156 S. O. F. OMANG 



H. ca^tharyllum n. sp. 



Caul is 3 — 5 dm. altus gracilis vel crassiusculus leviter 

 flexuosus, ad basin versus intense fusco-purpurascens sparsim 

 vel densiuscule villosus, de cetero pilis raris adspersus, inferne 

 leviter superne densius floccosus. Folia dilute prasino-virescen- 

 tia, subtus pallidiora, b asal i a angusta 3 — 4, subtus + viola- 

 scentia, basi in petiolum brevern sensini — exteriora citius — 

 angustata, exteriora obovata — elongate oboblonga apice obtuse 

 rotundata obtuse dentata, cetera elongate oboblonga — oblonga 

 vel anguste elliptico-lanceolata obtusa — acuminata dentibus ob- 

 tusis in marginibus inferioribus saepe augustis porrectisque sat 

 crebro et sat grosse dentata, supra leviter stellata glabraque, mar- 

 ginibus brevissime sparsimque ciliata, subtus levissime stellata 

 parce breviterque pilifera, in costa densius stellata pelioloque 

 densiuscule villosa; folia caulina 3 — 4, in bracteas sensim 

 vel interdum abrupte decrescentia, infimum oblanceolatam vel 

 lanceolatum apice acuminato integerrimo in petiolum brevern 

 sensim angustatum, deorsum dentibus saepe augustis acutisque 

 remote porrecto-dentatum, cetera sessilia ovato-lanceolata in api- 

 cem + acutum sat longum integerrimum desinentia dentibus + 

 acutis magis patentibus praesertim basin versus instructa, omnia 

 supra leviter subtus densius floccosa, inferiora subtus parce pili- 

 fera. An t bel a poly- vel oligocephala + composita vel sub- 

 simplex vulgo apice contracta, ramis brevioribus gracilibus leviter 

 arcuatis erecto-patentibus acladium breve [10 — 30 mm. longum] 

 parum superantibus pedicellisque sat dense cano-floccosis ubique 

 eglandulosis vel pedicellis glandulis tenellis cerinis raris — sparsis 

 adspersis. Involucra cano-virentia crassiuscula basi obtuse 

 rotundata. Squamae exteriores triangulares obtusulae, inter- 

 mediae a basi latiore triangulariter attenuatae obtusulae — sub- 

 acutae, marginibus apiceque ± dilutescentes, interiores subline- 

 ares, marginibus late et dilute virescentes, intimae subulatae totae 

 dilutae, omnes dite flocculosae, intermediae interioresque apicem 



