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giuseuli recurvi, apice dilatato haud appendiculati, papillosi v. sub- 
penicillati. Fructus compressi v. 8-quetri, margine sæpius ciliati ; 
pappi aristis 2, 3, subulatis, setiformibus v. 0. — Herbæ pérennes v, 
annuæ; fois oppositis, integris v. dentatis: capitulis plerumque stipi- 
tatis, terminalibus, axillaribus v. in dichotomiis ; receptaculo convexo 
v. sæpe altius conico, paleis complicatis flores hermaphroditos amplec- 
tentibus basique angustatis onusto: involucri subeampanulati bracteis 
sub-2-seriatis ; exterioribus membranaceo-herbaceis ; _interioribus 
autem tenuioribus, sæpe basi siccis”(Orbis utriusque reg. calid.*) 
249? Hymenostephium BENTH. 2 — Flores 2-morphi; radii neutri ; 
1-seriati; corollæ ligulatæ limbo patente, nunc latiusculo, integro v. 
2-dentato; disci autem hermaphroditi fertiles; corollæ tubulosæ limbo 
parum ampliato, breviter 5-fido. Antheræ basi minute auriculatæ. 
Styl florum disci rami superne complanati, breviter appendiculati. 
Fructus disci (parvuli, nigri) compressi ; marginibus obtusiusculis 
v. Callosis; radii autem abortivi ; pappi paleis v. squamellis 9, aceris 
hyalinis, nunc minimis, nune autem maJoribus et cum squamellis 4, 2, 
minoribus hyalinisque et fimbriatis alternantibus, v. sæpe 0. — Herbæ 
Y.suffrutices, glabri v. canescentes : foliis Oppositis, integris v. serratis ; 
capitulis (parvulis) terminalibus corymbiformi-cymosis; involueri 
brévis campanulati bracteis angustis acutis striatis pauciseriatis ; 
éxterioribus gradatim minoribus?. (Mexicum, N.-Granada®.) 
220? Otopappus BExr.5 — « Florest fertiles omnes, 2-morphi; 
radii fœæminei, f-seriati; corollæ ligulatæ limbo patente, vix dentato: 
disci autem hermaphroditi; corollæ tubo brevi limboque longe cylin- 
draceo, breviter 5-fido. Antheræ basi minute obtuseque auriculatæ. 
Styli rami lineares, breviter obtuseque appendiculati. Fructus plano- 
Compressi; angulo utroque v. interiore alato; ala interiore superne 
Producta et Pappo adnata; pappo paleaceo et oblique auriculiformi, 
basi in annulum coalito, latere interiore productiore et margine lacero- 
dentato. — Herba elata (?) v. frutex (?) minute appresso-pilosus?; 
1: Spec. ad 40. Jacp. Amer., 212 (Spilanthes); 2. Gen., 11, 382, 1234, n. 413; in Hook. 
Le. rar., NI, 584; fr. vindob., t. 135. — H.B.K.,  Jcon., ser. 3, II, 48,t. 1154 
à gen. el sp., IV, t. 310. — Wicnt, Icon. 3. Genus Verbesinæ quam proximum. 
b, 1109, — 1, Orr., Je. pl. sel., t. 49 (Ver- 4. Spec. 2. LE 
ce BENTE., FL austral., III, 541. —Ouv. 5. Gen., Il, 380, 1234, n. 408; in Hook. Icon. 
re FL trop. Afr., IUT, 383. — GRiser., FL. 1. 1 
An, Verlnd., 315. — Waup., Rep., Il, 621, 087 : 
: 6. Flavi. 
"3 11 868; v, 298,  - 7. Siccitate nigrescens. 
