86 S. O. F. OMANG. 



H. mutilescens n. sp. 



G a u 1 i s 1.5 — 3 dm. altus gracilis vel crassiusculus vix 

 flexuosus, monocephalus vel 2.cephalus, rosulam multifoliam sat 

 magnam efferens et foliis caulinis 2-3— folio infimo solum bene 

 evoluto— instructus, ubique dite floccosus, ad basin densiuscule 

 albo-villosus, sursum sparsius villosus, supra folium caul. inf. 

 glandulis solitariis apicem versus increbrescentibus adspersus, 

 summo apice dense cinereo-tomentello glandulis cerino-fuscis in- 

 aequilongis sat crebris pilisque sparsis basi + longe nigricanti- 

 bus apice canescentibus vestitus. Folia obscure viridia, subtus 

 pallide glauco-virescentia, basalia in rosulam dense congesta, ex- 

 tima parva ovali-rotundata glabriuscula, proxima majora late 

 obovato-ovalia obtuse dentata basi cito in petiolum brevem angu^ 

 stata, cetera — plurima — protracta oblongo-lingulata obtusa vel 

 intima apice plicato subacuminata, marginibus inferioribus sat 

 grosse inaequaliter undulato-dentata, dentibus solitariis acutiori- 

 bus patentibusque, sursum integerrima, basi in petiolum brevem 

 sensim attenuata, omnia supra sparsim ad margines densiuscule 

 molliusculeque pilosa, subtus densiuscule longiusculeque pilosa, 

 petiolis dite villosis, intima subtus stellata; folium caul. inf. 

 basi ± approximatum oblongo-lingulatum obtusum vel lanceola- 

 tum, breviter acuminatum ± dentatum, basi in petiolum brevem 

 sensim attenuatum, subtus + stellatum, supra in costa dense 

 stellatum ; folia superiora 1 — 2 parva angusta subbracteiformia. 

 In vo lu cru m atro-virens magnum crassum rotundatum, pilis 

 inaequilongis, partim basi longa nigra apice breviter canescenti- 

 bus, partim basi brevius nigricanti apice longe canescentibus, 

 densiusculis, glandulis fuscis — cerino-fuscis sat frequentibus, micro- 

 glandulis sat crebris vestitum. Squamae latiusculae, exteriores 

 breves laxae obtusiusculae, intermediae a basi lata in apicem ± 

 acuminatum sensim attenuatae, interiores acutae marginibus sor- 

 dide virescentes, intimae paucae subuliformes, exteriores apici- 

 bus laxe cano-comatae, ceterae leviter comatae. Calathidium 



