144 S. O. F. o MANG. 



H. leptaeolum n. f. 



C a u 1 i s 3 — 5 dm. altus gracilis, imma basi purpureo-viola- 

 ceus subnudus sparsim vel densiuscule pilosus, ceterum leviter 

 stellatus pilis raris obsitus. Folia laete viridia sat diluta vel 

 obscuriora, subtus pallidiora, saepe violascentia, basalia 3 — 5 

 breviiis petiolata, exteriora oblongo-ovalia obtusa obtuse dentata 

 vel minute denticulata — subintegra basi cito contracta, cetera 

 oblongo-elliptica — elliptico-lanceolata -- lanceolata obtusiuscula 

 — acuta minute et sparsim vel crebrius dentata basi cuneato- 

 decurrentia, omnia supra subglabra, subtus sparsim in costa 

 petioloque densiuscule pilosa, marginibus ± ciliata, interiora le- 

 viter, in costa densius stellala; f. eau lina 1 — 4 cito vel seii- 

 sim decrescentia anguste lanceolata acutissima basi cuneato-at- 

 tenuata, dentibus parvis rarius longioribus sat remotis acute 

 dentata, interdum dense serrato-dentata, infimum saepe breviter 

 petiolatum, omnia supra subnuda et subglabra, subtus dite stel- 

 lata sparsim pilosa. A n t h e 1 a oligocephala parum composita 

 vel simplex, ramis brevibus subrectis erecto-patentibus + approxi- 

 matis acladium 3 — 20 mm. altum superantibus, leviter floccosis 

 pilis glandulisque sparsis adspersis; pedicelli acladiumque dense 

 cano-floccosi glandulis tenellis sparsis — sat crebris puisque 

 basi nigricantibus sparsis — raris obsiti. I n v o 1 u c r a obscure 

 plumbeo-virentia angusta [11 — 12 mm. alta, 5 — 6 mm. lata] basi 

 rotundato-ovoidea. Squamae a basi lata triangulariter attenua- 

 tae, exteriores obtusae — subobtusae, ceterae obtusulae — acutae, 

 interiores dilute marginatae, sum mo apice comato saepe falcato 

 vulgo eximie floccoso-limbatae, deorsum in marginibus extimis 

 leviter floccosae, de cetero subnudae pilis tenellis basi longa 

 nigricante apice canescentibus et glandulis minutis sparsim vel 

 paulo frequentius vestitae. Cala t hid ia obscure lutea ± 

 radiantia, diametro circ. 2.5 cm. Stylus vivus aerugineus, rarius 

 subluteus, siccus subfuscus. 



