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atletiuatat', aculx* vel sublruncalac el brevissime cuspidatae, 

 saepe uninerviau, utrinque glabr^e vel dorso apiceque interdum 

 puberulae, utplurimum arcuata;, lineam circiter longae, semili- 

 neam latie. Receptaculum hemisphcnerico-convexum , levissime 

 luberculatum, paleaceurn; paleae ipsius (ot quot flores herma- 

 phroditi, longitudine plicatse, nervö valido dorso carinalae, an- 

 guste lineares, scariosae, glaberrimae, stramineai!, basi truncatae, 

 apice in acumen incurvum, saturatius coloralum, dorso saepius 

 puberulum productae, i\ — 1| lineas long;e, lineae quadranlem 

 vix latae, ovaria florum disci arcte ampleclentes, demum de- 

 ciduae. Klores radii uniseriales, ligulatae, femineus. cura ovario 

 2 — 2\ lineas longae; corolla basi breviter tubulosa, in ligulam 

 triplo longiorem, semilineam vix latam planam, luteam, nervis 

 4 — 5 saturalioribus nolatam, apice breviler bifidam, palentem 

 expansa; ovarium triquetrum, basi attenuatum, glabrum, summo 

 apice puberulum et pappo minimo, coronam paleaceam, inae- 

 qualiter dentatam, cilialam exhibenle terminatiim: stylus gla- 

 ber, e lubo exsertus; stigmalis rami breves, divergenles, 

 obtusiusculi. Flores disci numerosi, 40 — 50 vel plures, her- 

 maphroditi, cum ovario 2 — 2^ lineas longi; coroila tubulosa, 

 glabra, lutea, tubo brevi, gracili, in limbum subilo amplialum, 

 subasquilongum, cyalhiformem, nervis 5 saturatioribus in sinuu 

 dentium excurrentibus ornatum, apice 5-dentatum dilatato, 

 dentibus margine saturatius coloralo, subincrassalo cinclis; fi- 

 lamenta 5 libera, imae fauci inserta, plana, pallida, cum con- 

 nectivo valido concolore versus basin dorsalem antberarum 

 arliculata; antherue laxe cohaerentes, quare saepius loculi 

 earum a connectivi basi solut.i et pseudo-caudati apparent, 

 revera autem ecaudatae, nigricantes, connectivo stramineo apice 

 appendicula libera, ovata, concolore, diaphana, incurva, apice 

 obtusa, basi vix ac ne vix quidem constricta auclo, dimidialae; 

 pollinis granula sphoerica, undique echinulata, straminea; ova- 

 rium plano-compressum, ceteroquin ut in floribus radii; stylus 

 glaber, breviter exsertus; stigmatis rami breves extrorsum 

 curvali, siepius jam medium tubum stamineum perrumpen- 

 tes, cono brevissimo, acuto, hispidulo terminati. Achenia 

 obovato-cuneata, difformia: radii breviter stipitata, triquelra, 

 trialata, h lineam longa, disci longius stipitata, compressa sed 

 utrinque convexa bialata, 2 lineas longa; omnia crassa rugosa, 

 fusco-atra, alis pallidioribus (integerrimis vel varie corrugatis 

 el Iransverse slriatis), in vertice pappo residuo, minimo, cras- 

 siusculo, cupulueformi, hirsutiusculo, coronala, versus apicem 

 lineam circiler lata.» [Joaeh. Steetz.) 



