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SOME NEW LACINIARIAE 
20] Oe 811 UCL 21 Oe eee ae Be 24. 
a. Folia series inferioris linearia vel. lineari- 
lanceolata, amplitudinem modicam, petiolos 
angustos, nonnihil breves praebentia, nec 
non appropinquata. 
fhe Mea ISael tno Ks 2 Tee eas et vee ed ae 6 
b. Caulis partibus usque 4 superioribus e 5 
TeMIR OSHS A weaease rca earee chueeees Scot ee ls ee oh Ge hte 
a. Folia brevia, in caule toto usque inflores- 
centiam conferta, infima petiolis brevibus, 
cetera omnia sessilia. 
b. Folia angusta, capitula brevipedicellata 
var. intermedia. 
var. propinqua 
7 var. brachiata 
VEISESSINTAR faut tepen oy ie Suet ra 8 var. Chandonneti 
b. Folia angusta, capitula in pedicellis medi- 
OEMS MOSCA Smarty Set sy 5 eared es 
b. Folia latiora, capitula in pedicellis medi- 
PETA NTS POOSUCA ge y oe Hess a tly aan Re 
..9. var. obesa 
ct var. opima 
Group II. Stems pubescent or glabrate, 3-16 dm. high, 
single or tufted, simple or branched. Inflorescence in an elongated, 
compact or interrupted spike or raceme of 12-90 heads. Bracts 
obtuse or acutish, green or blackish, with pale or purple, scarious, 
erose margins, the outer broadly oval or oblong, the middle spat- 
ulate, the inner broadly linear. 
A. Leaves of the lower series overtopping some 
leaves borne higher up on the stem. 
a. Leaves of the lower series not reaching 
up to the inflorescence. 
b. Leaves of the lower series narrowly lan- 
.ceolate, rather small; ws with 
short pedicels. . ee .....I. var. superscandens 
b>, Leaves of . the fone series onal lan- 
ceolate, large; involucres sessile or sub- 
SES Gil Gr wate Seah td ecm LA eres aise ee ans 22. 
a. Leaves of the lower series reaching or over- 
topping the lower part of the inflorescence. . 
A. No lower leaf overtopping any borne higher 
up on the stem. 
a. Leaves of the lower series large, longpetioled 
and very distant, 
var. praesignis 
.10 var. superans 
