Nippon media (Tschonoski, 1866 fl. frf.). 



Cum sequente inter Bimera seriam propriara 

 capitulis radiantibus constituit, ceterum liabitu proprio 

 gaudens, e longinquo tantum E. stelhdato Kvern. 

 subsimile. 



3 — 7-pollicare. Radicis fibrae fasciculatae tenues 

 firmulae teretes quam in reliquis minus spongiosae. 

 Folia caespitosa 50 — 80 : 1 — 1,5 mm. 3 — 5-ner- 

 via (2 lateralibus marginantibus) fenestrata plana 

 subulata. Pedunculi 3 — 6 in sicco compressi 4-sul- 

 cati, 7 — 15 cm. longi. Yaginae laxiusculae membra- 

 naceae acuminatae usque 3 cm. longae. Capitula 

 4 — 5 mm. late et longa turbinata sub-10-flora. 

 Bracteae involucri ovato-lanceolatae acuminatae mem- 

 branaceae glabrae striolatae virescentes, flores sti- 

 pantes pellucidae tenerae albidae oblanceolato-line- 

 ares acutae 1-nerviae longiuscule parce versus apicem 

 ciliatae. Flores 5 peripherici breve pedicellati 2,25 mm. 

 longi. Perigonii exterioris phylla 2 basi connata lan- 

 ceolato-linearia acuminata teuera, perigonium interius 

 inferum tubuloso-farctum limbo turbinato 2-Iobo ses- 

 quilongius lobis subulatis cum glandula nigra ad 

 apicem. Stamina 2 — 4 (abortu 1) filamentis late 

 subulatis limbo longioribus anthera didyma transverse 

 orbiculata nigrescente 4-Io longioribus. Vestigium 

 germinis minutissimum simplex. Flores $ masculis 

 aequilongi bracteam masculis consimilem subsupe- 

 rantes. Perigonii pellucidi phylla libera anguste spa- 

 thulato-linearia acutiuscula, externa 2 glabra, interna 

 apice glandula nigra instructa pilis longis paucis 

 ciliata. Germen breve stipitatum digastrum. Stylus 

 stigmata 2 superans. Semen obovatum vel longe ovale 



