SOME NEW LACINIARIAE 175 
long, not interrupted, with equally 
distant, shortpedicelled heads. .20. var. styviclissima 
f. Leaves of the lower series very 
elongated, lanceolate, very scat- 
tered, heads sessile, unequally ar 
ranged in a narrow, interrupted 
SRO rie Eis Pair p oho MEP 21. var. virgata 
b. Stems branched with sessile or shortped- 
icelled heads on the branches... .... 04.60% 4. var. ramca 
.a. Leaves of the lower series middle-sized, with 
shorter petioles, more or less distant. 
b. Inflorescence a many-headed, elongated 
raceme with subsessile heads, having 
broadly spatulate or oblong bracts.......5. var. porrecta 
b. Inflorescence few-headed jn a short raceme, 
heads with narrowly spatulate or linear 
RG AOU et et ecko i TEM Ren eaedat se 22. var. Novae-Angliae 
a. Leaves of the lower series middle-sized, 
with shorter petioles, lanceolate or mostly 
narrowly lanceolate, rather approximate. .24. var. intermedia 
a. Leaves of the lower series linear or linear- 
lanceolate, of moderate length, with narrow, 
quite short petioles, rather approximate. 
Dee Ce IS COLUMN se cra Fahy F hceon re” » Gia oatlate os 6. var. propinqua 
b. Stems branched even as low down as to 
the lowest 1-5 of the stem............. 7 .var. brachiata 
a. Leaves short and crowded along the whole 
stem up to the inflorescence, the lowest on 
short petioles, all others sessile. 
b. Leaves narrow, heads on short pedicels 
DG POORER A tei We is div we Mpa t 2 8. var: Chandonnelir 
b. Leaves narrow, heads on moderately long 
é jy 2 SS, AA en AeA oe SE Se ero Oe ee eg ni Oo VAL es CUCS 
b. Leaves broad, heads on moderately long 
CO CONMMR RE 5 Mra ciditee ns Phe Ge tntaeley o ne oe ok var. opima 
The var. praesignis has its upper leaves of the upper series 
small, bract-like, the lower ones lanceolate, crowded on the stem 
and in a striking contrast to the lanceolate or broadly lanceolate 
large leaves of the lower series, which rise higher than the lower 
