154 S. O. F. OMANG. 



Grundblätter, niedrigere Hüllen, schmälere Hüllschuppen, welche 

 an den Rändern etwas flockiger sind, und dunkelfarbige Griffel 

 ab. Habituell gleicht sie durch die wenigen Stengelblätter und 

 die zur Blütezeit persistierenden Rosettenblätter mehr dem H. 

 adunans. 



H. hciploïcuin n. f. 



C a u 1 i s 3.5 — 5.5 dm. altus crassiusculus, inferne + viola- 

 ceus levissime stellatus sparsim pilosus, superne leviter — den- 

 sius stellatus — summo apice dense floccoso — et pilis raris 

 adspersis. Folia obscure viridia, subtus saepe ± violascentia, 

 basalia breviter vel sat longe petiolata in rosulam pluri-foliam con- 

 gesta.exteriora oblonga rotundato-obtusa basi cito contracta, inter- 

 media elliptico-oblonga — elliptico-lanceolata obtusa — subacumi- 

 nata, intima lanceolata acuminata — acuta basi sensim attenuata, 

 omnia humiliter sparsimque vel sat crebro dentata, interiora 

 saepe acutissime dentata et laciniis parvis subuliformibus in petio- 

 lis instructa, supra breviter et dite pilosa, marginibus densiuscule 

 ciliata, subtus in costa petioloque + stellatis dense pilosa, cete- 

 rum levissime stellata sat dite pilosa; f. caulina 2 — ^3 in 

 bracteas sensim vel abrupte decrescentia, lanceolata, infimum basi 

 ± approximatum brevius longiusve petiolatum acuminatum — 

 acutum, cetera sessilia in apicem acutum integrum desinentia, 

 omnia acute sparsimque dentata vel minute denticulata, ad basin 

 sensim attenuatam saepe dentibus sat longis subuliformibus + 

 distantibus instructa, subtus densius stellata, de cetero indumento 

 f. basalium. A n t h e 1 a oligo-vel polycephala composito-panicu- 

 lata, summo apice interdum valde contracta vel subumbellata, 

 inferiore parte laxa saepe ramis ex alis foliorum superiorum 

 evolutis aucta, ramis leviter arcuatis + dense cano-floccosis 

 pilis raris obsitis sat patentibus acladium 6 — 15 mm. altum + 

 superantibus ; pedicelli acladiumque dense cano-tomentosi setis 

 brevibus basi nigricante apice canescentibus sparsis — sat fre- 

 quentibus glanduHsque nigris raris vel sub involucre saepe sparsis 



