528 Compositae Vaill. 



ad altitudinem 5 millium ped. adscendentes, vilissimae ; caulis 

 erectus, strictus, 12 — 18 poU. longus; rami striato-sulcati, 

 pilis minutis haud densis scabriusculi ; ramuli florigeri fasti- 

 giati, paniculato-corymbosi ; folia inferiora obovata, obtusa 

 s. ovata, acuta, basi in petiolum 1,0 poU. longum, attenuata, 

 repando - dentatti, 1,5 poU. longa, 1,2 poll. lata, superiora 

 ovato - oblonga et oblongo - lanceolata , acuta, basi attenuata, 

 summu lineari-lanceolata, acata, subrepanda, omnia glabrius- 

 cula et summa tantum vix puberula ; corymhus terminalis di- 

 chotomus, 10 — 14-cephalus; pedunculi erecti patentes, 0,2poll. 

 longi; involucrum ovatum, 0,12 poll. \ong\xm i foliola lanceo- 

 lato-linearia, cuspidata, acuminata, 1-nervia; fructus suban- 

 gulati, minute adpresse pilosi, 0,06 poU. longi, calycis limbo 

 persistente coronati ; calycis limbus biseriatus, externus brevis- 

 simus persistens tructus coronulam fingens, paleaceus, paleis 

 e setis brevissimis, basi coadunatis, apice liberis formatis, 

 internus multo longior 0,1 poll. longus, fructibus ipsis longior 

 albidus, deciduus, tenuis, e pihs constans tenuissimis denti- 

 culatis. — Per totum annum flores fructusque gerit. — 1846. 



394. ECLJPTA (EUECLIPTA) ALBA Hsskl. a. ERECTA L. 



Chcvr. Gen. cL Endl. Gen. 2446.«- DC. Prclr. V. 489. L Msn. Gen. 183. 

 Comm. 125. 114, j)aleae autem (bracteolae) fructibus junioribus (germi- 

 nibus) multo, senioribus paullo longioribus et fiores disci campanulati. 



Char. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. V. 490. 1. Wght, Ctitrb. 177, pedunculi lon- 

 gitudo relativa autem ad capitulum in eodem caule maxime variabilis 

 et inde ad signum distinctionis vix adhibenda erit; mea opinione 

 affines (DC. 1. c.) plurimae species (inclusa specie Wlp. Rprt. II. 

 602. 1) formae tantum speciei unius soli indole aut humiditate ma-. 

 jore aut minore ortae videntur et omnes in se invicem transeunf cf. 

 Wght. 1. c, ubi e verbis Roxburghii eadem.xJpinio offqrtur ; cf. Flora 

 Bot. Zeit. 1847 p. 533 not. .r^ ,■,,-.[ 5>,f«*p£t(yv • -51 j 



Descrpt. Herbae in ruderatis siccis et paludosis, ad 

 margines lacuum plus minus immersae prope Weltevreden^ 

 Uogor et forsan totius Javae haud nimis elatae ; caulis erectus, 

 in siccis debilis, 6 — 9 poll. longus, in uberioribus paludosis 

 12—18 poll. altus, dichotome ramosus, tubercuUs apice pi- 

 lum strigosum gerentibus asper; internodia in paludosis 



