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oribusque mixtis, crebris puisque obscurioribus solitariis vel 

 sparsis vestitus; rami superiores breviores saepe ± approxi- 

 mati arcuati patentes acladium saepe brevissimum (2 — 70 mm.) 

 sLiperantes vel aequantes, inferiores longe distantes ± elongati 

 erecto-patentes, omnes aeque ac summo caule pilis glandulisque 

 vestiti, apicem versus dense cano-tomentosi. Folia obscure 

 viridia subcarnosa, supra nitentia, subtus paullo paliidiora, basa- 

 lia in rosulam 5 — 8-foliam congesta, exteriora brevius petiolata 

 rotundato-vel ovato-ovalia basi abrupte contracta — subtruncata, 

 vel late quadrangulo-ovata basi cordata — hastato-cordata, apice 

 late rotundata, inaequaliter et obtuse dentata vel immo sub- 

 lobata, intermedia longius anguste petiolata late ovalia — ovato- 

 ovalia, interdum oblongo-elliptica vel etiam obovata, rotundato- 

 obtusa, basi cito contracta vel ± cuneato-descendentia, dentibus 

 latis obtusis vel angustioribus acutisque remote, rarius densius, 

 inaequaliter saepe sat grosse dentata, interiora elliptica — 

 elliptico-lanceolata vel oboblonga breviter acuminata vel obtusa, 

 basi sensim in petiolum angustum attenuata, acute et remote 

 vel densius et longius porrecto-dentata, ad basin saepe laciniata, 

 interdum etiam laciniis libris in petiolum descendentibus instructa, 

 raro folia omnia late sparsimque obtuso-dentata vel subintegra, 

 exteriora glabriuscula, cetera supra sparsim et longiuscule vel ad 

 margines densiuscule ciliatos crebrius pilosa, subtus longiuscule 

 in costa densius de cetero sparsim vel densiuscule pilosa, in 

 petiolis dite, basin versus saepe confertim albo-villosa, interiora 

 subtus leviter in costa dense stellata raro subnuda, supra in 

 costa leviter — densius stellata, de cetero nuda; folium, caul, 

 inf. ad medium caulem vel infra affixum, angustiusculum ob- 

 lanceolatum breviter acuminatum, in petiolum longum saepe 

 late alatum sensim vel citius attenuatum, rarius etiam abrupte 

 contractum, dentibus paucis augustis acutisque porrectis vel 

 patentibus instructum, indumento foliorum basal, interiorum, at 

 subtus densius stellatum, superius ± reductum, saepe bractei- 

 forme. Iiivolucra atro-virentia crassiuscula, (13 — )14(— 15) nmi. 



