse, 

 apicibus ± resupinatis, cochleatis, supra pallide serugineo- 

 virescentes et ssepe ± violascentes, apice ipso ssepe latiore 

 purpurese, subtus olivaceo-virides — atro-virides et apicem 

 versus ssepe ± obscure atro violascentes ; interiores ± obscure 

 lineari-lanceolatse, in apicem angustum, haud coloratum 

 v. pallide purpureum sensim attenuatse, infra apicem haud 

 v. parum conspicue callosse. 



Calathium obscure luteum (aureum) magnum, 50 — 60 

 mm. latum. 



Ligulce marginales latiusculse, planse, extus stria pallida 

 — sat obscura, inferne olivaceo- superne magis rubro-violacear 

 ssepe apicem versus solum in nervis conspicua notatse. 



Antherce polliniferse. 



Stylus luteus, stigmatibus subluteis v. ± livescentibus. 



Achenium pallide olivaceo-umbrinum, apice spinuloso- 

 squamulosum et tuberculatum, cseterum ± tuberculatum v. 

 Iseve, 3 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum v. paullo latius. apice 

 leviter attenuatum, in p\T:"amiden, 0,75 latum, ssepe 2-spinu- 

 losum, conicum abiens, rostro 9 — 9,5 mm. longo. 



